r/puzzles is a subreddit with 444k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses puzzle, solve, help, looking, and looking for.
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
: "how do i solve this toothpick puzzle"
16 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Working on a new puzzle type and wanted some feedback"
8 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Promote your project in this thread"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "mistake in puzzle 54 of the little book of big brain games"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/puzzles
#1
Puzzle
: "Three hardest "24" Puzzles"
357 posts
#2
Solve
: "Does anyone have any idea how to Solve this?"
51 posts
#3
Help
: "Help me in the puzzle with correct option"
45 posts
#4
Looking
29 posts
#5
Looking For
29 posts
#6
Struggling
28 posts
#7
Hard
: "Five by five puzzle from an escape room game. I'm out of ideas."
25 posts
#8
Logic
: "Moderate but not too challenging Logic puzzle activity book; recs please?"
24 posts
#9
Code
: "2D crack the Code (mastermind) puzzle"
19 posts
#10
Sudoku
: "Binary Sudoku lvl very hard: how do i move from here?"
15 posts
Flair Used in r/puzzles
#1
[Unsolved]
: "Five by five puzzle from an escape room game. I'm out of ideas."
60 posts
#2
[SOLVED]
: "Word Bunny (by me!)"
19 posts
#3
Possibly Unsolvable
: "Kindergarten summer word scramble"
7 posts
#4
Not seeking solutions
: "I need a variety of super easy dummy level puzzles as a gag. Like a 3x3 word search"
7 posts
#5
Promo Weekly
: "Promote your project in this thread"
6 posts
#6
Meta
: "Are we allowed to post ANYTHING here?"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/puzzles
Yearly
+19k members(4.6%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026