You don’t need to be a puzzle person. The daily puzzle rotates through six ways to play. Read the rules beside each board, try the clue tutorial below, or explore the practice library.
They tell you how objects belong together. A check mark means a clue is true right now.
Tap one object, then another. They trade places. With a keyboard, use Tab or the arrow keys to reach an object, then Enter or Space to choose it.
There’s one arrangement that fits all the clues. Find it in any number of swaps. That’s your win.
This first puzzle is just one swap away. Look for the clues without a check mark.
Practice has 72 puzzles in six sections and different sizes, from gentle starts to longer challenges. Each page explains its rules, so you can try something new at your own pace.
Find each listed word by dragging across it or tapping its two end letters, in either order. Gentle puzzles run across and down; later ones add diagonals and backwards words. If an enlarged board needs sideways scrolling, use two taps. There is no timer.
Word search puzzles and tipsNumbers give the lengths of filled groups in each row or column. A clue of 2 1 means two filled squares, at least one gap, then one filled square. Use the Fill, Empty ×, and Erase tools to build the pattern.
Small nonograms and solving tipsPress a square to change its light and the immediate neighbors above, below, left, and right. Make every light say Off. Some lights may need to come on along the way, and Undo is always there.
Lights out puzzles and rulesRead the relationships, then swap any two objects. Start with six pieces, or connect more clues across three-by-three and three-by-four boards. Each board has one solution.
Visual logic puzzles and rulesMove an object next to the empty space into the gap. Match the little reference above the board. You can’t swap distant pieces or move diagonally, and the reference stays visible.
3×3 sliding puzzles and tipsSelect a square, then choose an object below the board. Every row and column needs one of each object. On four-by-four boards, every outlined two-by-two box does too. Pieces with a lock stay where they are.
Picture sudoku and Latin squares“Directly above” means the object is one row higher, in the same column. “Immediately left” means the objects are next to each other in the same row. The left object comes first when you read the row from left to right. Diagonal positions don’t count.
No. The optional goal is the fewest swaps needed from the starting board. It’s an optional challenge. You solve the puzzle whenever every clue is true, even if you take more swaps. Undo removes your most recent swap from the count.
Yes. Check marks describe the board right now; they don’t lock objects in place. A useful swap may temporarily break another clue. Keep the whole arrangement in mind.
On a six-object clue board, the first hint points to an unmet clue. Ask again for a position, then a suggested swap. Larger clue boards suggest a useful swap. Sliding hints suggest a step along a shortest route from your current board. No-repeat and nonogram hints reveal what belongs in one square. Word-search hints identify an unfound word and its starting square. Switch-off hints suggest one press along a shortest route from your current board. Hints never move or place objects for you; a new move clears the hint.
At 00:00 UTC. Everyone gets the same daily puzzle, regardless of their time zone. If you leave a puzzle open overnight, we offer the new one without replacing your unfinished board. From September 16, 2026, the daily puzzle rotates through word searches, sliding puzzles, nonograms, clue boards, switch-off puzzles, and no-repeat squares. Each six-day rotation includes every type once. The collection has 72 puzzles drawn from Practice and repeats after 72 days; your daily and practice attempts are saved separately. Earlier daily boards keep their original arrangements.
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No. Every object has a written name and a distinct shape. Clues refer to names and positions, never colors. Selection uses outlines, found words have check marks and underlines, and lights show both an icon and On or Off text. Nonograms use filled squares and X marks.