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Guessmaster.com
Offers a variety of guessing games.
http://www.guessmaster.com/ |
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Sokoban
Tidy up all the crates of mail.
http://www.pimpernel.com/sokoban/ |
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Hexcite
An online version of a board game where you try to place all your pieces a hexagonal board. Play against the computer.
http://www.hexcite.com |
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JC Lava
Online game of logic in which players place pieces in rows and attempt to surround four of the opponent's pieces to win. Play is available for two players or one player against the computer.
http://jarci.w.interia.pl/ |
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Colors
Try to line up five matching colored chips for removal, while the computer adds extra chips to the board randomly after every move. Use strategic skills to play for high score in this online Java puzzle.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/5199/colors.html |
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The Lateral Puzzles Forum
Set or solve lateral thinking puzzles. Includes a selection of current and already solved puzzles.
http://www.lateralpuzzles.com/ |
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Diamond 16 Puzzle
Rearrange rows, columns, and quadrants in a 4x4 array of 2-color squares to solve the puzzle and to make a variety of symmetric designs.
http://m759.freeservers.com/puzzle.html |
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The Stone
Information about the internet's mystery game, The Stone.
http://www.netfysh.com/thestone/ |
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ADDiction
Solve each Java-based puzzle by swapping pairs of adjacent numbered tiles whose sum is a multiple of 3 or 5. Available for play online, or download.
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Labyrinth/2288/add/index.html |
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Facie!
A game about feelings and intuition, the object is to make Facie smile with the least moves possible. Playable on the Web or mobile phone, and includes the ability to create a game for others to play.
http://www.facie.com/ |
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Lateral Thinking Puzzles
List of twenty classic puzzles and solutions.
http://rec-puzzles.org/lateral.html |
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Cryptarithms
Features online brain teaser puzzles in which the digits of a sum are replaced with letters or other symbols. Find the correct numerical digits for each letter to solve the puzzle.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/cryptarithms/st_crypto.html |
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HopSkip
Move the red square along the game board to step on all the green squares and make them disappear. Create a new board or play on a board created by other players.
http://awe113.tripod.com/ |
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Trun's Puzzles
Free online jigsaw puzzles and games.
http://members.aol.com/trun40 |
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Chockablock
Java game in which the player tries to score points by filling up 3 by 3 squares on a grid using tetris style pieces. Try to make the high scores list.
http://www.loquax.com/chockablock/ |
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NIM
Two player game in which players remove matchsticks in an attempt to force the other player to remove the last one. Played online against the computer or downloadable.
http://www.neil-mackenzie.com/nim/ |
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Dot 2 Dot 4 Fun
Online version of the classic Connect the Dots game. Offers a choice of pictures in categories that include people, buildings, and animals. Requires Shockwave plug-in.
http://www.dot2dot4fun.co.uk/ |
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The Shrapnel Code-Breaker Challenge
Series of five puzzles of increasing difficulty which are designed to test code breaking skills.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/shrapnelchallenge/ |
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Lucas' Problem
Solve the ancient puzzle where you have 4 black and 4 white counters in a line and a space in between them and you need to swap their positions.
http://www.bestpages.com/homepage/puzzle/ |
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Cross Rings
Arrange the chain links in alphabetical order to solve this Java puzzle.
http://brightworld.com/CrossRingsPuzzle/ |
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Rolling Cubes
Roll eight half black and half white cubes around a 3 by 3 grid until you have reversed the colors.
http://www.righto.com/java/rollingcubes.html |
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Philosophy Games
A series of philosophical puzzles to challenge the mind.
