Missing piece
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (51329)
Staten Island, New York
September 25, 2026 11:23am CST
Not long ago I was gifted a beautiful 1,000 piece puzzle.
I put it together at least a few times in the past.
I just finished doing it again yesterday only to find one piece is missing.
I could’ve sworn I had it in place but as I was finishing up the puzzle I noticed that spot was empty.
I’ve searched the surrounding area and it’s nowhere to be found.
Thought maybe it’s in the box but it’s not.
I wonder where it went.
My one assumption is that maybe I misplaced the piece the last time I did the puzzle and it wasn’t in the box now to begin with.
I am really bummed about that.
The picture is of the puzzle and one I took the first time time I did it.
All the pieces are there.
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9 responses
@celticeagle (195841)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Sep
It must have gotten lost last time you had it out. That's a shame. At least you know that piece was there to begin with.
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@celticeagle (195841)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep
@lovebuglena .......This happens a lot. My daughter would put the puzzle together and if she liked she would put glue on the back and had some hanging in her room. At least this way no pieces were lost.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Sep
@celticeagle it would be too much of a hassle to glue it I bet. Plus then you can’t do the puzzle again.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Sep
That's why it’s more disappointing.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Sep
Maybe it will turn up but I have a feeling it won’t.
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@RasmaSandra (102228)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Sep
That is a very beautiful and sorry you are missing a piece,
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Sep
I am definitely not happy that it is missing, especially since originally the piece was there when I was gifted the puzzle.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Sep
I really hope it turns up. When I started doing the puzzle and I was doing the border I couldn’t find one of the pieces and I thought I had lost it. But then I found it. I didn’t think there would be any more missing pieces. I was wrong.
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@LadyDuck (505596)
• Italy
26 Sep
@lovebuglena - I was trying to figure out where it was the place where the piece was missing.
@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Sep
@LadyDuck I did not take a picture this time around.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Sep
That’s because this is the picture I took when I did this puzzle before.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
26 Sep
It would be awesome if it turned up on the floor.
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@Wrexxo (10985)
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25 Sep
Oh that's such a bummer, one missing piece can really wreck the satisfaction of finishing it. It probably rolled under a couch or table leg at some point without you noticing. Maybe check your vacuum bag or under furniture, sometimes they turn up in the weirdest spots.
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@lovebuglena (51329)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Sep
I checked under the table and under the couch and around that area and nothing. I could’ve sworn I filled that piece in at some point.
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