Daily puzzle rules

A fresh set every day at midnight UTC, the same for everyone. Solve any one of them to keep your streak. Each puzzle below takes a minute to learn.

Word Trail

Word · 6–8 min

Guess the hidden five-letter word in six tries.

  • Guess the hidden five-letter word in six tries.
  • Type any real word and press Enter.
  • Green tile — right letter, right spot.
  • Yellow tile — in the word, wrong spot.
  • Grey letter — not in the word at all.
  • Everyone gets the same word; a new one at midnight UTC.

Word Ladder

Word · 7–9 min

Change one letter at a time. Stay a word.

  • Turn the start word into the target word, one letter at a time.
  • Every rung must be a real word — type it and press Enter.
  • Wrong tries cost nothing. Guess freely; the clock is the only score.
  • A locked rung can still be a wrong road — backspace straight back into it.
  • Exactly one shortest chain exists, and you are on its trail.
  • Everyone climbs the same ladder; a new one at midnight UTC.

Balance

Logic · 4–6 min

Balance suns and moons — never three in a row.

  • Fill the 6×6 board with suns and moons.
  • Each row and column gets exactly three of each.
  • Never three of the same symbol side by side.
  • = between two cells means they match; × means they differ.
  • Tap a cell to cycle: blank → sun → moon.

Mini Sudoku

Number · 8–10 min

Fill every row, column, and box with 1–6.

  • Fill the 6×6 grid with the numbers 1–6.
  • Every row must have 1–6 exactly once.
  • Every column must have 1–6 exactly once.
  • Every 2×3 box must have 1–6 exactly once.
  • Tap a cell, then tap a number to fill it.
  • Clashes turn red so you can spot them early.

The puzzles get harder as the week goes on, Monday to Sunday. See how the week works, or read how we make the puzzles.