Rebus(lat. rebus, with the help of things, thing, object) - A riddle in which the intended word or phrase is depicted by a combination of figures, drawings, letters, numbers, signs. For some reason, it is believed that rebuses were invented in France, although images of rebuses were used earlier to convey the names of cities on Roman and Greek coins.
I suggest you familiarize yourself with the basic (but not final) rules for solving puzzles:
1. The picture depicted in the rebus is read in the nominative case, with rare exceptions.
2. One picture can have more than one name, for example, Horse and Horse, Face and Head, etc. Also, pictures can have private or common name- fish - common name; pike, crucian carp, roach - private names. The difficulty of rebuses lies precisely in the correct understanding of the images in specific cases.
3. Commas. The commas to the left of the word indicate how many letters need to be removed from the beginning of the word (the left side of the word). The commas on the right indicate how many letters need to be removed from the end of the word (the right side of the word).
In fact, there are many more different rules for commas, there are also inverted commas, and each author has his own problems about this - personally, I don’t worry and don’t suffer from such nonsense, as a last resort, you can always look for additional ones on the Internet rules for solving puzzles.
4. Crossed out letters above (below) a picture/word mean they need to be crossed out from the word. Important: all letters included in the word are removed. Sometimes, instead of letters, there are crossed out numbers - in this case, you need to cross out only the letter with the corresponding number.
5. To replace letters within a word, an equality like “A=E” is used, which means that all the letters “A” of the word should be replaced with the letter “E”. To replace one specific letter, an equality like 5=E is used, meaning that the fifth letter of the word should be replaced with the letter "E"
6. Sometimes only a few letters are taken from a word. In this case, their numbers are listed above the word.
7. A picture turned upside down indicates that the word should be read backwards, i.e. from right to left. (CAT - TOK, MOLE - TORK)
8. A frequently used technique when composing puzzles is the arrangement of letters relative to each other (in, under, above, on, at, by, from, for, etc.). For example, the figure below, the letter “O” contains the letters “YES”, we get v-o-da, i.e. WATER. Although in some cases it can be read as YES-V-O (davo) - you need to look at the meaning of each specific rebus.
The mystery of the puzzles.
Rebus (from Latin"rebus" - “with the help of things”), the representation of a word or syllable using an image of an object, the name of which is consonant with the represented word or syllable. Simply put, it is a riddle in which unraveled words or expressions in the form of pictures are combined with letters and some other symbols.
Several puzzles can be combined in one picture or as a sequence of pictures in order to make up a phrase or sentence. Literary puzzles use letters, numbers, musical notes, or specially arranged words to create sentences. Composite puzzles include pictures and letters. Rebuses can convey direct meaning words, mainly to inform or instruct illiterate people, or to deliberately conceal their meaning to inform only the initiated, or when used as a riddle and entertainment.
An early form of the rebus is found in picture writing, in which abstract words, difficult to depict, were represented by images of objects whose names were pronounced in a similar way. Such puzzles are similar to the hieroglyphs of Egypt and the pictographs of early China. Rebus images were used to represent the names of cities on Greek and Roman coins, or to represent family surnames in the medieval age.
The history of puzzles :
The first puzzles appeared in France in XV century. Then it was a farce show on the topic of the day. In an allegorical form, comedians ridiculed vices and weaknesses powerful of the world this, they talked “about the things that are going on.” Over time, the nature of the rebus changed. A pun based on a play on words began to be called a rebus.
Around the same time, the first drawn puzzles appeared. Initially, they literally illustrated well-known phraseological units; later, more complex versions appeared.
IN XVI century, drawn puzzles became known in England, Germany, Italy, but in none of these countries were they widely developed.
Professional artists took part in their design. The first printed collection of puzzles compiled Etienne Taboureau, appeared in France in 1582.
In Russia, puzzles appeared later - in the middle XIX century, the first puzzles appeared on the pages of the magazine “Illustration” in 1845. Puzzles drawn by the artist were very popular Volkov in the magazine "Niva". Later, a special magazine “Rebus” began to be published.
