All games
Every game here is meant to be finished in one sitting. No endless feed, no autoplay, nothing to unlock — play one, think for a few minutes, and get on with your day.
Word
- Daily wordOne five-letter word a day — and what it means afterwardsWord3 min · dailyPlay Daily word on BrainBreak. Six guesses at a hidden five-letter word, with a definition and an example sentence waiting at the end of it.
- QuartetsSixteen words hiding four groups of fourWord4 min · dailyPlay Quartets on BrainBreak. Find the four hidden connections among sixteen words. The obvious grouping is usually the trap.
- BraidChange one letter at a time and walk to the far wordWord4 min · dailyPlay Braid on BrainBreak. Turn the first word into the last, one letter per step, and every step has to be a real word. The short route is rarely the obvious one.
Logic
- SudokuNine by nine, one of each, no guessing requiredLogic10 min · dailyPlay Sudoku on BrainBreak. The classic number-placement puzzle, in four difficulties, with pencil marks and a daily grid everyone gets the same.
- MinesweeperRead the numbers, find the mines, never guessLogic5 minPlay Minesweeper on BrainBreak. Deduce where the mines are from the numbers around them. Every board here is solvable by reasoning alone.
- Sort ItPour the colours apart, one tube at a timeLogic4 min · dailyPlay Sort It on BrainBreak. Pour balls between tubes until each one holds a single colour. Every puzzle here is solvable without a dead end you could not have seen coming.
Pattern
- Word searchA themed grid, and words hidden eight waysPattern5 min · dailyPlay Word search on BrainBreak. Find every hidden word in the grid — forwards, backwards, up, down and diagonally. A quiet one, for when you want to think without being tested.
- NonogramNumbers along the edges; a picture in the middlePattern7 min · dailyPlay Nonogram on BrainBreak. Fill the squares the row and column clues describe, and a picture appears. Logic with a reward you can look at.
- Spot the differenceTwo scenes, five changes, no time limitPattern5 min · dailyPlay Spot the difference on BrainBreak. Find the five things that differ between two drawings of the same scene. Pure attention — the one game here that asks you to slow down rather than think faster.
Memory
Number
Want more of the word game?
The daily word puzzle has a practice mode — as many words as you like, kept entirely separate from your daily streak and stats.
Practice mode