Not all puzzles play fair — this one fights back!
Our devious brainteasers challenge you to twist, flip and align eight magnetic cubes to reveal hidden words, phrases, numbers or patterns.
Twist, Turn, Arrange The Cubes.
But beware, just when you think you’ve cracked it, a single cube rotation can throw everything into chaos!
Every twist unlocks (or hides!) new possibilities.
Think you've solved the challenge? Open up inside the cube to reveal three more sets of faces on three axes. Are these solved too?
You must ensure that the solutions on all twelve inner and outer faces also have sensible solutions!
We have created several kinds of devious cubes for ages 8+ and myriad skill levels.
Devious Words
Featuring eight magnetic cubes, each 1-inch cube is packed with 24 sets of laser-etched bigrams.
In total, 48 four-letter words in two directions.
Reveal the Words – Find all hidden words.
When solved, each visible face will reveal four 4-letter words in two directions.
There are several Devious Words sets.
Set 1 has these unique bigrams: AC, ZE.
Set 2 has these unique bigrams: AK, MA.
GIVE A RANDOM CLUE FOR ...
SHOW A RANDOM SIDE FROM ...
SHOW ALL THE WORDS IN ...
SHOW THE SOLUTION FOR ...
The devious cube can be personalized with your own words.
ACNE ACRE BABE BARE BEAR CAFE CANE CANS CHAR DATE DAZE DOCK DYES EACH EAST FEAR
FELT FIFE FIJI GALA GALE HAIR HALO INCA INTO IRON JILT JUDO JUNE KILO KIWI LADY
LASS LATE LESS LONE LOON NEAR NECK NEST REAR REST STAR TEES TEST TONS WINE ZEST
ALPS CAPS DENT DOTS FEAR FEED GEAR ILKS INCH INCH INKS ITCH LEAK MADE MARE NEED
NOPE NOTE ORAL ORCA PAIL PAIN PEAK PENS PETS QUIN QUIT RAIN RATE RENT ROAR SAFE
SAGE SETS STAR TALE TAPE TECH TENS TOTS UNDO UNTO VAPE VASE WIFE WINE ZERO ZEST
ACRE NEST
BARE BEAR
CAFE NEAR
DATE ZEST
EACH STAR
FIJI FELT
GALE LASS
HALO IRON
INCA TONS
JUNE DOCK
KILO WINE
LADY TEES
MADE RENT
NOTE PENS
ORCA ALPS
PAIL INKS
QUIT INCH
RAIN TECH
SAFE GEAR
TAPE LEAK
UNTO DOTS
VASE PETS
WINE FEED
ZERO STAR
Canada Cubes
There are several cubes related to Canada.
The main cube has 12 faces for 10 provinces and three territories.
Nunavut and NWT are both on one face.
Other cubes bring together pairs of whimsical and iconic "Canadian" words.
Some pairs are alliterative (eg FLAPPING FLAG), while other pairs have something in common.
See what words make sense together.
To solve the Canadian icons cube, all six external (24) faces must each contain four identical icons - inner faces can be ignored.
The Family Cube
Pairs of words related to any family.
Quotations Cube
24 sets quotations.
Slot Machine Cube
Align six faces to reveal your perfect slot machine win.
USA Cube
Reveal six out of 12 iconic images to the USA.
Critter Cubes
There are several cubes related to animals with pairs of words - some make sense, some do not, some are funny, some are serious.
Some pairs are alliterative (eg BUSY BEAVER).
See what words make sense together.
Cubic Maze
The goal is to connect the two start and end locations with an unbroken, continuous path.
The ideal path has 22 segments between the start and points.
Start with a short path and progressively make a longer path until you connect all outer cube faces.
Arrows Cube
Align the arrows such that each face has four arrows pointing in the same direction.
Three-Letter Words
The goal is to connect pairs of adjacent fragments into three-letter words.
Two level of difficulty with either 24 or 48 words to align.
Four-Letter Words
The goal for 1-6 players is to connect pairs of adjacent bigrams into four-letter words, scoring as you attach each cube.
Cubic Math
For each face, align three small numbers that add up to the large number.
The perfect solution has all numbers adding up to the target number.
You can also play a two-player math competition.
Start by giving each player four cubes.
Play in rounds.
Call out a simple equation with all four numbers (using "BODMAS" rules) whose outcome matches the target number shown below.
10 After each round, trade one cube and tap for another target number.
Movie Quotes
Arrange halves of movie quotes.
Movie Titles
Arrange halves of movie titles.
Ambiguity
Not What You Think!
48 ambiguous words. 12 tangled categories.
In this twisting, turning puzzle of perception, every word hides more than one meaning - but only one arrangement brings perfect clarity.
Can you align your logic with your imagination?
We've designed sets of words that are related in many ways.
Your goal is to figure out which words go together.
For example, is Scorpion an Action Movie, a Dangerous Animal or a Card Game?
