Puzzles by Type
Slocum's Classification is probably the most widely used classification for mechanical puzzles. James Dalgety has also published an even more detailed list of classification which he uses to group puzzles in his collection. See his classification page at The Puzzle Museum website.
We've sorted puzzles into more generalised groups to help you find the puzzle you're looking for so look for the + sign and expand the sub categories under this heading.
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WWF 3D Animal puzzles
Challenge yourself to try putting these animal brain benders back toge...$10.91 -
Rubik's Junior twisty puzzles
A great introduction to twisty puzzles for the kids. These cute little...$10.86 -
Pandora's Box interlocking framed burr
The puzzle is to remove the four interlocking pieces from inside the P...$12.27
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Shark - Hanayama Marine Series puzzles
The puzzle is to get the small shark out of the jaws of the great whit...$11.82 -
Claw - Hanayama Marine Series puzzles
The puzzle is to help the mackerel get free of the giant crab's claw a...$11.82
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Cast Hanayama Medal puzzle
The puzzle is to separate the ring that the Salmon has in his mouth fr...$11.82 -
Strong Fortress interlocking metal puzzle
Don't be fooled into thinking this is some kind of standard metal inte...$13.00 -
Ring Road metal interlocking puzzle
Try to separate the 3 aluminium pieces and put them back together agai...$13.00
Metagrobology is the study of puzzles.
A metagrobologist is a person who studies puzzles.
Metagrobolise means to puzzle, mystify, baffle or confound.
The words are uncommon in everyday use and the only reference in print that I could find was this quote from Rudyard Kipling's Stalky & Co in 1899 “It’s the olive branch,” was Stalky’s comment. “It’s the giddy white flag, by gum! Come to think of it, we have metagrobolized ’em.”
More recently many puzzlers have used the word metagrobologist to describe themselves. Wikipedia credits the American wire puzzle designer Rick Irby with first applying it to a puzzler in the 1970's but that's open to argument.
A search of the Oxford English Dictionary show no listings for either metagrbology, metagrobolise or metagrabologist so it seems the word is still puzzling us!