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AARPMichaelP
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Jun 25, 2020 4:44 PM UTC

What kind of puzzles do you like to do to keep your brain active?

I enjoy doing puzzles to stimulate my mind. I am looking for some ideas for new puzzles I can try as I have gone through plenty during this quarantine. Can someone point me in the right direction or recommend some of their favorites?

41 replies

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Sep 4, 2026 1:22 AM UTC

I really hate the long crossword puzzles And I prefer the shorter ones. It takes way too long to do a normal size crossword puzzle and the points don’t match up. So I skipped those. Make them shorter please

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Mar 13, 2026 9:13 PM UTC


I just scored 32,900
playing Scramble Words on AARP Games. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
https://games.aarp.org/games/scramble-words

it is fun

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Apr 14, 2026 5:58 PM UTC

Scramble Words didn't award Reward points today for completion. Anyone else having this issue?

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Apr 20, 2026 4:47 PM UTC

Same today, but I did a "chat" session, and the missing 300 points were added as an adjustment. Thank you AARP!

MarkV847771
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Dec 7, 2020 4:43 PM UTC

"One minute mysteries" type books where you're presented with a crime and the evidence from which you have to deduce who did it.

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jf3019
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Sep 3, 2020 1:59 PM UTC

I like to do Logic Puzzles, to stimulate the "little grey cells" as the famous detective loves to say.

Merxth1951
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Sep 3, 2020 9:24 AM UTC

Crossword puzzles and the recognition of patterns (the advanced is really hard).

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Sep 3, 2020 3:36 AM UTC

I love to do online jigsaw puzzles and I recently started to play Match 3D. The game is in the app store and tests your ability to match objects, while time is running down. It's pretty addictive.

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Sep 3, 2020 2:14 AM UTC

Don't care for puzzles.  Love to read.

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Sep 3, 2020 12:29 AM UTC

Scrabble, this app called Elevate, word and math apps, sudoku

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Aug 26, 2020 8:14 PM UTC

Even though I am 55 years old I still love video games and play the Lego games on my WiiU which allows me to figure out certain puzzles and works my brain quite a bit. I also enjoy doing game like crosswords, candy crush, etc.  Things that make you really think about what you're doing. I also like word games such as scrabble, spelling word games, etc. 

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Aug 21, 2020 11:08 PM UTC

I like to play puzzles and puzzle related games such as connecting tiles with background story or changing goals. Also find that if I have to use my brain and recall what I've learned from education, 

jobs and living life I do very well. Texas Hold'em & Yahtzee are two, I'll try a new game but if I don't do well I'll delete it.