About the benefits of solving puzzles :
“We know a lot of serious people,” wrote one of the magazines, who happily devote their leisure hours to solving puzzles and especially recommend this activity to young people as a distinctive gymnastics for the mind...” It also sharpens one’s intelligence, develops the ability to bring a job started to completion, and helps to enhance communication between people.
Rebus riddles for children have many positive aspects:
- Promote the development of thinking.
- They train intelligence, logic, intuition, and ingenuity.
- They help the child expand his horizons, remember new words and objects.
- Train visual memory, spelling Unlike a regular riddle, where only a verbal description in poetry or prose is used, rebuses combine several methods of perception, both verbal and visual.
Types of puzzles .
- Puzzles-riddles represent a double task: having solved the rebus, you will read the riddle, but the riddle must be solved.
- Add and subtract puzzles differ from ordinary ones in that the value of the image following the minus sign is not added to the already obtained combination of words, but is subtracted from it.
- Rebus jokes- this is a comic riddle in verse.
- Proverb puzzles represent an encrypted proverb that needs to be unraveled and its meaning explained.
- Sound puzzle- these are riddle exercises that allow you to practice the skill of merging syllables.
- Rebus story consists of a large puzzle that needs to be solved and a story made up.
- Rebus problem- this is a rebus that needs to be solved and the problem solved. It consists of several puzzles.
- Number puzzles- these are puzzles that improve the ability to understand and comprehend the positional principle when writing numbers in the decimal system.
Rules for solving puzzles :
- a word or sentence is divided into parts that can be depicted as a picture
- the names of all objects depicted in the picture should be read only in the nominative case;
- if the object in the picture is upside down, its name is read from right to left;
- if there are commas (one or more) to the left of the picture, then the first letters of the word are not readable. If commas are placed after the picture, to the right of it, the last letters are not readable;
- if a crossed out letter is depicted above the picture, it must be excluded from the name of the item;
- if there are numbers above the picture, the letters should be read in the indicated order;
- if another letter is written next to a crossed out letter, it should be read instead of the crossed out one. Sometimes in this case an equal sign is placed between the letters;
- if part of the word is pronounced as a numeral, in the rebus it is represented by numbers and numbers (O5 - again; 100G - haystack);
- if the picture does not have any additional characters, only the first letter of the name of the depicted object should be taken into account;
- Many parts of encrypted words are indicated by the corresponding arrangement of letters and pictures. Words that contain the combination of letters on, under, over, for, can be represented by placing letters or objects one above the other or behind the other. The letters C and B can become prepositions. If a letter is made up of other letters, the preposition from is used when reading.
Rules for composing puzzles :
1. The names of all objects depicted in the rebus read only in the nominative case And singular . Sometimes the desired object in the picture is indicated by an arrow.
2. Very often, an object depicted in a rebus may have not one, but two or more titles, for example “eye” and “eye”, “leg” and “paw”, etc. Or it may have one general and one specific name, for example, “wood” and “oak,” “note” and “D,” etc. You need to choose the one that makes sense.
The ability to identify and correctly name the object shown in the picture is one of the main difficulties when deciphering puzzles. In addition to knowing the rules, you will need ingenuity and logic.
3. Sometimes the name of an item cannot be used in its entirety - it is necessary drop one or two letters at the beginning or end of a word. In these cases, the symbol used is a comma. If the comma is to the left of the picture, then this means that the first letter of its name must be discarded; if it is to the right of the picture, then the last letter. If there are two commas, then two letters are discarded accordingly, etc. For example, “yoke” is drawn, you only need to read “whirlpool”, “sail” is drawn, you only need to read “steam”.
4. If two objects or two letters are drawn one inside the other, then their names can be read with adding the preposition "in". For example: “v-oh-yes”, or “not-in-a”, or “in-oh-seven”:
In this and the following five examples, different readings are possible, for example, instead of“eight” can be read “SEVEN”, and instead of “water” - “DAVO” . But such words do not exist! This is where they should come to your aid. ingenuity and logic.
