About Puzzle Day

Puzzle Day is an annual event hosted by Computer Science Women's Network. It began in 2015 and is now CSWN's largest event/competition! Teams of students compete to solve a wide variety of puzzles, including math based riddles, ciphers, and logic puzzles. Teams compete to solve as many puzzles as they can for a prize pool of $1,000! Lunch, drinks, and merch are also provided :) To create a customized, exciting experience for all participants, puzzles are created and tested by members of the CSWN Puzzle Day committee. You and your team will solve and submit your solutions for points. This is a beginner-friendly competition; if you like solving puzzles, come give it a try! This year's theme is Alice in Wonderland.

A big thank you to our sponsors!

The Puzzles

And a Helpful Link to the Book!

Puzzle 1Puzzle 2Puzzle 3Puzzle 4Puzzle 5Puzzle 6Puzzle 7Puzzle 8Puzzle 9Puzzle 10Puzzle 11Puzzle 12Puzzle 13Puzzle 14Puzzle 15Puzzle 16Puzzle 17Puzzle 18Puzzle 19Puzzle 20

Rules and Schedule

Rules

  • Solve in teams of up to 4 people!
  • Each team gets up to three hints. Request those through your team’s channel in Discord
  • No sharing answers with other teams!
  • Don’t get help on the puzzle from anyone outside your team. This includes people not in Puzzle Day.
  • No using AI! But you are allowed to access the internet and various internet resources
  • Only have one person on your team submit solutions
  • Answers should not be case sensitive. If you have questions about the answer checking (or anything else), message in your team’s channel.

Schedule

  • 9:30 AM — Check-in starts!
  • 10:00 AM — Opening ceremony! Hear from CSWN and listen to presentations from our sponsors, IdeaNova Technologies, Inc. and Anshar Labs.
  • 10:40 AM — Puzzle solving starts!
  • 12:30 PM — Lunch is served
  • 4:30 PM — Puzzle solving ends
  • 4:50 PM — Winners are announced
  • 5:00 PM — Event ends