DogwoodNC's Online Game Resources --
Puzzles
(Word games, logic puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, etc.)
(brain exercises)

Contents

• Word games and puzzles
  • Wordle and similar puzzles
  • Other word games
• Logic puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, and other puzzles
  • Geography puzzles
  • Jigsaw puzzles
  • Logic puzzles
  • Magic Eye puzzles
  • Mahjongg and similar solitaire puzzles
  • Sudoku-type puzzles
  • Concentration-type matching and memory matching puzzles (DogwoodNC originals)
  • Other puzzles

Word games and puzzles

• Wordle and similar puzzles
  • Wordle (original):    https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

  • Bible-related
    • Birble (KJV words):    https://ajrv.us/birble/

    • Biblicle:    https://faithtree.com/game/biblicle/

    • Birblidle:    https://biblidle.bibledailythoughts.com/

    • Prayerdle (religion-related words) (No longer available):    https://graceupongrace.org.uk/prayerdle/

  • Multiple puzzles at a time
    • Hurdle (5 puzzles, each building on the previous puzzle):    https://www.arkadium.com/games/hurdle/

    • Dordle (2 puzzles at the same time):    https://dordlegame.io/

    • Quordle (4 puzzles at the same time):    https://www.quordle.com/#/

    • Quordle Weekly Challenge (like Quordle but only once a week):    https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/quordle/#/weekly

    • Quordle Sequence (like Quordle but need to do in specified sequence):    https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/quordle/#/sequence

    • Octordle (8 puzzles at the same time):    https://octordle.com/

    • Sedecordle (16 puzzles at the same time):    https://www.sedecordle.com/

    • Duotrigordle (32 puzzles at the same time):    https://duotrigordle.com/

    • Polyordle (chose # of puzzles to solve at the same time; name changes accordingly):    https://polyordle.com/

  • Speciality topics
    • Canuckle (Canadian):    https://canucklegame.github.io/canuckle/ or https://www.canucklegame.ca/

      Canuckle Recap:    https://www.canucklegame.ca/recap.html

    • Phoodle (food-related words):    https://www.phoodle.net/

    • Spanish Wordle:    https://lapalabradeldia.com/

    • Spanish Phrase of the Day (a mixture of Wordle & Hangman/Wheel of Fortune):    https://lapalabradeldia.com/frase/

    • Anidle (animal-related words):    https://anidal-abrarhayat.web.app/

    • Birdle (bird-related words):    https://www.creek-birdle.com/

    • Byrdle (music-related words):    https://www.byrdle.net/

    • Carle (car-related words):    https://carle.acme.to/

    • Dentle (dental-related words):    https://dentalwordle.z14.web.core.windows.net/

    • Footle (football-related words/names):    https://www.playfootle.com/

    • Petle (pet-related words):    https://www.pawrdle.com/

    • QWRTL (no E in puzzle):    https://limpet.net/qwrtl/?today

    • Texordle (Texas-related words; various lengths):    http://www.texordle.com/

    • Worcle (work-, finance-, business-related words):    https://worcle.biz/

  • Wordle with numbers
    • Mathler (math equations):    https://www.mathler.com/

    • Numberle (numbers):    https://dduarte.github.io/numberle/

  • Differing lengths of words
    • Word Hurdle (6-letter version):    https://www.wordhurdle.in/

    • VVurdle (3-8 letters, chosen via Settings):    https://vvurdle.vercel.app/

  • Different rules
    • Clueless CrossWordle:    https://crosswordle.xyz/

    • CrossWordle Swap (like Waffle with a crossword layout):    https://crosswordle.com/

    • CrossWordle Sudoku (start with known word; identify what incorrect guesses could be):    https://crosswordle.vercel.app/

    • Dwordly (dwindle word length):    https://dwordly.fun/

    • Eldrow (reverse Wordle - you think of a word and the computer guesses it):    https://www.simn.me/eldrow/

    • Pictle (currently unavailable):    https://pictle.web.app/

    • Phrasler:    https://phrasle.com/

    • Phrazle:    https://phrazle.gg/

    • Quintumble:    https://quintumble.com/#

    • Qwordle (clues for 2 words, but only guess 1):    https://qwordle.bhat.ca/

    • Reversle (start with known word; guess what incorrect guesses could be):    https://reversle.net/

    • Scramble:    https://playscramble.vercel.app/?daily=1

    • Scrambled (previously called Cross-Wordle) (anagrams in a crossword layout):    https://www.play-scrambled.com/

    • Squareword:    https://squareword.org/

    • Squordle:    https://playsquordle.com/

    • Survivle (try to NOT solve the puzzle):    https://lazyguyy.github.io/survivle/

    • Waffle:    https://wafflegame.net/

    • Waffle-Deluxe (weekly, changes on Sunday):    https://wafflegame.net/deluxe

    • Waffle - Canuckle version (currently unavailable):    https://wafflegame.net/canuckle/index.html

    • Waffle Words (seems to be the same as Waffle, but with different colors... and waffles instead of stars):    https://wordlewebsite.com/waffle-words

    • Wordga (timed):    https://wordga.com/game?game=global

    • Wordle Peaks (currently not working properly):    https://www.crazygames.com/game/wordle-peaks

  • Geography-related Wordle-like puzzles
    • Geodle (similar to Wordle, but guess the country):    https://geodle.me/

