Games & Puzzles
a Google a day
Traditional trivia games have a rule that you can't cheat—you can't look things up in books, you can't ask your friends and you certainly can't ask Google. But what if there were a trivia game where you could not only ask Google, but were encouraged to do so? A Google a day is a new daily puzzle that can be solved using your creativity and clever search skills. Just like traditional crossword puzzles, the difficulty of the questions increases over the course of the week, so by Thursday or Friday even the most seasoned searcher may be stumped.
Periodically, you'll also see high-profile figures such as anthropologist Jane Goodall and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta serving as guest creators for the Q&As. A Google a day appears seven days a week and is available as an interactive feature.
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Boggle® BrainBustersTM
Boggle BrainBusters is a quick brain jolt that will forever change the way you look at letters. It features a dynamic word grid and challenges readers on many levels. The words are right there-all you have to do is find them. Players scan the grid for words of three letters or more. They can play against themselves, friends or find words using trivia clues. Fun for readers of all ages.
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Jumble® Crosswords TM
Hoyt meshes interesting facts, wordplay and creative visual tricks in each puzzle. Solvers read the clues, unscramble the answers and place the answers in a solution grid. When the puzzle is complete, they unscramble the letters circled in the diagram to reveal a humorous bonus word. This puzzle is part of the Jumble word-game family, America's favorite reason to open the newspaper. (Level of Difficulty: 2 on a scale of 1-5.)
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Jumble® for Kids
Introduce youngsters ages 7-12 to the joys of scrambled wordplay with Jumble for Kids, a fun puzzle that kids can solve themselves or with the help of a family member. The large format and clean lines encourage kids to color the cartoon.
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Jumble®
America's favorite word game! Add the signature art and humorous brainteasers of Jumble to your publication and watch as readers become addicted to its scrambled word fun.
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Kakuro
More challenging than Sudoku, Kakuro puts your logic and math skills to the test. It requires elementary addition and subtraction to build answers in a 9x9 grid. The sum of each line must-without consecutive repeating of numbers-match its associated "clue"; these numbers already appear in white circles. Yet another addictive and exciting puzzle that originated in Japan. (Level of Difficulty: Monday and Tuesday, Gentle; Wednesday and Saturday, Moderate; Thursday and Sunday, Tough; Friday, Diabolical)
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SCRABBLE®grams
SCRABBLEgrams combines anagrams and crosswords in a quick-play game format suitable for any skill level. SCRABBLEgrams is also an innovative teaching tool that builds vocabulary skills. This exciting game is based on the popular SCRABBLE(r) board game played by millions of people around the world. Great Newspapers in Education content.
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Sudoku Daily
What started on the features page in the Daily Telegraph (London) and soon the Los Angeles Times, is now conquering the world one fan at a time. Sudoku is an innovative puzzle that gives new meaning to the phrase "number-crunching." Using a 9x9 grid subdivided into 9 smaller grids of 3x3 squares, players solve the puzzle by placing the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box. It's a cross-number crossword that will definitely challenge your brain as well as your patience. (Level of Difficulty on a scale of 1-5: Monday and Tuesday, 1; Wednesday and Saturday, 2; Thursday and Sunday, 3; Friday 4)
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Sudoku for Kids in Spanish
Sudoku for Kids is a cross-number game that's fun, exciting and challenging. Perfect for stimulating learning, Sudoku for Kids consists of a 6x6 grid. The puzzle is only available in color, and in Spanish.
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Sudoku Interactive
Check out Sudoku Interactive at the Interactive Puzzles Package page.
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