This Puzzle Is Harder Than It Looks

Added: 2026-05-10

[00:00:00]I haven't filmed on this background for a very very very long time, but if it goes well, maybe I have to do it a little bit more often. This is the dice bridge puzzle. It was designed by Sherot Haidar from Usbakistan, the puzzle designer who created a series of chess puzzles that were virally popular. The dice bridge puzzle looks quite simple and obvious. You have just to rearrange all the cubes in such a way that you make readable words on on all sides. So it it will be 10 words in total like four on this side, four on this side and one word on the left side and one on the right. Looks simple, but I think that it might be a little bit too difficult puzzle since I tried to ask the CH GPT how many possible combinations of just putting parts on the poles and it gives me a number that I don't even know how to say like too many zeros and I think it may be too complicated. But let's try to solve it and see if it goes well. And actually this puzzle can be made with your set of words. When you purchase a puzzle, you can choose an option with your own set of 10 words. It will be a little bit easier for you to solve since you know what words you have to use and it will be also personal. So if you like the dice bridge puzzle and you want to buy it, link will be in the video description. And now let's try to solve the puzzle. I know I just remembered that some of the words were boat meat.

[00:01:33]don't know what are the rest of the words and I think that I have to just start with something that I know that's b o t but there are too many options like if I put the word boat it is supposed to be another word on the back side so maybe if I change actually this a with another a that has e on the back side it will work but there might be no such cube with a and e yeah I think that this is impossible. Still something is wrong. Okay, I have no idea how to approach this puzzle. There are too many combinations that can be assembled here.

[00:02:10]Maybe a hint provided with the puzzle will be a good idea. Okay, there is another way to make the word boat. Let's see how many letter T we have here.

[00:02:19]There is one, two, three, four. There are actually two T's on this. But but it can be somewhere in the middle. And this letter T won't be in use. But this E and O will be used. So uh okay. I still have to think smart when I choose which cube goes where. So there are only five actually five cubes with letter T. Oh, this one has A on three sides. A, A, A, and M. Okay. So now let's see. We have letter T here. If you flip it, what do we have on the other side? It's B, D, T, F, M. Okay. So this one definitely goes here, but this one has two letter T's here and here. Okay. And the last letter T will be let's go with this one. B now A. Oh, actually that is interesting.

[00:03:07]There are only like two cubes that have letter A. It's either this one or this one. But this one has a A a and m. And this one has a on two sides. Okay. So it's both. And on the back side we have um might. Okay. That might be the first word. Uh I'll keep it aside and try to find another words. and hope what is what if it is like acts there is a word I guess there is such word I can use it but where do I put it actually if I put the boat on top of this one does it make any sense on the side nope let's just keep it here on the side boat here uh let's see what other words we can find here I think that I can see the word t okay test there is did here. Oo, what if there there was a letter T with letter M, I think. Yeah, check this out. That's test and that's meat. It gives me E on this side and E on this side. Maybe that makes sense.

[00:04:15]Okay, I'll put it aside again. Oh, there is both left with no T. Where is T?

[00:04:21]Okay, and now we have four left. We have to make sense of these four. C D O P N O BC. Okay. What if it will be like something like once? I don't think so. Let's see what's on the back. Lor doesn't look like the correct word. Let's see what we have on the back side. Absolutely crazy. Here there is boat and crazy. Here there is test and the word meat at the back. So this one looks pretty good. I think that I put it on the pole like that and see what can I put on top like this makes sense on two sides and maybe makes sense on the sides here.

[00:05:08]There's only one letter there but still okay. Let's see if I can change letter T here and here. That's still bold and there is fight. Here is X and here is edim. Okay, what else I can change? We can try to change letter A. There is still this word. Oh, idea. That's an idea. Okay, we have a word. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no idea.

[00:05:39]No. Where is my idea? And on this side, okay, saved. Okay, that looks good. I don't know if I put it on the bottom row or in the middle row. I just keep it like that. We have this left. There is boat here. Let's see what's on the back.

[00:05:58]Met. Okay. What if we change O and what is Oh, I can actually turn this like that. Lore. If there is such a word that I have to check the dictionary. Oh, that actually makes sense. Lore means a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group.

[00:06:21]Okay, that makes sense as well. That's once that's slower. That's acts. And what do we have here? Idea. So, we have both left. Let's see what we have on the back. It's doesn't look like a word. Okay, but we have already three here. Maybe I can do something with this one. But let's see what we have on the side. If I put this, it will be R U E. And on the other side lie. I don't know what will be on this side. But the other side looks kind of interesting. If I add letter T, it will be like true. And if I put word both on top, it will be true. So this top row, this is the second row. This is the second to the bottom. And this is the bottom. And what we have on the other side again?

[00:07:14]Oh, it can be file. The only issue. Oh, how that happened. There is word fact here. I guess I solved it. Why it was something different before? If I just change places of some of the parts here, it makes the sense. Oh my god. So, okay.

[00:07:33]Test X goes here like that. Once goes here. And let's see. I need letter T on this side. It will be both true file. Oo solved both ones acts test fact lord idea meat and file and true. Ooh that is actually fun.

[00:08:02]I was expecting that it will be much more difficult but to be honest here I knew that there is what word boat and meat but if I had no idea what words were here would it be even possible to solve? Let me know what you think about this puzzle. I think it's a great idea, especially if you can personalize it with your own set of 10 words. It can be really, really fun. If you like the dice bridge puzzle and you want to buy it, it's available in my puzzle store. link in the video description.