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Jan 9-Apr 10
Clue Hunt 4
https://cluehunting.com/ Clue Hunt is a puzzle hunt with clues released 1 per week over 13 weeks. Puzzles include (among others) a wide variety of word games, LSAT-style logic puzzles, word searches without wordlists, cryptograms, cryptic crosswords, and a number of clues that were modeled after regular features in GAMES Magazine. The competition ends with a ‘meta-clue’ where you need to figure out the theme and use the answers to all of the previous puzzles in order to solve the final one.
Teams are scored by cumulative solve time across all 13 puzzles. The team that completes all of the clues in the least amount of time will win a prize! See the site for details.
Mar 21-Apr 22
The VT Hunt 2025
Blacksburg, VA for students; online for the public
https://www.vthunt.com/ The VT Hunt is the Virginia Tech community's annual puzzlehunt, a path of puzzles that winds around campus for one month every spring. Thousands start every year, but only a determined few reach the end. Consider it our modest way of making campus a bit more interesting. This year we will also have a fully online version of the hunt.
Mar 28-Apr 6
Teammate Hunt 2025: Matt & Emma's Deep-space Disaster
https://2025.teammatehunt.com/
Teammate Hunt has returned! Join Matt and Emma as they navigate a Deep-space Disaster, facing many puzzling challenges along the way. See more details about the hunt and register now at our website! Teams may have 1-8 members, although we recommend 5-6.
Apr 5
Get a Clue
Atlanta, GA
https://getaclueatl.com/Get A Clue (GAC) is an annual puzzle hunt hosted every spring in Atlanta. It is a city-wide, full-day hunt where teams will travel to various locations in the metropolitan Atlanta area, solving excruciating clues and completing challenges along the way. If you're completely new to the game, you've been warned!
Apr 5
A Periodic Rallye (road rallye)
Mountain View, CA
Apr 8 (recurring)
Puzzled Pint
a city near you?
puzzledpint.com
Puzzled Pint is a FREE event for puzzle lovers occurring in pubs throughout the globe on the second Tuesday of each month. If you like escape rooms, crosswords, or sudoku, you'll love Puzzled Pint! Bring a team of 2 to 5 people or come and make new friends.
Many locations are back in-person, with Game Control volunteers bringing puzzles to the people over pints. For the current list of cities, visit our web site above. Solve the location puzzle posted the first Friday of each month to unlock the month's venues.
Apr 12-13
CMU Spring 2025 Puzzlehunt
https://puzzlehunt.club.cc.cmu.edu/prepuzzle/14/ (this link is currently a placeholder)
CMU Puzzle Hunt returns for another on-campus puzzle hunt! While we're holding in-person ceremonies, the hunt is open to all participants and can be completed remotely! Kickoff begins at 1:00 PM EDT on Saturday, and puzzles will be released at 1:20 PM EDT and run until 1:20 PM EDT on Sunday to accommodate teams worldwide, but we anticipate that the hunt should take a full team of 6 intermediate solvers no more than 8 hours. Teams can be composed of no more than 6 people and prizes will be given out to top teams; however, only current CMU students will be eligible for prizes. Check out the link closer to the hunt date for a pre-puzzle and signup information!
Apr 12-13
Brown Puzzlehunt (in-person)
Providence, RI
https://www.brownpuzzlehunt.com/Attention! Brown Puzzle Cinemas is in dire need of help in the form of unpaid labor to brush up their latest films. If you can get these movies in shape, you could earn the highly sought-after Bloscar award!
We recommend teams of ~6-8 interns, but will allow up to 10. Kickoff will be at 12:00 PM on Saturday. See the link for more details and registration.
Apr 19-25
Brown Puzzlehunt (remote)
https://www.brownpuzzlehunt.com/Attention! Brown Puzzle Cinemas is in dire need of help in the form of unpaid labor to brush up their latest films. If you can get these movies in shape, you could earn the highly sought-after Bloscar award!
We recommend teams of ~6-8 interns, but will allow up to 10. Puzzles will drop at 12:00 PM on Saturday. Teams can choose to buy a “puzzle box” to engage with during the hunt. See the link for more details and registration.
