# About the Puzzles category

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/about-the-puzzles-category/383661>\
**Category:** Puzzles\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/about-the-puzzles-category/383661 "2021-08-24T00:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neo](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/neo/32/22838_2.png) [@Neo](https://community.unix.com/u/Neo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/about-the-puzzles-category/383661/1 "2021-08-24T00:54:30Z")

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> A **puzzle** is a [game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game), [problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_solving), or [toy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy) that tests a person's ingenuity or [knowledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge). In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct or fun solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, and logic puzzles.
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> Puzzles are often created to be a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious [mathematical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_problem) or [logical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical) problems. In such cases, their solution may be a significant contribution to mathematical research.

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This is a topic for programming puzzles where our members optimize code which could be done more efficiently using other methods or programming languages; but instead tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge.