List of Puzzle Hunts

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This is a list of puzzle hunts, separated into those held as online events (with defined start and end times, team registration, leaderboards, etc) and "offline" collections (often untimed and provided in standalone, downloadable PDF or HTML form).

Online puzzle hunt events

Name List of hunts
Arcane Game DHW21 · Online 0
BAPHL Puzzle Hunt 21 (Boston Alternative to Purchasing High-Priced Leaguetickets) · 20 (Brave Adventures & PHantastical Legends) · 19 (Same Area Different Hunts) · 18 (Backup Athletes Playing the Hometown League) · 17 · 16 · 15 (The Search for BAPHL 14) · 14 (The Sixth Anniversary Extravaganza) · 13 (Boston Area Pirate Hunters League) · 12 (Belated (Arguably Postponed) Holiday Leftovers) · 11 (The Boston Adventures of Professor Hershel Layton) · 10 (Bostonian Association of Picking Hunt Locations) · 9 (Forbidden Rhode Island) · 8 (From Dusk to Dawn (or vice versa)) · 7 (Basic American Pseudo-History Lesson) · 6 (Battle of the Bands) · 5 (The Great Race) · 4 (Baphlception) · 3 (The Mysterious Journal) · 2 (Boston Advanced PHysics Laboratories) · 1 (Fuzzy and the Fuzzkins)
Berkeley Mystery Hunt 2016 (Bring Oski Home) · 2015 (OskiLeaks) · 2014 (CALUMNIOUS) · 2013 (Ankur's Research) · 2012 (Anthropology 50C) · 2011 (Save Our University!)
Burn After Solving 2021
Caltech Puzzle Hunt 2018 · 2016
Cambridge Puzzle Hunt 2018 · 2017
Cardinality Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Huntinality)
CMU Puzzle Hunt Fall 2021 (Spam Hunt) · Summer 2021 (Orientation Week Hunt) · Spring 2021 (Pirate Hunt) · Fall 2020 (Oregon Trail Hunt) · Spring 2020 (Getaway Hunt) · Fall 2019 (Anomaly Hunt) · Spring 2019 (The Quest for the Dragon's Riches) · Winter 2019 (CS Hunt) · Fall 2018 (Time Travel Hunt) · Spring 2018 (Apocalypse Hunt) · Fall 2017 (Aperture Science Student Testing Initiative) · Spring 2017 (Carnival Hunt) · Fall 2016 (Harry Potter and The Hunt of Puzzles) · Spring 2016 (Puzzlehunt The Musical!) · Fall 2015 (Adventure Hunt) · Spring 2015 (Space Hunt)
Colby's Curious Cook-off 2020
CRUMS Puzzle Hunt 2020
Cryptex Hunt 2022 (The Hunt for Hidden Puzzles) · 2021 (Puzzle Hunts in 8-Bit) · 2020 · 2019 (The Fourth Eye) · 2018 (Prexcyt)
CS50x Puzzle Day 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016
CuCaTS Puzzle Hunt 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012
Dark Horse Challenge Dec-21 (Goose Game) · Nov-21 (Word Games) · Oct-21 (Revolutions) · Sep-21 (The Treasure of Pharoah Azrela) · Aug-21 (The Code Books) · Jul-21 (The Audio Labours) · Jun-21 (A Simple Device) · May-21 (The Mobius) · Apr-21 (Needles In Haystacks) · Mar-21 (Dark PK) · Feb-21 (The Cube) · Jan-21 (Tabula Revolvi) · 2020 (The Intro)
DaroCaro Puzzle Hunt 2020 (Pixar Puzzle Hunt)
DASH 11 (Diagnose! Assemble! Shrink! Heal!) · 10 (Deputies Allied to Secure Homesteads) · 9 (Department of Applied Synergistic Humanities) · 8 (008) · 7 (Tri-Wizard Tournament) · 6 (Lemonade, Inc.) · 5 (Doctors Against Scourges of Humanity) · 4 (Apocalypse Now) · 3 (Fairy Tales) · 2 (Trapped in TV Land) · 1 (Wild West)