Apr 25-May 2
Huntingale
https://huntingale.nightmeow.site/ A brand-new indie puzzle hunt! This is the first half of the full story, where we're diving into (the first half of) a day in the life of a small-town girl. Gather clues that would lead to the bigger mystery to be revealed in the second half of the story!
The difficulty will be similar to Puzzle Rojak 2 or REDDOThunt in general, and we recommend teams of 3-5 members. See the website for more details!
Apr 26
WWU Great Puzzle Hunt
Bellingham, WA and online
https://www.greatpuzzlehunt.com/ The Great Puzzle Hunt is a hybrid puzzle-solving adventure. Teams of up to 6 people work virtually from anywhere in the world or in-person, traveling on foot to various locations on WWU campus, solving a total of four hour-long puzzles gathering clues along the way to solve one final meta puzzle.
These are no ordinary puzzles though! It will take a diverse set of skills and talents to solve them! Our mission is to celebrate everyone's talents and demonstrate knowledge comes in many forms. Everything is timed using your phone, QR codes, and this online system! So yes, you can win :)
Apr 26
MIT Logic Puzzle Open
Cambridge, MA
May 3
Princeton Puzzle Hunt
Princeton, NJ for students; online for the public
The Princeton Puzzle Hunt is BACK! Form teams of up to four people to solve sixteen puzzles over the course of four hours. There will be three sub-hunts themed around New York Times games, classic video games, and board games, with a meta meta to combine them all. Prizes are available for the top teams of Princeton students. Registration website and exact start time in the afternoon to be announced closer to the start date.
May 10-12
U.S. Sudoku Team Qualifying
https://wpc.puzzles.com/ussq2025/
The official purpose of the test is to select members of the U.S. Sudoku team, to participate in the 2024 World Sudoku Championship. Unofficial participation is open to all puzzlers world-wide. Nationality is determined by citizenship, not residence.
May 24-26
U.S. Puzzle Championship
https://wpc.puzzles.com/uspc2025/ The U.S. Puzzle Championship is an annual online competition sanctioned by the World Puzzle Federation. The U.S. participates in the World Puzzle Championship, earning 16 team and 10 individual titles in 31 years.
The official purpose of the championship is to recognize the top U.S. puzzle solvers, to participate in the World Puzzle Championship. Unofficial participation is open to all puzzlers world-wide, with nationality determined by citizenship, not residence.
May 31-Jun 2
(save the date) unannounced puzzle hunt
A puzzle hunt is tentatively scheduled for this date.
Jul 12-16
The 2025 Truzzle Hunt
Sep 13
DASH 12
Cities around the world
https://playdash.org/
DASH is a fun, interactive event where teams of players race to find and solve creative puzzles hidden in different locations in cities all over the world. From fictitious graveyards to s'mores designed in Morse code to music clips containing a hidden message, anything is possible when playing a DASH puzzle hunt.
DASH 12 will be on Saturday, September 13, 2025! A list of cities participating will be posted later. If you'd like to help organize an event in your city, please email DASH 12 organizers.
Sep 21-28
World Sudoku / Puzzle Championship
Eger, Hungary
https://worldpuzzle.org/championships/wspc-2025-eger-hungary The World Puzzle Championship (WPC) and World Sudoku Championship (WSC) are annual international puzzle competitions run by the World Puzzle Federation. All the puzzles in the competition are pure-logic problems based on simple principles, designed to be playable regardless of language or culture.
National teams are determined by local affiliates of the World Puzzle Federation, who typically run qualifier competitions to determine the composition of national teams. Individuals may also take part if their country is not already represented by a national team.
This will be altogether the 50th World Championship in the world of puzzle enthaustics since 1992. The community of the Hungarian Puzzlers' Association is proud to be a host of WSPC again after 2011. We are looking forward to seeing you in Eger!
Oct 25
Puzzle Boat 12 | The Puzzle Strikes Midnight
www.pandamagazine.com/island12/
Jan 16-18, 2026
(save the date) Mystery Hunt expected
Cambridge, MA and online
https://puzzles.mit.edu/ The MIT Mystery Hunt is EXPECTED to take place on January 16-18, 2026. No formal announcement has been made.
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Puzzle Hunt Calendar is made by Dan Egnor. The Planning Cabal folks are Brent Holman, Jeff Wallace, and Curtis Chen.