jigsaw puzzle

type of tiling puzzle
Thing product_category Q181008
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Summary

jigsaw puzzle is a product category[1]. It draws 4,452 Wikipedia views per month (product category category, ranking #23 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: John Spilsbury[3]
  • Creator: Vija Celmins[4]
  • Instance of: hobby[5]
  • Named after: jigsaw[6]
  • Made from material: paperboard[7], wood[8]
  • Subclass of: tiling puzzle[9], puzzle[10]
  • Commons category: Jigsaw puzzles[11]
  • Unicode character: 🧩[12]
  • Has part(s): jigsaw puzzle piece[13]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1760[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jigsaw puzzles[15]
  • Commons gallery: Jigsaw puzzle[16]
  • Has characteristic: image[17]
  • Different from: Puzzle[18], picture puzzle[19]
  • MCN code: 9503.00.70[20]
  • Uses: connection[21]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03598930-n[22]

Why It Matters

jigsaw puzzle has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Google Product Taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . getty.edu. Retrieved . getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  2. 6w ago Β· Hannolans Β· 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Different from β†’ Puzzle, picture puzzle
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  3. 21w ago Β· Twofivesixbot bot Β· 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata β†—
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