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Free Pencil Games - Crossword, Sudoku, Word Find, Dot to Dot, Cryptograms, Logic Puzzles, Brain Teasers and more!

I love pencil games - I've been a pencil puzzle fan since childhood. I enjoy mazes, crosswords, word find, hangman games, dot to dot and rebus puzzles. Newer pencil puzzle games like Sudoku are a real challenge and probably the most popular pencil games in the world right now. What's your favorite pencil game: Crossword, Sudoku, Word Find, Dot to Dot, Cryptograms, Logic Puzzles, Brain Teasers, Hidden Pictures - they're all here in this collection of pencil puzzle games.

Kids and adults both enjoy pencil puzzles ... they're fun, you can take them anywhere, they're quiet and they give your brain a work out.

Some pencil puzzles are strictly intended for solo personal enjoyment while others can be worked with a partner or a team to join in the puzzle solving fun. I prefer the good old-fashioned pencil games worked in a book, newspaper page or printed from my computer, but you can play traditional pencil games on your computer, personal reading device or smart phone, too.

Whatever your preference in puzzles and pencil games, you're sure to find plenty fo fun and free pencil puzzles to tackle at home or on a trip in this pencil puzzles lens.

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Best Pencil Puzzles

Games Magazines Finest Pencil Puzzle Collection

If I have a pencil puzzle magazine in my bag I don't fret so much when I have to wait a bit for my dental appointment, auto service or when my flight gets delayed. This compilation of the best puzzles from Games Magazinet will have you using both ends of the pencil ... carry an extra eraser.

Games Magazine Presents Best Pencil Puzzles

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The best pencil puzzles and brain challenging games for one, all in one handy book.

Fun, Free, Favorite Printable Pencil Games and Puzzles

Printable Game Sheets for Favorite Pencil Puzzles and Games

The web sites and blogs in this recommended pencil games collection offer a big selection of print and go pencil games for adults and children.. Pick and choose your favorites from the different types of pencil puzzles for kids and grownup from the links below - each site was personally reviewed.
Printable Puzzles
Printable Puzzles - Crosswords, Word Searches, Acrostics, Cryptograms, Logic Puzzles, Sudoku Presented by Puzzle Baron serving the online puzzle community since 2007.
Printable Games for Kids
Printable Games from Activity Village UK, one of my favorite places for finding free educational worksheets and fun printable pencil games and activity pages.
Hoagies' Kids & Teens: Brain Teasers
Hoagies' Kids & Teens Page: Brain Teasers and Puzzlers - links for gifted kids and teens to find printable pencil puzzles.

Sudoku Puzzles

One a day, for more than a year

My 80-year old mother is amazingly good at sudoku. She's a retired accountant and has a knack for number games.

The Mammoth Book of Sudoku: 400 New Puzzles - The Biggest and Best Collection of Sudoku Ever

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You can find popular Sudoku puzzles for all ages!

Challenge Your Brain Pencil Puzzle Books

Are you a fan of Sudoku Puzzles?

The most popular pencil games in the world right now

Sudoku Puzzle Game

Sudoku puzzles are all the rage, with adults and kids of all ages all over the world.

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Free Printable Sudoko Puzzles

Pencil Puzzles for All Ability Levels

Sudoku puzzles are one of the newest and most popular pencil games. Find free printable sudoku puzzles for adults and children in this list of printable sudoku games.
Print Free Sudoku Puzzles
Print sudoku puzzles free from your computer in a variety of skill levels. Choose your difficulty level, then click print to generate a printable sudoku puzzle.

With One of These, You Don't Need an Eraser

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Updates on the fly with free Wi-Fi, storage for hundreds of your favorites. You can get many Kindle titles free or at low cost, too.

Puzzles for Kindle

No pencil required ...

Try out a free Amazon puzzle for your Kindle ...

Pixel Perfect Puzzles

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This pixel puzzle is a real logic game that will challenge you like the best pencil puzzles.

Do you like Crossword Puzzles?

The classic pencil puzzle for all ages

Free crossword puzzle in newspaper

Sharpen your pencil and your wits by solving a crossword puzzle with a theme.

