Puzzle hobbyists will be pleased to know that there is no dearth of competitions offline and online. Competitions for various puzzles are organized at the local, school district, national and international levels. These competitions bring puzzle hobbyist from around the world to pitch their skills against the others.

Mind Sports Olympiad is one such competition which is held annually. Variety of puzzles that test an intellectuals mind are played here. Puzzles such as crosswords, scrabble, dots and boxes, lines of action, power grid, snatch, and many other word games are organized here.

Another popular puzzles championship is the World Puzzle Championships that bring puzzle enthusiasts and hobbyists from all around the world to take part in various puzzle competitions. The World Puzzle Federation is another annual event in which thousands of people take part in and pitch their puzzle solving skills against each other. Apart from these, there are many competitions that are only for pitching players against players in one puzzle. Time of completion of puzzles is noted to find out the winner. Puzzles such as crossword, Sudoku, scrabble and others are used to pitch players against players.

Apart from these, numerous puzzle tournaments are taken place online in a variety of traditional and nontraditional puzzles to find out the best players. These websites also have titles, cash prizes and other prize money for the winning individual. Hence, people who love solving puzzles can take part and win.