5. If any letter consists of another letter, then read with adding "from". For example: “iz-b-a” or “vn-iz-u” or “f-iz-ik”:
6. If behind a letter or object there is another letter or object, then you need to read with adding "for".
For example: “Ka-za-n”, “za-ya-ts”.
7. If one figure or letter is drawn under another, then you need to read from adding “on”, “above” or “under”- choose a preposition that makes sense. For example: “fo-na-ri” or “pod-u-shka”:
The phrase: “Tit found a horseshoe and gave it to Nastya” can be depicted like this:
8. If another letter is written after a letter, then read with adding "by". For example: “po-r-t”, “po-l-e”, “po-ya-s”:
9. If one letter lies next to another, leaning against it, then read with adding "y". For example: “L-u-k”, “d-u-b”:
10. If in a rebus there is an image of an object drawn upside down, then its name is needed read from the end. For example, “cat” is drawn, you need to read “current”, “nose” is drawn, you need to read “dream”.
11. If an object is drawn, and a letter is written next to it and then crossed out, this means that this letter must be discard from received word. If there is another letter above the crossed out letter, then this means that you need to use it replace the crossed out one. Sometimes in this case an equal sign is placed between the letters. For example: “eye” we read “gas”, “bone” we read “guest”:
12. If there are numbers above the picture, for example, 4, 2, 3, 1, then this means that read first the fourth letter of the name of the object shown in the figure, then the second, followed by the third, etc., that is, the letters are read in the order indicated by the numbers. For example, a “mushroom” is drawn, we read “brig”:
13. If next to the picture there are two numbers with arrows pointing in different directions, it means that the word needs indicated by numbers swap letters. For example, "lock" = "dab".
14. The use of an arrow going from one letter to another also serves to indicate the corresponding replacement of letters. The arrow can also be deciphered as preposition "K". For example, “The letters AP go with FIR” = “DROPS”
15. When composing a rebus, Roman numerals can also be used. For example, “forty A” we read “forty”.
16. If any figure in a rebus is drawn running, sitting, lying, etc., then the corresponding verb in the third person of the present tense (runs, sits, lies, etc.) must be added to the name of this figure. For example"r-runs."
17. Very often in puzzles, individual syllables “do”, “re”, “mi”, “fa” are represented by the corresponding notes. For example, words written in notes read: “do-la”, “fa-sol”:
Since not everyone knows the notes and position on the staff, we present their names.
Other signs are also possible in rebuses: names chemical elements, all kinds of scientific terms, special characters: “@” - dog, “#” - sharp, “%” - percentage, “&” - ampersand, “()” - parentheses, “~” - tilde,« :) » - emoticon, “§” - paragraph and others.
In complex puzzles, the listed techniques are most often combined.
“The red maiden sits in prison, and the scythe is on the street”
Rebuses is a means of increasing information culture. By independently composing puzzles, information search skills, creativity, and intellectual abilities are developed.
A rebus is a riddle in the form of a special pattern in which pictures, letters, numbers and various other symbols can be used.
The rebus is always read from left to right (except in special cases).
There are commas near the picture - this means that you need to remove as many letters in the word as there are commas. Commas to the left of the picture - you need to remove letters at the beginning, commas to the right - how many letters to remove at the end.
For example, in the word “GHOST” you need to remove 3 letters at the beginning
and 4 at the end. We get the word "VIEW".
The picture is turned upside down - the word is read “back to front”.
For example, inverted Jester = TUSH 
Letters next to the picture means these letters need to be added.
For example, the word "BISON" is encrypted here 
Near the picture there is a crossed out letter, and next to it there is another one - which means that this letter in the word needs to be replaced with this one. If the letters are simply crossed out, they need to be removed from this word
ELEPHANT = BREAK
The arrow in the picture may indicate exactly what to pay attention to.
The numbers above the picture are used to number the letters in the word. The number indicates the place of the letter in this word, and the order in which the numbers are written determines the new location of this letter. If there are fewer numbers than letters in a word, it means that not all letters of the word are used, but only data.
For example, from the word “TIGER” we get the word “THREE”.
