What are your favourite daily puzzle games?

Question

I got hooked on daily puzzle games like a lot of people, with Wordle and since then have been collecting them here and there. Most of my faves have been posted here by creators or fans, others I don't remember how I found them. Anyway, it's been a while since we've had a dedicated thread for people to share their favourites, but there are new ones coming out all the time, so I'm curious to know if there are any good ones I'm missing out on. I guess my only real criteria are that they are browser-based, mobile friendly, free to play and somewhat original. Below are the ones I regularly play:From the NYT: Wordle, connections and the minihttps://wordchase.semantle.com guess the word guided by AI hintshttps://travle.earth/ get from one country to another by passing through bordering countrieshttps://wafflegame.net/ drag and drop letters to make a "waffle" of wordshttps://imsqueezy.com/ insert letters to make other words, to form 3 words connected by a themehttps://truncate.town/ kind of an adversarial scrabble, PvP or against the computerhttps://ziggurwords.com/ unscramble letters to find increasingly longer wordshttps://crosswordle.com/ a crossword/wordle hybridhttps://www.threemagicwords.app/ more word unscramblinghttps://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/ hard to explain - uncover a famous event in history by unwrapping nested clues?https://www.omiword.com/ drag tiles within sectors to spell 4 common wordsAm I missing any good ones?

JoshTriplett · Accepted Answer

I enjoy good puzzle games, but I really dislike the trend towards "daily" games. Whenever I find one, I look for whatever option they have for randomly generated "practice" games (ignoring the "daily" puzzle), and if they don't have one, abandon the game entirely. I can understand that people enjoy comparing their results on a particular game, but to me, that's much less interesting than being able to actually play the game for more than five minutes.The latest small browser-based puzzle game I've enjoyed: https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

enhdless · Answer

Someone posted a daily logic puzzle in the "What are you working on?" thread yesterday, titled Clues by Sam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457I enjoyed it! Not too difficult but still required some thinking.

zippyman55 · Answer

Lichess.org has great chess puzzzles. I like that you get a puzzle rating and have metric to track cognitive decline.

mtmail · Answer

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ - guess the countryhttps://timeguessr.com/ - guess a photo's year and location

anenefan · Answer

So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2]
[1] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
[2] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html

savorypiano · Answer

https://wordcrux.comThis is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.

LarryMade2 · Answer

How about wordle x 8 - Octordle - https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily

ecesena · Answer

I played bonza for a few years https://www.bonzapuzzles.com

austin-cheney · Answer

Worldle. https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

Jeremy1026 · Answer

I like NYT Strands. It's a word search where you're given a theme, but not the specific words you need to find.

luhego · Answer

Tango from Linkedin

Quinzel · Answer

Blockudoku

What are your favourite daily puzzle games?

Someone posted a daily logic puzzle in the "What are you working on?" thread yesterday, titled Clues by Sam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457
I enjoyed it! Not too difficult but still required some thinking.

Lichess.org has great chess puzzzles. I like that you get a puzzle rating and have metric to track cognitive decline.

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ - guess the country
https://timeguessr.com/ - guess a photo's year and location

So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2]
[1] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
[2] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html

https://wordcrux.com
This is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.

How about wordle x 8 - Octordle - https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily

I played bonza for a few years https://www.bonzapuzzles.com

Worldle. https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

I like NYT Strands. It's a word search where you're given a theme, but not the specific words you need to find.

Tango from Linkedin

Blockudoku

What are your favourite daily puzzle games?

Someone posted a daily logic puzzle in the "What are you working on?" thread yesterday, titled Clues by Sam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457I enjoyed it! Not too difficult but still required some thinking.

Lichess.org has great chess puzzzles. I like that you get a puzzle rating and have metric to track cognitive decline.

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ - guess the countryhttps://timeguessr.com/ - guess a photo's year and location

So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2][1] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html[2] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html

https://wordcrux.comThis is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.

How about wordle x 8 - Octordle - https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily

I played bonza for a few years https://www.bonzapuzzles.com

Worldle. https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

I like NYT Strands. It's a word search where you're given a theme, but not the specific words you need to find.

Tango from Linkedin

Blockudoku

Someone posted a daily logic puzzle in the "What are you working on?" thread yesterday, titled Clues by Sam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457
I enjoyed it! Not too difficult but still required some thinking.

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ - guess the country
https://timeguessr.com/ - guess a photo's year and location

So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2]
[1] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html
[2] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html

https://wordcrux.com
This is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.