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New York Times Crosswords

The best crossword puzzles in print

The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords: 500 Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles)

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Free Printable Crossword Puzzles

From easy to challenging, crosswords for everyone

Print and solve these free crossword puzzle games.
Themeless Crossword #4
Printable version of Themeless Crossword #4.
Monday New York Times Crossword No. 001
Free New York Times crossword puzzles for your puzzling pleasure. Happy puzzling!
Design Your Own Crossword Puzzles
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Free Printable Crossword Puzzles
Free printable crossword puzzles for teachers, parents, and students from ClassHelper.org.

Crossword Puzzle Books and Games

The New York Times Wild Crosswords: 150 Medium-Level Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles)

The New York Times Wild Crosswords: 150 Medium-Level Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles)

The second book of the series, Wild Crosswords, contains more...0 points

The New York Times Will Shortz's Favorite Sunday Crossword Puzzles: From the Pages of The New York Times by The New York Times, Will Shortz

The New York Times Will Shortz's Favorite Sunday Crossword Puzzles: From the Pages of The New York Times by The New York Times, Will Shortz

The Biggest and Best Sunday Crosswords Ever Published more...0 points

The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords: 500 Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles) by Will Shortz, The New York Times

The New York Times Supersized Book of Sunday Crosswords: 500 Puzzles (New York Times Crossword Puzzles) by Will Shortz, The New York Times

500 puzzles; the biggest collection of Sunday crosswords more...0 points

The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book by Harold Cordry

The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book by Harold Cordry

The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book has the p more...0 points

Large Print Crosswords #8 by Pete Naish

Large Print Crosswords #8 by Pete Naish

A challenge for the brain, but not for the eyes - more...0 points

Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #5 (Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Books)

Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #5 (Simon & Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Books)

This super-sized crossword puzzle book boasts 300 more...0 points

The Big Book of Hard Daily Crosswords

The Big Book of Hard Daily Crosswords

For the serious solver: anyone who delights in tricky more...0 points

Easy Crossword Puzzles (Dover Little Activity Books) by Nina Barbaresi

Easy Crossword Puzzles (Dover Little Activity Books) by Nina Barbaresi

Ideal book for helping youngsters enlarge their vo more...0 points

The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book Volume II: More than 350 mind-boggling puzzles for endless gaming fun! (Everything: Sports and Hobbies) by Charles Timmerman

The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book Volume II: More than 350 mind-boggling puzzles for endless gaming fun! (Everything: Sports and Hobbies) by Charles Timmerman

Puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman fills this new collection more...0 points

Chicago Tribune Daily Crossword Puzzles, Volume 6 (The Chicago Tribune) by Wayne Robert Williams

Chicago Tribune Daily Crossword Puzzles, Volume 6 (The Chicago Tribune) by Wayne Robert Williams

%u2022 50 daily-size crosswords by constructors from more...0 points

Amazing Crosswords for Kids (Mensa) by Trip Payne

Amazing Crosswords for Kids (Mensa) by Trip Payne

Every book in Trip Payne's popular, inexpensive cr more...0 points

The Outrageous Crossword Puzzle and Word Game Book for Kids by Helene Hovanec

The Outrageous Crossword Puzzle and Word Game Book for Kids by Helene Hovanec

Riddle Me This!Can you name four things you eat with more...0 points

Crossword Puzzles (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Fran Newman-D'Amico

Crossword Puzzles (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Fran Newman-D'Amico

Thirty easy-to-work puzzles, each with spaces for 4 more...0 points

Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles (Crosswords) by Fred Piscop

Mensa 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles (Crosswords) by Fred Piscop

It's puzzle nirvana for crossword lovers who have just more...0 points

Do you enjoy Word Search Puzzles?

Upside down and sideways words are the toughest word searches

word search puzzle photo by sun dazed, on Flickr

My older daughter has loved word find and word search puzzles since she was 10 years old. She still plays word search games, sometimes with a computer and sometimes as a pencil puzzle.

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Word Search Puzzles

Printable Word Search Puzzles - Find A Word

Word Search Puzzles for all ages and all levels
Word Search puzzles - Printable Free Word Searches for all ages and levels, come and browse around to find the one to get your little grey cells buzzing.
Free Printable Word Search Puzzles for Adults
Free printable word search puzzles for adults
FREE Printable Word Search Puzzles
Printable Word Search puzzles covering a variety of topics. Includes a selection of puzzles for kids.
Printable Word Search Games
Fun and free printable word search pencil puzzles.

