Free puzzle games

A collection of free puzzle games that open in your browser, with no download and no account. Each one takes a few minutes, and there is always a new puzzle.

Something for every kind of brain

Prefer words? Try Five Letters or Letter Wheel. Prefer grids? Crowns and Sudoku Six are waiting. Prefer numbers? Target Number gives you six of them and a goal. If you like seeing the whole picture, Trail has you draw one line through every cell.

Short games, on any screen

Everything works on a phone or a computer, and most puzzles last under five minutes. You will not get the same puzzle again until the bank has gone round.

Better with someone to beat

Every puzzle here can be played alone, or in a room with your friends, where the same puzzle turns into a race.

The games

• Crowns: One crown per row, column and color. Crowns can’t touch, even diagonally.
• Trail: Draw one path through every cell, hitting the numbers in order.
• Sudoku Six: Fill the 6×6 grid: 1 to 6 once per row, column and box.
• Target Number: Hit 3 targets from six numbers with + − × ÷. Exact is best, close still scores.
• Five Letters: Find the 5-letter word in 6 guesses.
• Word Ladder: Get from one word to another by changing one letter at a time.
• Sorted: Sort 16 words into 4 secret groups.
• Letter Wheel: Make a word from the wheel. Each round adds a letter.