Welcome to the PuzzleCat wiki—a public, community-edited encyclopedia of puzzle hunts, puzzle types, and culture. All articles pass review before going live.
Spoiler warning: we try to avoid solution leaks, but cannot guarantee a spoiler-free read. For pre-finish snapshots, use the time machine.
Featured
Featured series
Did you know
- Puzzled Pint runs worldwide on the second Tuesday each month, with hundreds of mild puzzles over 15+ years
- MIT Mystery Hunt has sometimes released story-linked bonus content outside January
- The first Advent Puzzle Hunt shipped physical advent calendars to solvers
- Community awards like the Bravo Awards see hundreds of puzzles nominated each cycle
- Hunt articles here can embed
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; the portal calendar merges live hunts and Category: Hunts - Published titles auto-link in body text; aliases power puzzle tag popovers
Popular Pages
- Puzzle Elements — taxonomy of presentation, solve paths, and structure
- Hunts — hunt articles; filter upcoming vs past by start date
- Teams — notable teams (add yours!)
- Community Resources — communities, tools, external guides
- Media — blogs, podcasts, streams
- Puzzlehunt — what hunts are and how they’re built
- Paper puzzles / Logic puzzles — common genres
- Construction / Testsolving — writing and QA
- PuzzleCat — this platform
- Creator guide — how to edit the wiki
FAQ
What is this wiki?
PuzzleCat’s reviewed encyclopedia for hunts, terms, teams, and history—separate from puzzle tag popovers (wiki categories filter articles).
What’s a puzzle hunt?
A timed collaborative event, usually rounds of feeders and metas. See Puzzlehunt.
What puzzle types show up?
Wordplay, logic/paper grids (sudoku, nonograms, slitherlink), audiovisual, extraction/indexing, and metas. Browse Puzzle Elements.
Good hunts for beginners?
Start with Puzzlehunt and Community Resources; try mild monthly events (Puzzled Pint–style) or featured site hunts; avoid spoiler writeups mid-event.
What hunts are coming soon?
The portal calendar lists live/upcoming site hunts; past events: Hunts with `when=past`. External hunts appear in the hunt directory.
How do I contribute?
Sign in → new article → draft → submit for review. See the creator guide; JSON import supports i18n drafts.
Spoilers?
No answers on public pages before a hunt ends; use folds or the time machine.
Wiki Information
Maintained by the PuzzleCat community, in the spirit of puzzles.wiki. Cite sources; official hunt data wins on conflicts. Licensing TBD—see Community Resources for Discord and community links.