picture puzzle

noun

: jigsaw puzzle

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What’s Going On Inside Your Brain When Your Mind Goes Blank? New Insight Into Eureka Moments Example of the hidden picture puzzles in the black/white images on the left; corresponding real-world picture on the right. — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025 For International Puzzle Day, bring your used jigsaw puzzles to swap with other puzzle people to get new-to-you picture puzzles for a new year and a long, cold winter. — Kevin Spencer, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 This set comes with cards that challenge and teach little ones through picture puzzles, math problems, tongue twisters, mazes, vocabulary games, and more. — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 13 Mar. 2023 Create a custom picture puzzle. — Devi Jags, Women's Health, 7 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for picture puzzle

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of picture puzzle was in 1869

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“Picture puzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture%20puzzle. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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