Spiral puzzle
 A spiral puzzle is a word puzzle in the form of a spiral. The puzzle is formed of a long chain of letters, which spell out a list of clued words when read in either direction.[1] The solutions to the left are entered in the boxes from 1 to 100. The responses to the right provide another set of words that must be entered from 100 to 1.[2] The final solution can consist of a number of boxes, sometimes in colored horizontal, vertical or diagonal rows. CluesA description such as 20-26 means that the first letter of the word must be entered in box 20 and the last letter in box 26. The requested answer in that example therefore has 7 letters. The next clue then starts in box 27 and so on to the center of the spiral. Every square of a spiral puzzle has a single letter written into it by the solver, but the solution can be read in either direction. For example, the letters "I M P U G N I N G I S" could be given a clue for the answers "IMPUGNING" followed by "ISLE" in one direction, and "SIGNING UP" followed by "MILE" in the other.[1] The lack of crossing words makes spiral puzzles more difficult to solve. For more difficult types of spiral puzzles, the numbering in the spiral is missing.[3] Spiral puzzles in one direction There are also spiral puzzles where words must be entered in only one direction.[4] The last letter of one word is also the first letter of the next word.[5] Without overlapping letters, this puzzle is no more than a quiz with the appearance of a puzzle. For more difficult types of spiral puzzles, the numbering in the spiral is missing. Variants
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