How to play
Word games
- WordGuess the hidden word.
- BreadleGuess the bread.
- CheezleGuess the cheese.
- ConnectionsFind the four hidden groups.
- HiveMake words with the centre letter.
- HangmanGuess the word before you run out of tries.
- Vocabulary BuilderLearn a word a day. Pick the right meaning.
- RungsClimb from word to word, one letter at a time.
- Word HuntFind the hidden words in the grid.
- 4CrossSolve a mini-crossword.
- UnriddleFive cryptic clues a day, each one showing its working.
- MeanderWind a path through the letters to spell words.
Logic & strategy
- Oregon QuestLead five people west by wagon in 1848.
- SudokuFill the grid with logic.
- DominoesMatch tiles end to end — first to 50 wins.
- ChessPlay a quick game against the computer.
- CheckersJump your way to victory.
- Dots & BoxesClose boxes, claim the grid.
- Tic-Tac-ToeGet three in a row before your opponent.
- Four in a RowDrop pieces and line up four before your opponent.
- Bit GridFill the grid using 0s and 1s without breaking the pattern rules.
- MinesweeperClear the field without hitting a mine.
- CodebreakCrack the hidden symbol code.
- SkylinePlace towers 1–4 so each edge clue counts the buildings you can see.
- Orbit StrikeOutwit the enemy fleet in hidden-grid combat.
- RubricWork out the hidden scoring rule, then beat it.
- OutflankClaim territories, mass your armies, take the map.
- AlibiFive suspects, one culprit. Work out who’s lying.
- Dead AirSweep the shortwave spectrum, triangulate coastal bearings, and unmask the rogue broadcast.
- ContrabandRun X-ray sweeps, ion swabs, and manifests on a tight battery budget to catch the smuggler.
Numbers
- Sum SprintHit the target with the numbers you’re given.
- CapstoneEvery brick is the sum of the two beneath it.
- BullseyeCombine six numbers to hit a three-digit target — or land close.
- TwofoldSlide the tiles and merge matching numbers.
- Roll CallThirteen rounds of five dice. Fill every line on the sheet.
- CounterweightWeigh the objects against each other and pin down every weight.
Spatial
- UnfoldFold a flat net into a cube in your mind.
- SlideoutWork the marked block out of the jam, in as few moves as you can.
- FlowlineLink every lettered pair without crossing, and fill the whole grid.
- GridlightFill the grid from the numbers on its edges.
- DropwellDrop the day’s pieces into the well and clear lines.
- Critter CrashLaunch woodland critters to topple mischievous scrap robot forts.
- SporeworksCulture a living Petri-dish ecosystem, dose catalysts, and outgrow the blight.
- Ghost ShiftChoreograph three time-looped operatives across the same clock without triggering a paradox.
- Glass & CoilMount bumpers, magnets, and kickers onto the playfield, then launch the ball to shatter every target.
- Ghost HuntSteer through the neon labyrinth, clear every pellet, and outsmart four ghosts.
- Pocket PoolLine up your cue stick, apply spin, and run the 9-ball rack.
Card games
- Klondike SolitaireThe classic patience game — build all four suits from a shuffled deck.
- FreeCellEvery card face up, four free cells, almost every deal winnable.
- SpiderTwo decks, ten columns — clear a full suit at a time.
- WarHighest card takes the pile. No decisions, all nerve.
- Go FishAsk for a rank, collect the set — and remember what everyone asked for.
- Crazy EightsShed your hand by matching suit or rank — and eights change everything.
Memory
Trivia
- WaypointMatch each city to its spot on an abstract world board.
- More or LessHigher or lower? Trust your gut.
- TimelinePlace each event where it belongs in history.
- PolymathTen multiple-choice questions, from science and history to film and sport.
- Pecking OrderRank six things by one measurement, with three tries and two clues.