DefCon Puzzle Hunt 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016
DP Puzzle Hunt 2020
Edric's Treasure Hunt 2021 (Truzzle Hunt) · 2021 · 2020 (Puzzle Hunt) · 2020 · 2019 · 2018
Elevate Tutoring Puzzle Hunt 3 · 2 · 1
Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2021 (20/20 Vision) · 2020 · 2019 (The Galactic Artifact) · 2018 (The Great Galactic Bake Off) · 2017 (Puzzleball Championships)
Ghost Patrol Late Night Snack (2016) · Reconstructed (2013) · Bust A'nother Ghost (2010) · Ghost Patrol (2008)
Glyph Puzzle Hunt 2 · 1 · 0
Googol Conglomerate Hunt 2007
Harvard Puzzle Hunt 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · 2005 · 2004
Hunt 20 2.1 · 1
Inaudible Hunt 2021
Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021
INTEGIRLS Puzzle Hunt Fall 2020 (Science Convention) · Spring 2020 (Women in STEM )
Intercoastal Altercations Major League Brainball (2011) · Who Stole the Emerald Necklace (2004) · SolTrade (2003) · Wild Goose Chase (2002)
Labor Day Extravaganza 2021 · 2020 (Balancing Act) · 2019 (Distressed) · 2018 (It Takes Two) · 2017 (When First We Practice To Deceive) · 2016 (Here Comes The Sun) · 2015 (Speaking of Witch) · 2014 (I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends) · 2013 · 2012 (...And I Feel Fine) · 2011 (Let's Get Away From The City) · 2010 (Wishful Thinking) · 2009 (Sun and Sand) · 2008 (Short Story) · 2007 (Are We There Yet) · 2006 (Labor Intensive)
Mathcamp Puzzle Hunt 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · 2005 · 2004
Mezzacotta Puzzle Hunt[1] 2016 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007
Microsoft Puzzle Hunt 21 (Video Games) · 20 (Theater) · 19 (Channel 19) · 18 (The Puzzling Zone) · 17 (KPUZ Music Festival) · 16 (Library Island) · 15 (The Motion Picture Post-Apocalyptic) · 14 (Travel the Number 14) · 123 (Jeopardy!/Puzzlehaunt!) · 11.0 (Caught in the Net) · A (Atlantis) · 9 (Doomsday) · 8 (The Hard Way) · 7 (Alice in Puzzlehunt) · 6 (TimeCorps) · 5 (Mission: Impuzzible) · 4 (Clue) · 3 (You Don't Know Puzzles) · 2 (Age of Puzzles) · 1 (The Microsoft Games)
Mirroux Spy Puzzle Hunt 2020 (Puzzle Shake Off)
Mission Street Puzzles Season 5 (Scholarship Edition) · Season 4 (Seoul) · Season 3 (Austin) · Season 2 (New York City) · Season 1 (San Francisco)
MIT Aquarium Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Ivy Leagues Under the Sea) · 2020 · 2019 (The Banquet) · 2018 (Eternal Glove) · 2017 (Jeopardy) · 2016 (Twenty Questions) · 2015 (Inception) · 2014 (True and Verified Secret of Happiness) · 2013 (McFly Portal Enterprises) · 2012 (Penguin Federation)
MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 (Bookspace) · 2021 (⊥IW) · 2020 (Penny Park) · 2019 (Molasses Awareness Day) · 2018 (Operation Head Hunters) · 2017 (Monsters et Manus) · 2016 (Huntception) · 2015 (20,000 Puzzles Under the Sea) · 2014 (Alice in Wonderland) · 2013 (Coin Heist) · 2012 (The Producers) · 2011 (Video Games) · 2010 (300th Anniversary) · 2009 (Escape from Zyzzlvaria) · 2008 (Mystery Mystery Hunt) · 2007 (Seven Deadly Sins) · 2006 (S.P.I.E.S.) · 2005 (Normalville) · 2004 (Time Bandits) · 2003 (Matrix) · 2002 ( Monopoly) · 2001 (Hunt of Horror) · 2000 (Wizard of Oz) · 1999 (Carmen Sandiego) · 1998 (Enigmatology) · 1997 (Elvis Presley) · 1996 (Gödel, Escher, Bach) · 1995 (Clue) · 1994 (Cyberpunk) · 1993 (The Holy Grail) · 1992 (Captain Red Herring's Mystery Island)
MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · 2005 · 2004
NPL Convention 2022 (Contry) · 2021 (WashingCon) · 2020 (Contario) · 2019 (RockOn!) · 2018 (Milwaukee) · 2017 (BeaCon) · 2016 (SiLiCon) · 2015 (Recouvery) · 2014 (MaineCon) · 2013 (ConTex) · 2012 (Orecon) · 2011 (Convidence) · 2010 (ConPac) · 2009 (Baltimore) · 2008 (Conorado) · 2007 (MichiCon) · 2006 (TaxSAcon) · 2005 (Laconic) · 2004 (BosCon) · 2003 (IndyCon)
Palantir Puzzle Hunt 2020 (Food for Thought)
Paradox Puzzle Hunt 2021
PEA Puzzle Hunt 2021 · Pre-Hunt 2021 · Rabble 2020 · Rabble Pre-Hunt 2020 · 2020 · Pre-Hunt 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · Pre-Hunt 2018 · 2017 · 2016
Purple People Eaters Puzzle Hunt 2020 (The Great Food Pyramid)
Puzzle Boat 8 · 7 · 6 · 5 · 4 (Epilogue) · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1
Puzzle Potluck 3 · 2 · 1 · 0.3 · 0.2 · 0.1
Puzzle Rojak 2021
Puzzled Pint Jan-22 (Avatar) · Dec-21 (Gilligan's Island) · Nov-21 (Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) · Oct-21 (Condiments) · Sep-21 (Tenet) · Aug-21 (Vikings) · Jul-21 (Agatha Christie's Poirot) · Jun-21 (Chess) · May-21 (Steven Universe) · Apr-21 (Greek Mythology) · Mar-21 (Life in 2020) · Feb-21 (A Series of Unfortunate Events) · Jan-21 (PuzzFeed) · Dec-20 (The Grinch) · Nov-20 (Scooby-Doo) · Oct-20 (Seasons) · Sep-20 (Schoolhouse Rock) · Aug-20 (The Great British Baking Show) · Jul-20 (Puzzled Pint's 10th Anniversary) · Jun-20 (Modern Board Games) · May-20 (Dr. Seuss) · Apr-20 (Magic) · Mar-20 (Frankie & Louie) · Feb-20 (Circular Reasoning) · Jan-20 (Neko Atsume) · Dec-19 (Die Hard) · Nov-19 (Music) · Oct-19 (Haunted House) · Sep-19 (Dimensional Diversions) · Aug-19 (The Muppet Show) · Jul-19 (The Space Age) · Jun-19 (The Crystal Maze) · May-19 (High School) · Apr-19 (Head to Head) · Mar-19 (The Dark Crystal) · Feb-19 (Art Heist) · Jan-19 (Friends) · Dec-18 (The Nightmare Before Christmas) · Nov-18 (Da Vinci) · Oct-18 (Zoo Theft) · Sep-18 (Labyrinth) · Aug-18 (Pokémon) · Jul-18 (KANGAROO) · Jun-18 (Road Trip) · May-18 (Ampersands) · Apr-18 (Pintcoin) · Mar-18 (Harry Potter) · Feb-18 (Stargate) · Jan-18 (Stranger Things) · Dec-17 (Secret Messages) · Nov-17 (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) · Oct-17 (Dracula) · Sep-17 (Wedding) · Aug-17 (Destiny) · Jul-17 (Game of Thrones) · Jun-17 (The Prisoner) · May-17 (Pintopia Press) · Apr-17 (Playing Cards) · Mar-17 (Alice