150 Best Puzzle Team Names For Jigsaw, Word Games & More

Puzzle teams are more popular than most people realize. From jigsaw competitions and puzzle hunts to crossword nights and mystery challenges, more groups are teaming up to solve problems together. And just like trivia or escape rooms, a good team name makes it even more fun.

This list includes everything from smart and strategic names to funny and pop culture-inspired choices. No matter what kind of puzzle event you’re joining, you’ll find a name here that fits your team.

• What's On This Page

  • Best Puzzle Team Names

  • Funny Puzzle Team Names

  • Clever Jigsaw Puzzle Team Names

  • Pop Culture Puzzle Team Names

  • Puzzle Hunt & Mystery Hunt Team Names

  • Crossword & Word Puzzle Team Names

  • How To Choose The Perfect Puzzle Team Name

Best Puzzle Team Names

• Batteries Not Included

• Code Breakers

• Compulsive Thinkers

• Every Day I’m Puzzlin’

• Gang Of Geeks

• Inner Piece

• Like A Glove

• Logic Masters

• Mental Gymnastics

• Mind Over Matter

• Missing Link

• On To Something

• Piece At Last

• Puzzle Pros

• Puzzledactyls

• Puzzleheads

• Rational Minds

• The Analysts

• The Dissectologists

• The Missing Pieces

• The Piece Corps

• The Think Tank

• Thinking Outside The Box

Are you on a team with your besties? Check out our list of best friend group names!

Funny Puzzle Team Names

• A Bit Missing

• Accidental Geniuses - This is also on our list of chess team names

• Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

• Brain Drain

• Brainless

• Cat And Mouse

• Caught Red-Handed

• Clue’s Your Daddy

• Escapegoats

• Get A Clue

• Hasty Blunders

• Low Key

• Mosaic Ain’t So

• Nerd Herd

• No Clue Crew

• Overthink Tank

• Red Flags

• Rest In Pieces

• Smart Cookies

• Smarty Pants

• The Misplaced Corners

• We Might Be Wrong

• We’re Puzzled

• You Wanna Piece Of This?

Going to a Puzzles & Pints event? Check out our list of beer-themed team names!

Clever Jigsaw Puzzle Team Names

• A Piece Of Our Mind

• At Piece

• Accurate Calculations

• Assembly Required

• Border Patrol

• Calculated Attackers

• Clear-Sighted

• Come Together

• Cutting Corners

• Data-Driven

• Difficult Positions

• Easy Piecey

• Exploiting Weakness

• Forethought

• Get The Picture?

• Gone To Pieces

• Ideal Moves

• Making Moves

• Making Sacrifices

• Pickin’ Up The Pieces

• Picture This

• Piece Be With You

• Piece Of Cake

• Piece Out

• Separation Anxiety

• The Big Picture

• The Piece-Keepers

• We Came, We Jigsaw, We Conquered

Need more ideas? Keep it clever with these awesome pun names!

Pop Culture Puzzle Team Names

• Avengers Assemble (The Avengers)

• Clue Tang Clan (Wu-Tang Clan)

• Endgame (Avengers: Endgame)

• Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It (Song by Will Smith)

• Hawk Eyes (Hawkeye)

• I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (Song by U2)

• Livin’ On The Edge (Song by Aerosmith)

• Mission: Im-Piece-ible (Mission: Impossible)

• Never Say Die (Movie)

• No Puzzle For Old Men (No Country For Old Men)

• Picture Perfect (Movie)

• Puzz Lightyear (Buzz Lightyear)

• Search Party (Song by Sam Bruno)

• Sherlock Homies (Sherlock Holmes)

• Smartacus (Spartacus) - This is also on our list of trivia team names

• Team Clueless (Clueless)

• The Brainy Bunch (The Brady Bunch)

• The Clues Brothers (The Blues Brothers)

• The Empire Fits Back (The Empire Strikes Back)

• The Fresh Puzzles Of Bel Air (The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air)

• The Good, The Bad, And The Puzzled (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly)

• Too Legit To Fit (Too Legit To Quit)

• The Search Is Over (Song by Survivor)

Want something more specific to your age group? Check out this list of throwback team names by decade!

Puzzle Hunt & Mystery Hunt Team Names

• Are You Puzzled?

• Backtrackers

• Clueminati

• Code Crackers

• Curious Minds

• Decoders

• Dot Connectors

• Finders Keepers

• Finding Patterns

• Follow The Pieces

• Getting Warmer

• Hidden In Plain Sight

• Houston, We Have A Puzzle

• Independent Thinkers

• Mental Detectors

• Outwitters

• Pieces In A Pod

• Problem Solvers

• Reality Check

• The Breadcrumbs

• The Plot Thickens

• The Search Party

• The Trail Finders

• The Usual Suspects

• Thought Provokers

• Wayfinders

• X Marks The Spot

Need more ideas? Check out our list of scavenger hunt team names!

Crossword & Word Puzzle Team Names

• Clue Crew

• Cross-Checked

• Dead Ends

• Double Meanings

• Gridlocked

• Grid Masters

• Hidden In Plain Sight

• Justified Conclusions

• Pattern Seekers

• Pencil Us In

• Phil And The Blanks

• The Anagrams

• The Final Entry

• The Homophones

• The Ink Spots

• The Letter Shifters

• The Oxford Commas

• The Paper Cuts

• The Spoonerisms

• The Synonyms

• The Word Ladders

• The Word Nerds

• Trivia New Roman

• Trust The Crosses

• Word Play

Still looking for ideas? Check out our list of escape room team names!

How To Choose The Perfect Puzzle Team Name

• Match the name to the puzzle type. Jigsaw teams often use “piece” wordplay, puzzle hunt teams like to reference clues and searching, and crossword teams work best using language and wordplay-themed names.

• Pick a name that fits your team’s personality. Competitive teams usually go for smart or confident names, while casual groups tend to prefer funny or self-deprecating ones.

• Use phrases people recognize. The best names for puzzle teams often come from common sayings about thinking, searching, fitting, or solving.

• Keep it short and easy to remember. If you have to explain it every time, it’s probably too complicated.

• Make sure everyone likes it. A quick vote helps you pick something the whole group is happy with using.

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