Do you like to solve Cryptograms?

Are you a master code breaker?

Cryptogram code block photo by austinevan, on Flickr

Ciphers, codes and crytographic puzzles really challenge the brain.

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Printable Cryotogram Puzzles

Solve for clues to decipher the coded message

Be a code breaker cryptographer! Solve cipher puzzles aka cryptograms using logic, pattern recognition and knowledge of grammar and spelling to find hidden messages in these pencil puzzle favorites.
Printable Cryptograms
Easy to Medium Cryptograms - If you're new to cryptograms, or just looking for a relatively easy puzzle to solve, give these a try first. lved without too much difficulty.
Word Puzzles | Cryptograms
The best word puzzle sites on the web, cryptograms to print and solve.
Printable Cryptogram Puzzles and Crypto Families
Printable cryptograms include cryptogram puzzles that are short paragraphs of encrypted text and crypto families that are encrypted lists of related words.

Rebus Puzzles

Rebus puzzles can include pictures and words

Vogel's rebuses by jhritz, on Flickr

Text messages remind me of word-based rebus puzzle phrases. The most challenging rebus puzzles are composed from pictures combined with words.

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Printable Rebus Puzzles

Combine Pictures and Letters to Make Words

Solve the puzzle by decoding the meaning of the combined pictures, symbols and words in each rebus puzzle. Some rebus puzzles are made up only of words with unique positioning or size to provide clues to the solution.

For example: this is rebus puzzle solves to the meaning "head over heels"

HEAD
HEELS
Rebus Puzzles (Word Picture Puzzles), NIEHS Kids Page
NIEHS Kids Brainteasers, Rebus Pages, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, to introduce kids to science and research interests.
Frame Games 7/8/11 | USA WEEKEND | usaweekend.com
Word games, rebus puzzles - think visually to solve these puzzles. Answers included.
Rebus Puzzles: Smart-Kit
Large number of free online printable rebus puzzles for kids of all ages. Teachers will find these word picture puzzles range from easy to hard. Use your popup blocker to keep the annoying ads from showing up.

Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers

Read the clues to solve the puzzle or mystery

Be a word detective! Apply logical thinking and systematic solution methods to solve these challenging puzzles. Logic puzzles lend themselves to pencil and paper so you can organize the clues, chart your possible solutions and keep track of the facts you've connected or eliminated.
Mystery Master Logic Puzzles
Mystery Master Logic Puzzles for all ages and abilities. Free printable solving grids and clues.
Puzzles.COM - Logic Puzzles - All Logic Problems
Big collection of online and downloadable logic puzzles and logic problems - train your brain at Puzzles.com.
Logic Puzzles by Math Is Fun
Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, quizzes, worksheets and a forum. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents.

Do you like to solve logic puzzles?

My Dad loved logic puzzles

When I was a kid our family dinners were lively and filled with conversation. Dad would often give us a logic problem to solve over dinner. That was how we learned to think and eat at the same time. No pencils allowed for these dinner table logic games!

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Math and Logic Puzzle Books

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) by Martin Gardner

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) by Martin Gardner

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Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles by Puzzle Baron

Puzzle Baron's Logic Puzzles by Puzzle Baron

The brain is a wonderful thing to tease. Two hundred more...0 points

Challenging Logic Puzzles (Mensa) by Barry R. Clarke

Challenging Logic Puzzles (Mensa) by Barry R. Clarke

So, you think you've got the brain-power to tackle more...0 points

Challenge Your Brain Math & Logic Puzzles (Official Mensa Puzzle Book) by Dave Tuller, Michael Rios

Challenge Your Brain Math & Logic Puzzles (Official Mensa Puzzle Book) by Dave Tuller, Michael Rios

Give your brain a workout on the type of brainteas more...0 points

USA Today Logic Puzzles: 200 Puzzles from the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper

USA Today Logic Puzzles: 200 Puzzles from the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper

You can be sitting in the train working a puzzle but more...0 points

Posh Logic: 100 Puzzles (Pocket Posh) by The Puzzle Society

Posh Logic: 100 Puzzles (Pocket Posh) by The Puzzle Society

Complement your style while challenging your mind with more...0 points

Brain Teasers: 211 Logic Puzzles, Lateral Thinking Games, Mazes, Crosswords, and IQ Tests to Exercise Your Mind and Keep You Sharp 'til You're 100 (Brain Teasers Series) by Ian Livingstone, Jamie Thomson