in Wonderland) · Feb-17 (Valentine's Day) · Jan-17 (Hamilton) · Dec-16 (Dungeons & Dragons) · Nov-16 (I Puzzled) · Oct-16 (Election) · Sep-16 (Rats) · Aug-16 (Star Trek) · Jul-16 (Secret Societies) · Jun-16 (Pintopia Brewery Tours) · May-16 (Parks and Recreation) · Apr-16 (Queen's Birthday) · Mar-16 (Comic Book Mystery) · Feb-16 (Shel Silverstein) · Jan-16 (Crime Scene) · Dec-15 (Mad Men) · Nov-15 (The Big Lebowski) · Oct-15 (Mystery Month) · Sep-15 (Doctor Who) · Aug-15 (Semaphore) · Jul-15 (Portland) · Jun-15 (TV) · May-15 (Ex Machina) · Apr-15 (The A-Team) · Mar-15 (Mythology) · Feb-15 (Phobias) · Jan-15 (X-Men) · Dec-14 (Reason's Greetings) · Nov-14 (Ancient Egypt) · Oct-14 (Back to the Future) · Sep-14 (Let's Talk About...) · Aug-14 (Moving Day) · Jul-14 (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) · Jun-14 (The DoubleClicks) · May-14 (The Princess Bride) · Apr-14 (Mix Tape) · Mar-14 (Casino) · Feb-14 (Spinal Tap) · Jan-14 (Transportation) · Dec-13 (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) · Nov-13 (Five Senses) · Oct-13 (Sherlock) · Sep-13 · Aug-13 · Jul-13 · Jun-13 · May-13 (Arrested Development) · Apr-13 · Mar-13 (Jeopardy) · Feb-13 (Clue) · Jan-13 · Dec-12 · Nov-12 · Oct-12 · Sep-12 · Aug-12 · Jul-12 · Jun-12 · May-12 · Apr-12 · Mar-12 · Feb-12 · Jan-12 · Dec-11 · Nov-11 · Oct-11 · Sep-11 · Aug-11 · Jul-11 · Jun-11 · May-11 · Apr-11 · Mar-11 · Feb-11 · Jan-11 · Dec-10 · Nov-10 · Oct-10 · Sep-10 · Aug-10 · Jul-10
Puzzles are Magic 2021
REDDOTHunt 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017
RIT CS Puzzle Hunt 2020 · 2017 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006
RMHS Pi Day Puzzle Hunt 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015
RSS Christmas Quiz 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018
Silph Puzzle Hunt[2] 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018
Singapore Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Around the World in 18 Puzzles) · 2020 (The Infinite Puzzle) · 2019 (The Puzzleville Redemption) · 2018 (Ready Puzzler One) · 2017 (The Final Puzzle) · 2016 (Order of the Puzzles) · 2015 (Alice's Adventures in Singapore)
SUMO Puzzle Hunt 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016
SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 · 2017 ·2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009
Teammate Hunt 2021 (Carnival Conundrum) · 2020 (Matt and Emma's Birthday Bash)
Tim Tang Puzzle Hunt 2020 · 2015
TSBI Hunt 2020 (The Space Beyond Imagination)
Ultraviolet Puzzle Challange 2020
UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist) · 2020 (Jeopardy) · Fall 2019 (Wild Goose Chase) · Spring 2019 (Clues to the Cosmos) · 2018 (It's Lit) · 2017 (Department of Enigmatology)
University of Chicago Puzzle Hunt 2021
USC Puzzle Hunt 2016 (Operation Golden Ticket) · 2015 (Back To the Present) · 2014 (Great Minds) · 2013 (Colonial America) · 2012
VT Puzzle Hunt 2021 · Halloween (2020) · 2020 · Halloween (2019) · 2019 · 2018
