Hard puzzles
These more advanced challenges are definitely logic puzzles for adults. But while they are intricate, don’t feel bad taking as much time as you need to work out your logic.
9. Pass the Salt, Please
A perfect logic puzzle for adults who have kids: Try to outsmart your mischievous teenager!
On April Fool’s Day, your teenaged son replaces the salt in three of your four salt shakers with sugar. But he also leaves messages on each.
If only one of these inscriptions is true, which shaker still contains salt?
Answer: Shaker C.
10. True Blue
This logic puzzle for adults will stump even the most astute solvers! Daniel, Emily, Marciano, and Christina are all wearing solid-colored shirts. Their shirts are red, yellow, green, and blue. Only the person wearing blue tells the truth, while the other three lie. They make the following statements:
- Daniel: “Marciano is wearing red.”
- Emily: “Daniel is not wearing yellow.”
- Marciano: “Emily is wearing blue.”
- Christina: “I will wear blue tomorrow.”
Can you determine each person’s shirt color, and whether we can expect to see Christina in blue tomorrow?
Answer: Daniel is wearing yellow, Emily is in red, Marciano is in green, and Christina is in blue. Christina will wear a blue shirt again tomorrow.
11. Three Cheers for the New Parents
In this printable logic puzzle, you’ll discover what these expectant parents will name their triplets.
Ruby and Lewis are expecting…triplets! They already know what they will name their three children, but they aren’t sharing the names until the babies are born. For now, this is all they’ll say:
- All three babies are boys.
- Their names are six letters long and anagrams of one another.
- Their names include both of their parents’ initials, but none of the other letters in their parents’ first names.
What will Ruby and Lewis name their triplets?
Answer: Arnold, Roland, and Ronald