Brain Teasers: 211 Logic Puzzles, Lateral Thinking Games, Mazes, Crosswords, and IQ Tests to Exercise Your Mind and Keep You Sharp 'til You're 100 (Brain Teasers Series) by Ian Livingstone, Jamie Thomson

All the games your brain can handle.A great way to more...0 points

Brain Candy: Science, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Logic, and Illogic to Nourish Your Neurons by Garth Sundem

Brain Candy: Science, Paradoxes, Puzzles, Logic, and Illogic to Nourish Your Neurons by Garth Sundem

Feed Your Brain   Tastier than a twizzler yet more more...0 points

Will Shortz Presents I Can KenKen! Volume 1: 75 Puzzles for Having Fun with Math by Tetsuya Miyamoto, KenKen Puzzle  LLC

Will Shortz Presents I Can KenKen! Volume 1: 75 Puzzles for Having Fun with Math by Tetsuya Miyamoto, KenKen Puzzle LLC

Not only are these puzzles fun but KenKen helps ch more...0 points

Puzzles and Mazes 9 - Visual, Math and Logic Puzzles by N. Ratselmeister

Puzzles and Mazes 9 - Visual, Math and Logic Puzzles by N. Ratselmeister

Entertaining mental gym visual, math, word and log more...0 points

Puzzles and Mazes 10 - Word, Logic and Math Puzzles by N. Ratselmeister

Puzzles and Mazes 10 - Word, Logic and Math Puzzles by N. Ratselmeister

Entertaining and brain building word, logic and math more...0 points

101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic (Dover Recreational Math) by C. R. Wylie Jr.

101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic (Dover Recreational Math) by C. R. Wylie Jr.

Solve murder problems and robberies, see which fi more...0 points

USA TODAY Everyday Logic: 200 Puzzles by USA Today

USA TODAY Everyday Logic: 200 Puzzles by USA Today

USA TODAY Everyday Logic: 200 Puzzles from The Nation's more...0 points

Bathroom Crime Puzzles by M. Diane Vogt

Bathroom Crime Puzzles by M. Diane Vogt

An amazingly clever book of sixty-five challenging more...0 points

Cunning Lateral Thinking Puzzles by Paul Sloane, Des MacHale

Cunning Lateral Thinking Puzzles by Paul Sloane, Des MacHale

Paul Sloane and Des MacHale—the wily puzzle maste more...0 points

LSAT Logic Games For Dummies by Mark Zegarelli

LSAT Logic Games For Dummies by Mark Zegarelli

Improve your score on the Analytical Reasoning portion more...0 points

The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles by Norman D. Willis, Paul Sloane, Des MacHale, Michael A. DiSpezio, Kurt Smith, Martin Gardener, Tim Sole, Rod Marshall

The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles by Norman D. Willis, Paul Sloane, Des MacHale, Michael A. DiSpezio, Kurt Smith, Martin Gardener, Tim Sole, Rod Marshall

What a bargain! At more than 700 puzzle-packed pages, more...0 points

The World's 200 Hardest Brain Teasers: Mind-Boggling Puzzles, Problems, and Curious Questions to Sharpen Your Brain by Gary Gruber

The World's 200 Hardest Brain Teasers: Mind-Boggling Puzzles, Problems, and Curious Questions to Sharpen Your Brain by Gary Gruber

FLEX YOUR brain power like never before! From acclaimed more...0 points

Hidato Challenge: 200 Pure Logic Puzzles by Dr. Gyora Benedek

Hidato Challenge: 200 Pure Logic Puzzles by Dr. Gyora Benedek

Prepare to be addicted!Join the thousands who've discovered more...0 points

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I've enjoyed all sorts of pencil puzzles and brain teasers since I was a kid.
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Kids Puzzle Book

Lots of fun pencil puzzles for children

A whole book of challenging and fun pencil puzzles designed for kids!

The Everything Kids' Puzzle Book: Mazes, Word Games, Puzzles & More! Hours of Fun! (Everything Kids Series)

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You'll need to keep your pencil sharpener handy - there are enough pencil puzzles and pencil games in this book to keep kids entertained for hours!

