Description
The original daily calendar puzzle with 365+ challenges for every day of the year! Now available in 6 languages!
See also: A-Puzzle-A-Day Acrylic
A-Puzzle-A-Day is a very fun and addictive puzzle that gives you a new challenge every single day of the year. All you need to do is fit these eight pieces into the calendar frame to leave one month and one day showing. Can you find your birthday? Your favorite holidays? Your anniversary? Today’s date? Every day you have a new puzzle!
There are almost 120 thousand ways the pieces fit in the frame, but finding the date you want can sometimes drive you crazy! (Some people decided it would be easier to change their birthdays instead!)
All days are possible! A new puzzle every day.
Everyone loves this puzzle!
“I can’t put this down! I think I’m addicted.” – John N.
“Genius! Most puzzles you only solve once and you’re done. This puzzle is a new puzzle every day.” – Terry E.
“My husband usually doesn’t like puzzles, but he plays with this one every day.” – Grete V.
“So much fun! Unbelievable that you can make every single day!” – Solveig D.
“I can’t solve August 26th, so I’m changing my birthday to August 24th.” – Kristin B.
A-Puzzle-A-Day makes a great gift for your friends, family, coworkers and yourself! Warning! This puzzle is highly addictive!
Included is a fold-out calendar so you can cross out each date you find. Can you find them all?
Available in Norwegian, English, Japanese, German and now – French and Spanish!
Our original version of the puzzle has the months in Norwegian (Okt, Nov, Des, etc.), which are very similar to other Western languages. If you’d prefer the months in another language, simply select your desired language option when you add your puzzles to the cart.
The packaging for all A-Puzzle-A-Day puzzles is in international English.
A-Puzzle-A-Day is an internationally patented design (EUIPO: 007690433; WIPO: DM/215118) and is hand-assembled and packed in Norway at our headquarters on Dragon Shores.
James S. Katakowski –
This is my favorite puzzle. Thank you. I would love to have a cheat sheet or something that shows has the puzzle comes together for each date. I am usually pretty good at tangrams etc. but some of these I can not complete. Can you print a answer key?
dragonfjord_ggof7c –
Can do!
John –
I got my pack just in time for Christmas. My mum and I have been solving the puzzle every day and sending each other the solution we each found. 94 days done, 271 to go! I think so far we have only had 1 day where we independently reached the same solution 🙂
Just wanted to say thanks. It’s a great puzzle!
Tom –
Great puzzle, really enjoy the challenge each day. One question – is December 31 one of the days that you have to flip at least one part to make the puzzle work, or can you get that date without flipping any pieces? Thank you.
dragonfjord_ggof7c –
Thanks Tom! Yes, December 31st can be made without flipping. Let us know if you’d like a clue!
John –
I love this puzzle! Play it every morning with my cup of coffee, guess you could say I’m an addict. Several of my friends have bought them now, too. Really fun!
Jose Ramos –
i just love this i got it from kickstar
now i want to get other one for a friend
Chris –
We love this puzzle. It’s well-made and challenging. Will probably be giving more as gifts in the future!
Lee Yoder –
These are GREAT! I love the smell as well, too bad it won’t last.
Glad to see you can solve some by flipping pieces I was wondering if that was a “foul”.
I was also wondering if there is an “answer sheet” somewhere? I got one as a gift for a puzzle nut friend who will love trying to solve these. Me I would like to give it a shot each morning, but then look it up and change it if I can’t figure it out before my work day starts. It’s like those infinite calendars where you change the month and day blocks, but way more fun (for me).
Lastly, out of curiosity, does July 5th mean something special that it is the date they are shipped with?
Thanks again, great Kickstarter project, definitely going to have to order more puzzles from the site.
Wyatt –
Excellent puzzle. We just ordered another, my whole family is hooked. Surprised that you can make every day, though it seems like some days are easier than others.
Noah –
My one point of caution would be that this puzzle can be hard depending on the day. Personally, I think that’s a great thing, as it means it usually takes a little time to solve each day.
Everyone who’s seen the puzzle is fascinated — I think this would make a great gift, and I wish I’d bought a few to be birthday gifts, etc.
Becky Zacharda –
Absolutely love this puzzle! Would love to know which days cannot be done without flipping pieces.
JG –
Wooh!!! I finally received mine in Montréal tonight! I couldn’t be happier, and I was really lucky on my first day, I managed to find today’s date in less than five minutes, ahah.
