Puzzles

Longer games with no clock on them. Play at your own pace, leave and come back.

These are the games without a timer pointing at you. Some have a clock running for your own record, but nothing here ends because time ran out. Sudoku, Minesweeper, 2048, solitaire and the rest are yours to sit with.

Anything you leave half finished is kept. Come back to a Sudoku grid, a word search or a solitaire deal and you are offered the choice to continue where you were or start something new. That state lives in your browser, not on a server.

Everything here is generated fresh whenever you want it, including every Sudoku grid, which is verified to have exactly one solution so it can always be finished by logic rather than guessing. The daily word puzzle lives with the other daily games, since it runs on a once-a-day cycle rather than on demand.

What each puzzle asks of you
PuzzleTypeSession
SudokuLogic, four difficulties plus a mini5 to 25 minutes
Word SearchVisual search, 50 themes3 to 10 minutes
MinesweeperDeduction, three sizes1 to 10 minutes
2048Sliding tiles, endless5 to 20 minutes
Solitaire, FreeCell, SpiderCard planning5 to 30 minutes
Snake, Memory MatchArcade and recall2 to 8 minutes

Common questions

Are unfinished puzzles saved?

Yes. Sudoku, Minesweeper, 2048, Memory Match, word search and Klondike all keep an unfinished game in your browser and offer you the choice to continue or start fresh.

Is every Sudoku solvable without guessing?

Yes. The generator removes clues one at a time and checks after each removal that exactly one solution still exists, so every grid can be finished by logic alone.

Where did the daily word puzzle go?

It is in the daily games category alongside the split and color tests, since all three run on a once-a-day cycle with one attempt each rather than on demand.

Do the puzzles have percentiles like the benchmark tests?

No. Percentiles need a published distribution to compare against, and these do not have one. Puzzles track your own best times and move counts instead.

Can I play these offline?

Yes, once you have visited. The site caches itself, so puzzles work without a connection and your progress is stored locally either way.