Free Printable Hidden Pictures Pencil Games

Kids love hidden picture puzzles

Free Printable Hidden Pictures for Kids at AllKidsNetwork.com
Free Printable Hidden Pictures for Kids at AllKidsNetwork.com. We have hidden pictures you can print yourself. Also check out tons of hidden picture books from Highlights that we highly recommend!
Printable Hidden PicturePuzzle: In the Sea!
Find the Pictures Hidden in the Sea! Find the following items hidden in the picture of a mermaid and the sea: eel, parrot, hairbrush, key, anchor, palm tree, turtle, pineapple

Hidden Picture Puzzle Books

Lots of Hidden Picture Puzzles to Solve

My grandson shares my passion for solving hidden picture puzzles. I've been shopping around to find a good library of hidden picture game books he can play with when he visits me.

Highlights Hidden Pictures 2011

Highlights Hidden Pictures 2011

Summary:Wanted: Keen eyesight and an attention to detail. more...0 points

The Everything Kids' Hidden Pictures Book: Hours Of Challenging Fun! (Everything Kids Series) by Beth L. Blair

The Everything Kids' Hidden Pictures Book: Hours Of Challenging Fun! (Everything Kids Series) by Beth L. Blair

For all you supersleuths out there, it's time to sharpen more...0 points

The Second Jumbo Book of Hidden Pictures: More Than 1000 Objects to Find! by Highlights for Children

The Second Jumbo Book of Hidden Pictures: More Than 1000 Objects to Find! by Highlights for Children

More than seventy busy pictures, culled from the pages more...0 points

The Everything Kids' Hidden Pictures Book: Hours Of Challenging Fun! (Everything Kids Series) by Beth L. Blair

The Everything Kids' Hidden Pictures Book: Hours Of Challenging Fun! (Everything Kids Series) by Beth L. Blair

For all you supersleuths out there, it's time to s more...0 points

The Ultimate Hidden Picture Puzzle Book (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Joe Boddy

The Ultimate Hidden Picture Puzzle Book (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Joe Boddy

Twenty-four delightfully drawn tableaux with ingen more...0 points

Highlights Hidden Pictures ~ Color Roll

Highlights Hidden Pictures ~ Color Roll

Highlights Hidden Pictures ~ Color Roll. 20 Hidden more...0 points

Hidden Pictures: Across America (Ultimate Hidden Pictures) by Tony Tallarico

Hidden Pictures: Across America (Ultimate Hidden Pictures) by Tony Tallarico

These are truly the ultimate in hidden pictures. Jam-packed more...0 points

Highlights Match Patch: A Hidden Pictures Matching Game [With Score Pad, Picture Tiles, Object Tiles and Pencil]

Highlights Match Patch: A Hidden Pictures Matching Game [With Score Pad, Picture Tiles, Object Tiles and Pencil]

Discovery Bay Silly SituationsYou've found yourself more...0 points

Fairyland Hidden Pictures (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Diana Zourelias

Fairyland Hidden Pictures (Dover Children's Activity Books) by Diana Zourelias

With this magical book of 24 hidden pictures, you more...0 points

Hidden Pictures

Hidden Pictures

Search for objects hidden in Old and New Testament more...0 points

Hidden Pictures by School Zone Interactive Staff

Hidden Pictures by School Zone Interactive Staff

Solve hidden picture puzzles in the 64 page workbo more...0 points

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  • scarlettohairy Apr 25, 2012 @ 5:08 pm | delete
    I love word puzzles but not number puzzles. Great options here!
  • CruiseReady Jan 7, 2012 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    This is a perfect page for the upcoming National Puzzle Day! (It's Jan 29)
  • JoyfulPamela Jul 20, 2011 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    Pencil puzzles of all sorts are so much fun! I absolutely have to add this to my pencil page. Thanks! :)
  • dannystaple Jul 18, 2011 @ 1:28 am | delete
    My favourite are the Killer Soduko puzzles. The ones with no starting numbers, and the boxes that numbers have to add up to. Once you get the hang of them, they start to seem easier than normal soduko puzzles - you've got more clues.

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Taking Sudoku Seriously : The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil Puzzle

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Me Vs. You: Head-to-Head Pencil Games Challenge (Klutz)

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