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/ |
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Ludlow the Dog
Move obstacles, collect keys to unlock doors, and help Ludlow guide Fluffy the Sheep into the sheep pen in this online Javascript game. Includes multiple levels of play.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.stockdale/arera/ludlow/index.html |
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SegPlay
Play to beat the clock in this online version of a paint-by-number puzzle in Java. Features a selection of categories and images.
http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayChoose.asp |
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Rockz
Escape the caves with as many diamonds as possible, while avoiding falling rocks and flying creatures in this free Java game.
http://rockz.co.uk/ |
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Tilt Puzzles
Labyrinth maze game, tilt the board to place the squares on their targets.
http://www.clickmazes.com/newtilt/ixtilt.htm |
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Fragmind
Try to place a set of colored fragments on a grid so that each column of the grid contains only one color in this online Shockwave puzzle game. May choose number of columns and colors to be played.
http://www.fragmind.com/ |
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CombinationLock.com
Select a numerical sequence based on clues. Has a hall of fame.
http://www.combinationlock.com/ |
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JamesBondNews.com
Police interrogation logic puzzle. Must submit email address to receive the solution.
http://www.jamesbondnews.com/ |
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Queue
Click buttons to push shapes onto a checkerboard grid in this Flash-based puzzle game. Objective is to cover tiles with a piece of the matching shape. Offers 50 levels of increasing difficulty, and a high score list.
http://www.gamekitchen.com/games/queue/ |
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Misronet.com Puzzles
Offers free interactive logic puzzles including solutions and tips on how to solve brain teasers.
http://www.misronet.com/puzzles01.htm |
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Set Game
Online versions of Set and Quiddler mathematical and word card games. Features a daily puzzle and contest.
http://www.setgame.com/ |
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Contamination
Take over the entire board by contaminating enemy pieces in this online Java game that combines strategy and puzzle elements. Play against the computer or up to two other players.
http://student.dei.uc.pt/~pamaro/puzzle.html |
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Caught At Work Productions
Offers a new brain teaser each Thursday, plus archive of past puzzles.
http://www.caughtatwork.net/ |
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PING
Manuever balls into green chutes to score points in this online puzzle game that is a test of physics and strategy skills. Complete levels by rebounding a ball into eight chutes before time runs out.
http://www.smerc.com/ping/ |
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SameGame
Goal is to remove all color tiles from the field, by removing connected groups of the same color tiles.
http://www.yook.de/samegame/ |
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Masterword
Try to guess the 4 letter word the computer is thinking of in no more than 10 tries.
http://www.masterword.co.uk |
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The Problem Site
Solve math problems, brainteasers, word games and riddles. Featuring a selection of free puzzles to help develop problem solving and lateral thinking skills.
http://www.theproblemsite.com/ |
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Brainwave
Determine the shape that doesn't fit in this series of ten visual logic puzzles. Solve all ten and get a top 5% brain award.
http://www.wognum.se/brainwave/ |
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AntWorld
Play an ant that must collect apples, push stone blocks, catch butterflys, avoid deadly spiders, and exit each puzzle in this Java-based logic game. Offers multiple levels of play at three difficulty levels.
http://www.asccompany.com/games/antworld/index.asp |
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Jotto
Puzzle game in which the computer chooses a secret English word with five different letters. The object of the game is to use logic to try and guess that word through a process of elimination.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/easysurf/menuj.htm |
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Blueee's Number Puzzle
Online game that displays a random choice of one of 15,000 different math puzzles. Six nested equations are shown with icons instead of digits. Find the digits to solve the puzzle.
http://www.tote-taste.de/X-Project/index.html |
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Celtic Solitaire
Online puzzle game in which the player must form lines of five or more color marbles to score points and enter the top 20 players list.
http://www.i-taneva.com/workshop/solitaire.html |
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Lightsout Cube
An online version of Tiger Toy's Lightsout Cube and links to other Lightsout puzzle sites.
http://www.gersolutions.com/lightsout |
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Bilingual Games Online
Various puzzles in French and English.
http://www.quass.com/dino/nextpage.htm |
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Dots and Boxes
Java applet playing at one of three levels of difficulty, with variable board size.
http://www.well.com/user/argv/java/dots.html |
Additional
Information: Puzzles playable on the web (Java, Shockwave, CGI etc) where brains count for more than brawn.
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