The horizontal line between pictures or letters standing one below the other is used to encrypt letter combinations using the prepositions “ON”, “ABOVE”, “UNDER”.
For example, the word "NAST" - on S T
Sometimes numbers are used instead of pictures :
Letter puzzles are common. Letters are depictedone after another, one inside another, some “run” to others, some “come out” of others...
For example, the word “WATER” can also be the other way around “YES IN O”. Let's see what makes sense.
If you want to practice solving puzzles, go to our section and dare!
List of puzzles in pictures:
About the inverted house and the letter "A"
It seems to be the word "gender", but it seems not...
Hint - rebus about a bird)
There is a human nose in this puzzle, why is it here..
In November 2007 I wrote. In one of the puzzles there was a misspelled word: “LunAkhod”. Another one contained the verb “pulled”, and even adults could hardly guess it. It is clear that the compilers of the puzzle violated some rules. Which ones?
We love solving puzzles - charades, rebuses, chainwords, crosswords, labyrinths, cryptograms, riddles, comic puzzles. When solving them, it doesn’t hurt that we think about the rules by which they are compiled. Who, for example, taught us that a Chinaword is the same as a crossword puzzle, only it must be solved “in a circle”? Yes, we knew this in childhood even before we knew the multiplication table! And they knew that the upside down picture in the rebus means: “Read the word backwards.”
These are all unwritten guidelines for those who guesses puzzles.
But are there rules according to which are compiled different types of puzzles? For example, the rules for composing a puzzle?
I tried to formulate the rules for composing a puzzle, based on examples of puzzles of varying complexity and simply based on reasonable logic. And this is what happened.
RULES FOR COMPLETING A REBUS
Introduction
The word "rebus" comes from the Latin word "res" - "thing".
The essence of the rebus- a riddle formulated in the form of a drawing (or photograph) in combination with letters, numbers, signs, symbols, figures.
Solve the puzzle- means to “translate” everything it contains into letters that make up a meaningful word or sentence.
General provisions
- A rebus is a word or sentence (usually a proverb, saying, aphorism, quote).
- The number of individual elements included in the rebus (drawings or photographs, as well as letters, numbers, signs, symbols, figures, and so on) is not limited.
- To compose a rebus, special techniques are used that distinguish it from any other “riddle in pictures.”
- These techniques can be used either independently or in various combinations (combinations) with each other.
- The number of techniques and their combinations (combinations) used in one rebus is not limited.
Rebus requirements
- A rebus must have a solution, and, as a rule, only one. The ambiguity of the answer should be specified in the conditions of the rebus. For example: “Find two solutions to this puzzle.”
- The guessed word or sentence must not contain spelling errors.
- If there is one word in the rebus, then it should, as a rule, be a noun, and in the singular and in the nominative case. Deviation from this rule must be specified in the conditions of the rebus (for example: “Guess the participle”).
- If a sentence is made (a proverb, an aphorism, etc.), then, naturally, it can contain not only nouns, but also verbs and other parts of speech. In this case, the terms of the rebus must contain the appropriate phrase (for example: “Guess the proverb”).
- The puzzle should be completed from left to right.
Basic techniques for composing a rebus
- Flipping“upside down” drawing (or photograph), sign, symbol, figure (hereinafter - picture, in contrast to letters and numbers) serves to indicate that the word guessed with the help of a picture should be read backwards.
- Using commas(also inverted commas) to the left or right of the picture serves to indicate that in the word guessed with the help of the picture a certain number of initial or final letters should be removed. Wherein:
- the number of commas corresponds to the number of letters to be deleted;
- commas to the left of the picture indicate the removal of the initial letters of the word;
- commas to the right of the picture indicate the removal of the final letters of the word.
- Placing a letter or several letters to the right of the picture serves to indicate that this letter (several letters) should be added at the end of the word being guessed.
- Crossing out a letter and placing another letter next to it or above it serves to indicate which letter should be replaced with which in the hidden word.
- Adding a mathematical equal sign between two letters serves to indicate the replacement of one of these letters with another.