  1. previously CISRA Puzzle Hunt
  2. previously Smogon Puzzle Hunt

"Offline" puzzle hunt collections

Name List of hunts
Alinea Group Pilcrow Bar (2020)
Beginner's Luck Pre-Hunt King of Hearts (2015) · Catch Me If You Can (2014) · Hack Punt Tool (2013) · The Fool's Errand (2012) · Beginner's Luck (2009)
Broken Buzzer Games Come on Down (2021)
Carl Worth's Christmas Hunt 2020 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012
Cenarius's Thrill of the Hunt A Tale of Two Keepers, Part One (2021) · Ocean's Calling (2020) · Knight-a-Ranting (2018) · The Burgundy Boy (2017) · Night, Knight! (2017) · The Sylph Sleeps (2017) · The Seer is Out (2016)
Cracking the Cryptic Sudoku Hunt · Puzzle Hunt No. 1
Co-Puzzle Hunt 2020
Dan Katz's Mini Hunt 2 Big 2 Fail 2 Furious (2013) · Odor Humanity! (2012) · The Internet Strikes Back (2011) · SC Johnson, A Mysterious Shadow Corporation (2010) · The Wrath of Stopheles (2009) · Mostly Clueless (2008) · Major Malfunction (2007) · A Challenging Round of Noodle Yanking Mysteries (2006)
Darren Miller's Puzzles 2021 · 2020 · July 4 Hunt 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · Christmas Puzzles 2016
Dr. Bob's Puzzle Hunt 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013
Dustin Foley's Mini Extravaganza Leg Day (2020) · Fire Works (2019) · The Magnificent Seven, Plus One (2016) · Pressing Play (2016) · Non-Working Holiday (2015) · Winter's Stellar Travel (2014) · Time for the Holidays (2013) · A Very Flaky Set of Puzzles (2012) · The Winter's Talent (2011)
Elite Puzzle Hunt 2011
Erin Rhode's Puzzle Collection A Love Story in Puzzles (2011)
GHCQ Christmas Puzzle 2020 · 2015
HMMT Puzzle Hunt 2021
Ken Jennings' Puzzle Collection The Great American History Puzzle (2012)
Larry Hosken's Puzzle Collection 2 Tone Game (2010)
Manic Sages Pre Hunt Winter Distraction That Tantalizes and Amuses (2018)
Matt Jones's Puzzle Hunt Count Furcula's Groovy Gravy Late-Nite Cinema (2012) · Puzzle Feast (2011)
Nathan Curtis's Mini Extravaganza Verwald's Treasures (2018) · What's That Spell? (2017) · The Wanderer and the Wu Xing (2017) · A Curtain Call for Borbonicus and Bodley (2013) · A Banner Occasion (2012) · Tortoise's Binary Birthday Extravaganza (2011)
P&A Magazine Space Oddity (2019) · A Panda's Kickstarter (2017) · Damn This Traffic Jam (2019) · Ya Buncha Yo-Yos (2017) · Shakespr · Escape the Room (2016) · The Ucaganza (?) · SpaceFight! (2004) · The Wes Carpenter Experience (2003)
P.I.HUNT 7 · 6 · 5 · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1
PaizoCon Puzzle Hunt 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017
Projectyl's Mini Hunt Snow Problem (2011) · Halloween (2011)
PuzzFeed Pre-Hunt Alice Still Shrugs (2015)
Puzzle Crawl Happy Quarantine’s Day Puzzle Adventure (2020)
Trip Payne's Mini Extravaganza Three Ring Circus (2014) · Super-extravaganza! (2013) · Remote Possibilities (2012)
Wei-Hwa Huang's Puzzle Collection The Locked House of Dr. Matrix (2008)