Rubik's Cube
Colorful rotating puzzle
Rubik's Cube is a puzzle toy consisting of a cube with colored squares on each face that can be rotated independently.
The goal is to twist and turn the sections until each face shows a single solid color.
Invented in 1974 by Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik, it became a worldwide craze in the 1980s and remains popular among speedcubers who compete to solve it in seconds.
The name is often used figuratively for any complex problem with an elusive solution: Scheduling everyone's availability was like solving a Rubik's Cube.
Rotating motion or surprise
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- spatialRelating to physical extent
- complexityState of being complicated
scramble · solve · challenge · logic · algorithm · manipulation · dexterity · patience
Rapid mechanical puzzle solving
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- methodOrderly way of doing
- crossPass from side to side
- layer-by-layerIn successive strata
inspection · notation · competition · record · Roux · lookahead · practice · scramble
Rotating motion or surprise
- turnRotational movement
- rotateTurn about an axis
- axisRotation reference line
- spinRapid rotation around axis
align · clockwise · counterclockwise · pivot · movement · dexterity · precision · grip
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- retroEvoking recent past
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- noveltyQuality of being original
- collectibleObject worth amassing
vintage · iconic · classic · merchandise · keychain · gift · fidget · desktop
Addressing challenges methodically
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- challengeTest of ability
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
analytical · ingenuity · concentration · memory · strategy · thinking · frustration · satisfaction
twist
Rotating motion or surprise
- permutationArrangement in specific order
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
- spatialRelating to physical extent
complexity · scramble · solve · challenge · logic · algorithm · manipulation · dexterity · patience · mechanism
speedcubing
Rapid mechanical puzzle solving
layer-by-layer · inspection · notation · competition · record · Roux · lookahead · practice · scramble · timer
twist
Rotating motion or surprise
spin · align · clockwise · counterclockwise · pivot · movement · dexterity · precision · grip · slice
multicolored
Having multiple hues
green · yellow · orange · white · stickers · tiles · faces · matching · pattern · checkerboard
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
collectible · vintage · iconic · classic · merchandise · keychain · gift · fidget · desktop · display
problem-solving
Addressing challenges methodically
cognitive · analytical · ingenuity · concentration · memory · strategy · thinking · frustration · satisfaction
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, crossword, jigsaw
- 80sbig hair, mullets, shoulder pads, new wave, synth-pop
- Cubes & Blocksice cubes, sugar cubes, bouillon cubes, dice, blocks
- Iconic productsCoca-Cola, iPhone, Big Mac, Barbie, Volkswagen Beetle
- Toy BrandsMattel, Hasbro, LEGO, Fisher-Price, Little Tikes
- toy fadsfidget spinner, slime, Tamagotchi, Furby, Beanie Baby
Rubik's Cubetic-tac-toe
Three-in-a-row grid game
jigsaw puzzle · coloring book · paint by numbers · Connect Four · crossword puzzle
Rubik's Cubescrambler
Device that jumbles signals
randomizer · entropy · disorder · chaos · randomness
cube, cubic, cubed, cuboid, cubing, cubical, cuber, cubers, cubically