- Applying an arrow going from one letter to another, also serves to indicate the appropriate replacement of letters. The arrow can also be deciphered as the preposition “to”. For example: the word “juice”, followed by an arrow pointing to the right and the letter “y”- all this reads like this: “piece”.
- Placing a horizontal arrow pointing to the left above a picture (or above a symbol, above a combination of letters) serves to indicate that after decoding the word or part of it must be read backwards.
- Placing a row of numbers above the picture 1, 2, 3, 4 (and so on) is used to number the letters in the hidden word (number 1 means the first letter of the word, number 2 means the second, and so on). Wherein:
- changing the order of numbers serves as a hint: “Change the order of the letters in the hidden word.” For example, the numbers 3, 2, 1, 4 above the picture of a saw show that the first and third letters in the word “saw” must be rearranged; answer: “linden”;
- the use of numbers in fewer numbers than letters in the hidden word serves as a hint that only the specified number of letters should be selected from the hidden word. For example, above the picture of a saw there are two numbers: 4, 1. This means that from the word “saw” you need to select only two letters: the fourth and the first, and put them in this order; answer: "ap";
- the use of crossed out numbers serves as a hint that the corresponding letters should be removed from the hidden word. For example, above the picture of a saw there are numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, while the number 4 is crossed out. This means that in the word “saw” the fourth letter must be removed; answer: “drank.” (The crossed out number may not be in line with the other numbers, but its meaning is the same.)
- Using a horizontal bar between pictures and letters placed one below the other, it is used to encrypt the letter combinations “on”, “above”, “under”, as well as the prepositions “on”, “above”, “under”, if a rebus is a phrase.
- Using different layouts pictures, letters relative to each other (one inside the other, one after the other, some scattered over the other, some “running” to others, some “coming out” of others, and so on) serves to encrypt letters and letter combinations “in”, “k” , “u”, “with”, “for”, “by”, “from”, “on”, “before” and many others, which are prepositions in Russian, as well as the letter “and”, which is a conjunction. For example:
- the overlay of pictures, letters on top of each other, when they seem to look out from behind each other or from under each other, leaning against each other, serves to encrypt “for”, “in front”, “on”, “under”, “ through”, “u”, “k”, etc. (for example, the letters “ka” “hid” behind the letter “n” - this is “cazan”);
- “scattering” over a picture or letter any identical letters serves to encrypt “by” (for example, the letters “i” seem to be scattered across the letter “n” - this is “pony”);
- inscribing other letters into a picture or into a letter serves to encrypt “in” (for example, the letters “sli” are inscribed in the letter “a” - this is “plum”);
- the image of letters, figures holding hands is used to encrypt “i”, “s” (for example, the letters “k” and “t” holding hands are “whale”, and “o” and “a” " - "wasp");
- an image of letters, figures running away from each other, running up to each other, coming out from somewhere, climbing on something, entering somewhere, running over something, and so on - to encrypt “to”, “from”, “from”, “on”, “in”, “by”, etc.
- Use of the listed and other similar techniques in a variety of combinations (combinations)(for example, using both an inverted picture and a comma in front of it at the same time).
Good afternoon, our curious readers! Puzzles for 1st grade in pictures are very useful to solve not only for children, but also for adults. They help pass the time with an exciting activity, and also develop imagination, ingenuity and logic.
Do you want your student to give his brain a good workout? Practice yourself first. We have selected for you 15 types of entertaining puzzles that will use the student's knowledge in writing, mathematics and other subjects. All puzzles come with answers.
Why are puzzles needed?
Teachers sometimes offer to solve puzzles in class and sometimes assign them to the children at home. In modern textbooks for first grade, for example, in Goretsky's alphabet, you will find many similar tasks. These unusual puzzles allow you to:
- increase the student’s interest in perceiving new information;
- develop flexibility of thinking;
- look for non-standard solutions;
- open the mind;
- relieve unnecessary stress during the study process;
- add variety to your classes.
You can print interesting encryptions for every taste from the Internet. You can also sit your child down at the computer so he can solve puzzles online.