Thank you for making this, the quality is amazing! I have a fun year of puzzle solving ahead of me!! 🙂
air –
This is amazing! Are there any blind spot dates that cant be made? Or are all dates possible?
Frances –
Really great puzzle. Just ordered 3 more. Thank you for making this.
Janna Halberd –
Bought this as a gift for my mother’s birthday. Thank you for making something so awesome!
A. Petosky –
Hi, Your product is really great. It was really easy to communicate with you. I am happy.
Barbara Gold –
Your customer service is fantastic and we loved the puzzles. Thank you!
Caspar –
The puzzle is really fun! Hehe. Please continue to create great pieces like this. 🙂
Nans –
Received ours yesterday and love them. Not as simple as they at first appear! So well made, I look forward to getting more of your products.
Scratch –
I happened to find “June 31st” (invalid).
The solution is
AAABB.
AAABBC
DDDDBCC
DEFFFCG
EEFHFCG
EHHHGGG
EH.
Is that intended?
Are there any invalid dates that are impossible?
Mike –
Excellent! All “invalid dates”, such as Feb. 30th, are possible. Even dates like “15-17” and “Jan-Feb” are possible! If you count all these, there are 903 “dates” you can solve for!
Gao Qi –
This is such a wonderful puzzle. Goes better with morning coffee than the news. My daughter and I race to solve it every morning. Save yourself the trouble, and get more than one, because you are going to be gifting it and you won’t want to give up yours.
Jason –
I was given a Dragon Fjord Puzzle-A-Day a few years back and still use it every day. It is a challenge to find the day’s solution but so satisfying when I do. Most days have more than one solution, so it’s fun to see whether different members of my family solve the puzzle the same way. For the past few years I’ve been gifting them to extended family members and my kids’ teachers at school. These puzzles are my #1 Go-To for holiday gifts!
Irene –
This an excellent and fun product, and so very original. A great value.
Autumn –
This is a perfect gift! I bought this for a friend who a) loves puzzles and b) loves quirky desk gadgets. She got it as an early Christmas present and has sent me pictures of the days’ date every day so far. I’m glad she loves it!
Hoh –
Amazing! Great everyday puzzle and a wonderful gift.
Charlie –
Amazing. This has been part of my morning routine, it’s fun and sometimes challenging, if I solve it too quickly I can challenge myself by finding different solutions to the days puzzle. I’m in love.
A happy customer –
BRILLIANT. This is one of the best gifts I’ve ever bought for my teenage son. It’s a brilliant design and gives him a different challenge every day. So clever.
Clifford J –
This is a cool little gift that never gets old. Made it part of our daily routine.
Jeff P –
Puzzle is pretty cool. Especially appreciate that it shipped quickly. Great!
Appy –
VERY GOOD
Scott –
Best brain teaser ever! Received the puzzle-a-day calendar as a gift. Now it’s an obsession! Exceptionally Great Puzzle! My only complaint; when I’m not able to solve it until late in the day, I only have a few hours to enjoy my success. I have it on my desk at work and everyone loves this puzzle
Devans –
Saw this product on tiktok and thought it was such a great idea. It’s really a lot of fun, and I like that the difficulty varies everyday. Some days are really difficult and other days are super easy. We’ve had a lot of fun with it.
Mj –
Inexpensive fun. Bought for my wife and we do it together daily. Nice little daily brain teaser!
Eric –
Deceptively difficult, all family members are enjoying. Bought one for my mom.
Jim –
Great daily challenge. Bought others for family so we compare solutions.
Edward –
I’ve been playing this one for over a year now. What I like about it is the puzzle changes every day, so it never gets old. Apparently there is more than one solution for different days as well which adds to that. This is one of those puzzles that if you just leave it lying around the house different people will pick it up constantly.
Mark –
I play this every. single. day! Its super addictive. We had to buy two more because everyone in our family wants to compete. We’ll be ordering more for presents!
The dragon people who invented this puzzle are really nice.
Bernhard –
There’s at least one solution for every day of the year, often as many as three! It can be quite frustrationg, then suddenly the solution jumps out at you! The puzzle is well made, laser cut, and very devious!
AS –
Endless fun. A challenging puzzle that is immediately addictive.
Scratch –
But wait… I just found that “Feb-Jul” seems impossible.
In this case, you are not able to cover “Jan” with anything without covering either “Feb” or “Jul” as well.
Other similar combinations include “May-Dec”, “6-14”, “21-27”, “22-30”, “24-30”.