These pieces may be grouped together to make them easier to look for. I named all those pieces that are located in the corner area as corner pieces, of course. Well, kidding aside, in my personal take, I would like to classify first those jigsaw puzzle pieces based on their area on the entire jigsaw puzzle table. What is important is that the shapes matched and there is no missing piece, right? They are indeed irregular in shapes, right? They don’t seem to have a definite shape at all. I would like to call of them as IRREGULARS! PERSONAL CALLINGĪs a late bloomer Puzzler, I have my own naming to those jigsaw puzzle pieces, as well. If not, you may drop a comment below so that I could explain it to you. I hope you get the grasp on how they have associate those unique jigsaw puzzle pieces name with the most commonly used one with this. UNIQUE NAMING OF OTHER PUZZLERS TO JIGSAW PUZZLE PIECES ACROSS THE INTERNETĭouble ears up crown down crown right crown left crownĮdge quarter to quarter past 9 o’clock 3 o’clockĮdge uppie downnie leftie rightie double wings Here is the table of comparison of some unique names and the commonly used names for frequent jigsaw puzzle pieces. So, I made a table of comparisons to this in order for you to understand it more clearly. I know that it is somehow difficult to associate those unique names with the most common types of jigsaw puzzle pieces. By where the tab is located (uppie, downnie, leftie, rightie). By balancing some shapes (square (4tabs), noner (4blanks), level (2 tabs, 2 blanks)).By crown shape orientation (up crown, down crown, right crown, left crown).By time (9 o’clock, 3 o’clock, quarter to, quarter past, 6 o’clock).By their imagination (edge, regular, irregular, double wings, double ears).Here are some of the unique names of jigsaw puzzle pieces by puzzlers across the internet: It works both ways any way.Īctually, there are some puzzlers in the internet that have their own names, terms and descriptions to jigsaw puzzle pieces too! Well, you can also describe those shapes based on their counter parts. Here are the most common terms, names, or descriptions used for each jigsaw puzzle pieces : Having said that, have you ever wonder what those jigsaw puzzle pieces called? What do you call those jigsaw puzzle cuts? Below are the names we can call on each piece. Now, that we know the basics let us further complicate this thing, we can classify it according to what combinations are there in all of its four sides.īeing familiar with all the colors and shapes of each jigsaw puzzle piece is one of the most common key points in solving a jigsaw puzzle. While the bulging side is referred to as tab, knob, loop, key, outies, or male. If the side of the jigsaw puzzle piece is indented, “ dissectologists” refer to it to be blank, hole, socket, lock, innies, or female. Here are the common terms used to describe the basic parts of a jigsaw puzzle piece:Īs shown in the picture above, two distinct features of a common jigsaw puzzle piece are named based on their appearance. However, jigsaw puzzle players, or what we “ dissectologists”, often used the following to describe those pieces.īefore we name our jigsaw puzzle pieces, let us first know the basic parts of the common jigsaw puzzle piece. Various terms are used to name those jigsaw puzzle parts, but specific or standard naming is not established and standardized until today. As I have discussed in my previous article “ What is the history of Jigsaw Puzzle?”, it was first used to help children in Europe, with their geography subject by connecting all the matched pieces altogether. Jigsaw puzzles are a kind of game where you look for the matching pieces to come up with a complete version of an image or portrait.
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