r/puzzles is a subreddit with 447k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses puzzle, looking, looking for, struggling, and hard.
The place to share the best kinds of puzzles, r/mechanicalpuzzles people are welcome here. Self-promotion is permitted in the stickied "Promo Weekly" post.
Popular Themes in r/puzzles
#1
Solution Requests
: "Can someone figure out what you are supposed to do here? These somehow open a "combination lock" that wants Passphrase 1 and lets you enter freeform text for some reason. I thought of adding up the letters with numbers, but not all of them even have a value and that just seems absurd anyway."
12 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I seem to be stuck"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I hate this puzzle I need help"
2 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Is my puzzle prototype worth continuing?"
1 post
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Promote your project in this thread"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/puzzles
#1
Puzzle
: "Help understanding Black box Puzzle (Simon Tathom’s Puzzle collection)"
101 posts
#2
Looking
29 posts
#3
Looking For
29 posts
#4
Struggling
27 posts
#5
Hard
10 posts
#6
Help
: "Help understanding Black box puzzle (Simon Tathom’s puzzle collection)"
7 posts
#7
Sudoku
: "Killer Sudoku help 🙏"
6 posts
#8
Frustrating
5 posts
#9
Star
4 posts
#10
Game
4 posts
Flair Used in r/puzzles
#1
[Unsolved]
: "Mickeys bottle cap"
47 posts
#2
[SOLVED]
: "Logic islands puzzle"
20 posts
#3
Not seeking solutions
: "Meowdoku alternative"
18 posts
#4
Promo Weekly
: "Promote your project in this thread"
4 posts
#5
Possibly Unsolvable
: "🧠 One Clue Too Many #2 — The Mystery Trip"
4 posts
#6
Solution Possible
: "Nonogram - what’s my next step?"
1 post
#7
Meta
: "r/mechanicalpuzzle is the new home for mechanical puzzles"
1 post
#8
Unsolvable
: "Genius star solution?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/puzzles
Yearly
+21k members(4.9%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026