Where to start
- New to logic puzzles? Try Queens or Tango. Both take under a minute to learn, and both are free.
- Only have a minute? Zip is usually the quickest puzzle on this whole site.
- Like numbers? Mini Sudoku takes two minutes, the New York Times Sudoku takes longer, and Nerdle is for people who enjoy sums.
- Bored of doing the same puzzle? Thinky Dailies has a different kind every day.
Compare at a glance
| Game | Typical time | Difficulty | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zip | 1–2 min | Easy | Free |
| Tango | 1–3 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Mini Sudoku | 1–3 min | Easy | Free |
| Queens | 1–4 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Patches | 2–4 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Lichess Daily Puzzle | 1–5 min | Varies | Free |
| Nerdle | 3–6 min | Medium | Free |
| Mazele | 3–6 min | Medium | Free |
| Tiles | 3–8 min | Easy | Subscription |
| Pips | 2–10 min | Easy to hard | Free |
| enclose.horse | 3–10 min | Medium | Free |
| Thinky Dailies | 5–15 min | Varies | Free |
| Sudoku | 5–30 min | Easy to hard | Free with limits |
Times and difficulty are dailyfika's own estimates for a typical day, not official figures.
Four kinds of logic puzzle
Place it right
Queens, Tango, Pips and Patches all give you a grid and a few rules about what can go where. Every move can be proved, so there's never a need to guess.
Number grids
Mini Sudoku and the full-size Sudoku are the classics: each number once per row, column and box. Nerdle is the odd one out, a hidden sum that you find in six guesses.
Paths and spaces
Zip has you draw one line through every square. Mazele hides a route for you to deduce, and enclose.horse asks you to fence in the biggest field you can.
Something different
Tiles is a calm pattern-matching game. Thinky Dailies changes its rules daily, and the Lichess Daily Puzzle gives chess players one position to crack.
More to explore
If you like working things out from clues, the daily mystery games use the same skills with a story on top. LinkedIn's whole set is on the LinkedIn games page.