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Multiplayer Minesweeper where up to three players race on the same board to score the most points

Chain four-letter words by changing one letter at a time and score a point for each correct word

Word puzzle: guess the secret word from Levenshtein edit-distance clues (insert, delete or replace counts).

Flip a light and its neighbours to turn every light off, chasing minimum moves on a leaderboard

Spell today's hidden category from a grid of letters at your own pace, then share your time

Reverse Taboo word game: prompt an LLM to output a target word while avoiding banned clues

Daily puzzle where you redraw electoral district lines to win more seats than opponents (gerrymandering).

A calm physics driving game where you steer a car through eight minimal levels

Pick the real definition of an unfamiliar word from four choices, with five new words each day