368 Chickens
Place random pairs of cartoon chickens – a hen, a cock, a chick, or a brighter yellow chick holding a knife – on a 6x6 grid, lining up three or more of the same type to “rescue” them (ie make them disappear). There are 368 that need rescuing. Worryingly addictive.
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Connect Dots without Crossing Lines
Draw a line linking dots of the same colour, but without crossing a line connecting dots of a different colour. As the levels get harder, more dots and more colours are introduced.
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Daniel Linssen’s Typing Challenge
Move around a grid of letters from wherever you are (in white) to the target (in yellow) by typing the letters in between them – all while avoiding a growing army of red blobs that make their way across the screen.
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Stacked
Find groups of words that have something in common. Each group is assigned a colour, and each colour includes a certain number of words – red has one word, yellow two, green three etc.
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Cat-apult
Collect balls by clicking where you think the cat needs to jump to get them. You get as many jumps as you like, but if you land on the spikes you go back to the start of the level.
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MusIQ
Test of whether you can keep a beat, detect subtle differences in pitch, memorise sequences of notes and recall rhythm. Harder than it sounds (or perhaps we’re tone-deaf).
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Jumping Frogs
Move the green frogs to where the brown frogs are, and vice versa. They can only jump one lily pad, or over one other frog, at a time; greens can only move right and browns left. Surprisingly challenging.
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WordFall
Use six letters of a seven-letter word to make another word, then a five-letter word from that word, and so on. “Dead end” words that are in the dictionary but don’t allow the game to be completed turn orange, and words that work turn green.
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The Knowledge Crossword
Buzzled
Turn numbers on a hexagon either yellow or black with a click, so that each row and column adds up to the coloured pin at the end of it. Good for sudoku fans.
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Kung Fu Chess
Fast-paced version of the ancient strategy game in which players don’t take turns – they just make moves, with a small delay before pieces can be moved again. You can compete against AI or a friend.
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Puzzle
To celebrate 10 years of his “Monday Puzzle” column in The Guardian, Alex Bellos pulled together 10 of his favourite brainteasers. For example: your friend chooses a card at random from a standard deck of 52, and you have to guess what it is. Before you guess, you can ask one of three questions about the card: Is it red? Is it a “face card” (Jack, Queen, King)? Or is it the ace of spades? Assuming your friend answers truthfully, which question gives you the best chance of guessing correctly? Click here for the answer, and here for the other questions.
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