Looking for Puzzles to Learn English

Looking for Puzzles to Learn English? You’ll Love These 5!

What do you do when you have a quiet evening to yourself?

You know, the kind of evening when you can just relax and get comfortable.

Do you watch a movie? Read a book? Play online games?

I play Sudoku.


Sudoku is a very addictive number puzzle game. It is challenging and entertaining at the same time.

I find that solving puzzles is a great way to pass the time and flex my brain muscles.

Puzzles are not just about numbers, though. Many puzzles focus on words, and word puzzles can help you improve your English. A lot. They can be a fun hobby that also helps you to learn the language. What is also great is that you can do most of these puzzles online or on a mobile device. In this post, you will find five educational and entertaining English puzzles that you can do while relaxing in your spare time, along with resources where you can find them.

English Word Puzzles for Students with Answers

by Rajesh Kumar on December 09, 2020

English Word Puzzles for students with answers

A few days back, we have published Guess the Words English Brain Teasers. In those puzzles, few statements were given and one has to find the English word being talked about in these statements. If you are proficient in the English language and would like to solve more such puzzles. Do check out Word Brain Teasers' main page for more such puzzles. English language students can use these puzzles to check their knowledge of their English words and also challenge their friends with these word brain teasers.




Today we are posting some English words related to brain teasers. Each of these word brain teasers is different. In some of these word brain teasers, one has to fill in the blanks and in one of the brain teasers, one is given a set of English words and one has to find which word is the odd one out. One brain teaser is to check your observation and knowledge of the English language. However, the one-word brain teaser here is the fun brain teaser and one may get surprised with the answer. Let us see how many of these brain teasers you can solve correctly without looking at the answers.

Answers link to these word brain teasers is given at the end of this post. However, try to solve these puzzles.

How can jigsaw puzzles help me to teach English?

You can use jigsaw puzzles in opening routines, team games and craft activities. The way you conduct the activity can be adjusted depending on whether you are working on receptive skills or productive skills.


You have the opportunity to use the target language to talk about what is on the puzzle pieces. You are also able to give clues and ask questions with the target language to help students find the correct parts of the puzzle. Once the puzzle is completed, you can use the image for further opportunities for language practice. If you use a jigsaw puzzle in a craft activity, there are even more opportunities to help your students learn English.


Types of jigsaw puzzles

When we first think of jigsaw puzzles, we usually think of irregular pieces that slot together. They can be much simpler though, and the puzzles I use in my classes consist of straight lines that students need to put together in the correct order. In the puzzles I make, I often like to add numbers down the side.


This lets me offer support to the children, so they are not only relying on the image clues. It also helps me work on number vocabulary, and gives me flexibility so that I can make the puzzle more challenging by chopping off the numerals and/or number text. Below are some examples of my jigsaw puzzles, but it would be really easy to make your versions too. Simply find an image including vocabulary you’re working on, and cut it into segments.

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