For this puzzle, transpose a taker into a keeper.

You’ll need this hint: what is the person in the picture?

Not sure how to transpose? Word transpositions are like anagrams

Depending on how many people can answer this, will aim to unmask answers submitted below in a 2-3 days, good luck!

Up and down the stairs I go,

quietly without moving-

Magnet am I for Noxious things,

Allergists disapproving!

What am I?

Answers to this riddle can be submitted below, will unmask in a number of days.

Grandma gave Eli a box containing equal numbers of marbles and rocks. After Eli rolled 36 marbles away, there were 3 times as many rocks as marbles.  How many marbles were there to begin with?

This can be solved without any formal algebra training. Answers can be submitted below, will reveal before the week is over!

Want more of a challenge? Check out this very hard math brainteaser from the Smart-Kit Archive!

It’s been several months since a cryptogram has gone up. This one isn’t very hard, and there are 5 hints available if you get stuck.

Related: Full archive of Smart-Kit  cryptograms (many of the earliest ones have hints disabled).

Can you figure out what animal this is?? This picture is also used in Smart-Kit’s most recent daily jigsaw puzzle, check it out!

I am a little word made up of only 5 letters, yet so great is my weight that strong men have been crushed by me.

My 2,1,3,4,5 will make a poor man wealthy.

My 3,2,1,4 is that in which many strive, but only one wins.

My 5,4,2,3 is to burn.

My 2,1,4 is one.

My 2,3,1 is not complete.

My 1,2,5,4 is visited frequently by a physician, who typically has more 1,2,3,4,5 than a follower of any other profession.

What am I?

A new Strimko challenge, courtesy of the Grabarchuk family. The object of this logic puzzle is to fill in the missing numbers, keeping in mind these simple rules:

-each row must contain different numbers

-each column must contain different numbers

-each stream must contain different numbers

Included in this months Strimko (made especially for Smart-Kit!) are 3 challenges: easy, medium, and hard.  The Grabarchuks also have Strimko available for the iphone (and the lite version is free

For a very hard visual-spatial packing puzzle by the Grabarchuks, check out Untouchable 11

Can you make sense out of this poem?

Read see how me

Down will I love

And you love you

Up and you if

Featured Smart-Kit Riddle:

• Very hard Riddle
• Short Riddle (easy)
• Riddle for kids
• This is a great Hard to answer riddle
• Funny Riddle
• Hard Math Riddle

Smart-Kit has a large number of excellent  brain teasers and riddles. All of the old riddles have answers that have been released in the comment section. Newer riddles that get posted on the homepage usually take a number of days before the answers are released. This way, for our regular visitors that frequently come to the site, the fun doesn’t  spoiled!

For this hidden object puzzle, your goal is to find the lantern. Sad to say, I haven’t found it yet : (

Something is not right with this picture. Can you figure it out?

Answers can be submitted below, will unmask next week

Teachers looking for more printable items, here are several earlier Find the Fault puzzles.

And although we haven’t put one up recently , check out the riddles section for some fairly hard challenges. Check out Smart-Kit’s large variety of picture puzzles, many of which are hidden object puzzles. If you’re in the mood for something a little more traditional, Smart-Kit has a large number of high quality jigsaw puzzles online.

Haven’t put a word search up in quite some time; here is one featuring Greek Mythological Figures.  For teachers looking for some fun word puzzles, Smart-Kit has a large number to choose from. We also have a great word game-
Word Boss- that is great educational fun for students and kids of all ages.

Currently, Erin’s age plus her grandma’s age equals 94. In 4 years, Erin’s grandma will be 5 times as old as Erin. How old is Erin currently?

This can be solved without any formal algebra training. Answers can be submitted below, will reveal before the week is over!

While puzzles are fun, games are sometimes better! Check out Smart-Kit’s huge archive of smart games! Or, if you’re looking for more educational activities for kids and students that are math related, check out Smart-Kit’s huge collection of math brain teasers. If you’re looking to put your mind at ease, relax with some fun free online jigsaw puzzles.

While hiking a wooded trail today, we came across a piece of barbed wire running right through a portion of the tree, about 4 feet above my head. Shot a picture of it, you can see above.

What is the most likely explanation for how it got there?

Answers can be submitted below, will unmask Wednesday!

More picture puzzles. Hidden Object games are very popular right now and while Smart-Kit is working on a custom hidden object game of its own, in the meantime you can check out our free hidden picture puzzles. Many if these hidden challenges come from antique hidden object cards, like Liebig. Or, if you are looking to play games online, Smart-Kit has a large number of excellent smart games- games that are great for kids and students looking for some educational entertainment. Parents can rest assured that all our games are kid friendly and good for the brain! Adults wanting some old fashioned fun can play our free daily jigsaw!

As many of you may have noticed, I’m slowing things down a bit for the summer. Come September, will pick up again.

There are 5 hidden proverbs hidden in the picture above. Find the 1st letter of the 1st word, then follow left, right, up, or down to find subsequent letters. You will never have to move diagonally.

What proverbs can you find? Answers can be entered below in the comment section; will reveal sometime next week.

Smart-Kit also features some really cool jigsaw puzzles online, or some great rebus picture puzzles

And now, the final question in Bobo The Bear’s Checkboard Trilogy:

How many ways are there to arrange 4 checkers on the spaces of a standard 8×8 checkerboard so that they form the corners of a square (This includes squares that are “tilted” with respect to the edges of the board)?

Answers can be submitted below; will reveal sometime next week