Observer Observer Logo

Puzzles

  • Business
  • Finance
  • Tech
  • Media
  • Lifestyle
  • Arts
  • Entertainment
Newsletters
  • Entertainment
    • What to Watch
    • Books
    • Reviews
    • Movies
    • TV
    • Theater
    • Music
  • Arts
    • Visual Art
  • Business
    • Management
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Space
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
    • Travel
    • Beauty
  • About
    • Masthead
    • Editorial Ethics and Guidelines
    • Advertise With Us
    • Observer Advertising Guidelines
Events Newsletters

Puzzles

Find the cat among the owls.

These 5 Viral Puzzles Are Baffling the Internet—Can You Solve Them?

If you can find Pedro, you win the Internet.
By Sage Lazzaro
A screenshot of FiveThirtyEight's new weekly puzzle, The Riddler.

FiveThirtyEight Enters the Puzzle Game

Last Friday, Nate Silver's wonky, data-driven website quietly began publishing a weekly puzzle.
By Matthew Kassel
Caleb Madison, 22, is BuzzFeed's new puzzles editor. (Photo: Celeste Sloman for Observer)

BuzzFeed Is Revolutionizing the Crossword Puzzle

Emboldened by the possibilities of digital media, a new generation of crossword constructors is pushing the boundaries of the word grid.
By Matthew Kassel
The making of Liu Bolin's work at the Boom Boom Room, in The Standard. (Courtesy The Standard)

The Liu Bolin Work Commissioned by The Standard Is a Jigsaw Puzzle and We Finished It

By Nate Freeman

New York Times’ Crosswords Going Premium-Premium, Even for Subscribers

By Foster Kamer

New York Times Crossword Guru Will Shortz Needs to Get to Know More Rappers

By Foster Kamer
  • Contact
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Advertising Guidelines
  • Editorial Ethics
  • Sitemap
  • Newsletters
  • RSS Feeds
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Settings
  • Do not sell my data
Powered by WordPress VIP

We noticed you're using an ad blocker.

We get it: you like to have control of your own internet experience.
But advertising revenue helps support our journalism.

To read our full stories, please turn off your ad blocker.
We'd really appreciate it.

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

How Do I Whitelist Observer?

Below are steps you can take in order to whitelist Observer.com on your browser:

For Adblock:

Click the AdBlock button on your browser and select Don't run on pages on this domain.

For Adblock Plus on Google Chrome:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Enabled on this site.

For Adblock Plus on Firefox:

Click the AdBlock Plus button on your browser and select Disable on Observer.com.

Then Reload the Page