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Can you explain the categories for brain teasers?
Cryptography - Cryptography teasers are phrases, expressions, quotes or lists that have been encoded in some way (frequently replacing letters with other letters, although other methods are acceptable). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer. Cryptography teasers generally fall into three categories, Cryptograms, Cryptolists and Cryptomath.
Group - Group brain teasers give you two groups of objects. You have to figure out what makes the two groups different.
Language - Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. It often requires you to manipulate words and letters.
Letter-Equations - Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
Logic - Logic puzzles require logical reasoning.
Logic-Grid - Logic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Optical Illusion - An optical illusion is a visually perceived image that is deceptive or misleading.
Science - Science brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
Probability - Probability puzzles require you to weigh all the possibilities and pick the most likely outcome.
Math - Math brain teasers require computations to solve. Geometry puzzles also fall in this category.
Mystery - Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Rebus - Rebus brain teasers use numbers, symbols, words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
Riddle - Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme.
Series - Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
Situation - Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
Trick - Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
Trivia - Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Other - Other brain teasers are ones that don't fit into any of the other categories.
Group - Group brain teasers give you two groups of objects. You have to figure out what makes the two groups different.
Language - Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. It often requires you to manipulate words and letters.
Letter-Equations - Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
Logic - Logic puzzles require logical reasoning.
Logic-Grid - Logic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Optical Illusion - An optical illusion is a visually perceived image that is deceptive or misleading.
Science - Science brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
Probability - Probability puzzles require you to weigh all the possibilities and pick the most likely outcome.
Math - Math brain teasers require computations to solve. Geometry puzzles also fall in this category.
Mystery - Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Rebus - Rebus brain teasers use numbers, symbols, words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
Riddle - Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme.
Series - Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.
Situation - Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
Trick - Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
Trivia - Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Other - Other brain teasers are ones that don't fit into any of the other categories.
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