Basic rules for composing puzzles
Has it ever happened to you that your son or daughter asks you to help solve a puzzle, you eagerly take on it - and cannot solve it? We know why this happens. You should learn the basic rules for composing such tasks.
Upside down picture
If the picture shows an upside-down object, then its name should be inserted backwards into the answer.
For example, the solution to this puzzle looks like this: “KA” + inverted “CAT” = “KA” + “TOK”.
Answer: "Rink".
Using commas
This is one of the most common techniques. The comma in the figure means that a letter needs to be removed from the word. The number of commas always equals the number of characters to be removed.
In this case, commas to the left of the image mean that you need to remove the first letters, and commas to the right of the picture call for discarding the last ones.
Answer: "Boar".
The letter next to the picture
The letter next to the picture will definitely become part of the answer. If it stands before the image, then its place is at the beginning of the word, if after it, then at the end. Such tasks are simple, so it is best to start introducing a first-grader to puzzles with them.
Answer: "Screen".
Strikethrough letter or equal sign
Often a crossed out letter is written next to the picture, and another is indicated next to it. This means that the crossed out letter in the word denoting the depicted object must be replaced with another. Follow the same principle if you see a mathematical equal sign between letters.
Answer: "Cow."
Numbers below the picture
If you see numbers under or above the image, then write the name of the picture and rearrange the letters in the specified order.
Answer: "Strongman."
There are also more complex versions of such puzzles. If there are fewer numbers written under the image than there are letters in given word, then from the name we take only those characters whose numbers are indicated in the picture.
Horizontal line
The horizontal line that divides the riddle into upper and lower parts indicates that in the middle of the word there will be a preposition “above”, “under” or “on”.
Answer: "Ditch".
Letters inside the image
A letter or object located inside a symbol or geometric figure, mean that the answer will contain the preposition “in”.
Answers: “Crow”, “Harm”.
Drawing after drawing
If the images seem to be hiding one behind the other, then it’s time to use the word “for.”
Answer: Kazan.
A letter consisting of small letters
When small characters are made up of one big one, feel free to use the preposition “from”.
Answer: "Below."
Notes
The image of the notes in the puzzle serves as a reason for using their names in the solution. Children who don't know the notes are usually given a hint.
Answer: “Share”, “Beans”.
Symbols holding hands
If the letters are holding hands, then to guess the answer we use the preposition “and” or “s”.
Answer: "Wasp".
Running symbols
When cheerful letters run away from each other or joyfully run towards each other, we use the preposition “to” or “from”.
The answer is “churn.”
Numbers next to letters
If the picture shows letters and numbers next to them, then in the answer we use the name of the number in combination with the indicated symbols.
Answer: "Parking".
Some numbers may be encrypted under different names. For example, the number “1” can sound like “one”, “one” or even “count”.
Answer: “Fork.”
Mathematical operations
In rebuses you can encrypt not only words, but also numbers. For example, to guess these by sight simple examples, you have to think carefully and use your knowledge of mathematics:
A triangle denotes a number with one digit. Moreover, if you add it 4 times, you get a single-digit number, indicated by a square, and if you add it 5 times, you get two-digit number, indicated in the figure by a circle and a diamond.
Examination:
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8,
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10.
Combined encryption
Offer your student different variations of puzzles more often, and soon he will be able to solve them on his own with ease. Now you can move on to more sophisticated task options. For example, how do you like this option?
Answer: "Oar".
Let's learn with interest
Well, are you convinced that solving puzzles is a whole science with its own concepts and rules? We hope we were able to help you understand it. How to instill in a child an interest in such a creative way of learning? "Eureka" will give some simple tips:
- Start with the simplest tasks and gradually move on to more complex ones.
- Act unobtrusively.
- Come up with puzzles yourself and involve your child in this activity.
- Use puzzle solving as a competition with prizes for the winners - e.g. children's day birth.
- Help your child if he cannot complete the task for a long time.
- Praise him for correct decoding and be gentle if he fails.
We are happy to dispel the myth that studying is difficult and boring. We hope we succeeded! Convey a positive attitude to your young student and share your impressions in the comments to this article. See you soon!