Here are three matchstick puzzles to test your wits. Graphic: Jack Murtagh Move two matchsticks so that four one-by-one squares remain. The two matchsticks must be placed somewhere in the diagram and ...

The modern matchstick was invented in the early 1800s. The initial iterations suffered from assorted defects like violent flares, rancid chemicals, and a tendency to cause factory workers’ jaws to rot ...

Move a single matchstick so that there are six squares. Each matchstick’s entire length must be part of at least one square. Show puzzle solution There are three solutions, including the mirror image ...

A matchstick is a type of lateral thinking or logicality based puzzles where a set of matches is arranged to form shapes, equations (often using Roman numerals), and the goal is to rearrange, remove, ...