    • Flagle 1 (flags):    https://www.flagle.io/

    • Flagle 2 (flags):    https://flagle.felren.xyz/

    • Globle (geography, based on location):    https://globle-game.com/

    • Wheredle (a cross between GeoGuessr & Wordle):    https://wheredle.xyz/

    • Worldle Country Shapes/Flags (geography, based on shape of country and flag):    https://yawgmoth.github.io/worldle/#//

    • Worldle Country Shapes (geography, based on shape of country):    https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

    • Worldle Daily Travels (similar to GeoGuessr, but with a Wordle twist):    https://worldledaily.com/

    • Worlde Wordle (countries/cities):    https://worlde-word-game.glitch.me/

   

• Other word games
  • 20 Letters (currently unavailable):    https://twentyletters.com/

  • 7-by-many (Chihuahua variant, similar to FreeBee) (Note: Same link as Chihuahua, but then click 7-by-Many tab):    https://chi.lexigame.com/

  • 7 Little Words:    https://www.7littlewords.com/

  • Anagram Crossword (Daily):    https://www.mindgames.com/game/Daily+Anagram+Crossword

  • BigOpolis Daily Fill-In Puzzle:    https://www.bigopolis.com/BigOp/fill-it-ins/xrisxros.php

  • Blossom (similar to Wordga & Chihuahua):    https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game

  • Boggle (Word Finder):    https://gameforge.com/en-US/littlegames/word-finder-board-game/

  • Bookworm:    https://www.solitaireparadise.com/games_list/bookworm.html

  • Casual Crosswords:    https://www.bestcrosswords.com/bestcrosswords/SolvableOnline.page

  • Cell Tower:    https://www.andrewt.net/puzzles/cell-tower/

  • Chihuahua Puzzle:    https://chi.lexigame.com/

  • Clickword (Daily):    https://clickword.org/

  • Codeword (Daily) (Arkadium):    https://www.arkadium.com/games/arkadium-codeword/

  • Codeword (Daily) (USA Today):    https://games.usatoday.com/games/codeword

  • Connections (Daily) (NYT):    https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections
    • Connections Creator (make your own):    https://connections.swellgarfo.com/

  • Craftword:    https://craftword.game/

  • Daily Crosswords:    https://www.arkadium.com/games/daily-crossword/

  • Daily Crosswords-Stan Newman:    https://www.arkadium.com/games/stan-newmans-daily-crossword/

  • Enspelled:    https://enspelled.com/

  • Fill Ins (Dell):    https://www.arkadium.com/games/penny-dell-fill-ins/

  • Fix the Mix:    https://playpocketpuzzles.com/fixthemix/

  • Fragments:    https://crosswordtime.com/fragments/

  • Free Bee:    https://freebee.fun/play/

  • Fun with Words (a collection):    http://www.fun-with-words.com/index.html

  • Hangman:    https://www.novelgames.com/en/hangman/

  • IYKYK (If You Know, You Know):    https://www.iykyk.com/#

  • Jumbles (only the daily versions seem to work):   
    • Jumble-Chicago Tribune:    https://fun.chicagotribune.com/game/uc-jumble-daily-in-color

    • Jumble-USA Today:    http://puzzles.usatoday.com/jumble/

  • LetterLoop:    https://theletterloop.com/

  • Lexico (daily):    https://games.usatoday.com/games/uclick-lexigo

  • New York Times Spelling Bee:    https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee

  • One Word Search:    https://onewordsearch.com/

  • Phrasify:    https://phrasify.app/

  • PlusWord:    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/plusword/

  • Redactle:    https://www.redactle.com/#

  • Rootonym:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/amu-rootonym

  • Scrabble (with ads):    https://www.pogo.com/games/scrabble/play

  • Scramble Words:    https://games.aarp.org/games/scramble-words

  • Scroggle:    https://www.dailyscroggle.com/

  • Semantle:    https://semantle.com/

  • Sketchigram:    https://www.sketchigram.com/

  • Spell Bee:    https://www.spell-bee.com/

  • Spelling Bee (audio):    https://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/play

  • Squaredle (like Boggle):    https://squaredle.app/

  • Squeezy:    https://imsqueezy.com/

  • Strands:    https://www.strands-wordle.com/en/strands/levels

  • Super Password:    https://archive.org/details/msdos_Super_Password_1988

  • Syllacrostic:    https://syllacrostic.com/

  • Text Twist:    https://www.mindgames.com/game/TextTwist+2

  • Toppled:    https://bythomas.co.uk/toppled/

  • Twofer Goofer:    https://twofergoofer.com/

  • Unolingo:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/uclick-unolingo

  • Up and Down Words:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/uclick-updownwords

  • Voggle:    https://voggle.com/

  • Weaver:    https://wordwormdormdork.com/

  • Wheel of Rewards (like Wheel of Fortune):    https://kbhgames.com/game/wheel-of-fortune

  • Worchle (word search):    https://www.worchle.com/

  • Word Roundup:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/uclick-word-round-up

  • Word Search:    https://www.novelgames.com/en/wordsearch2/

  • Word Search (daily):    https://games.usatoday.com/games/daily-word-search

  • Word Tac Toe:    https://kbhgames.com/game/word-tac-toe

  • Word Wipe:    https://games.aarp.org/games/word-wipe/

  • Wordga Daily (anagram variation):    ttps://wordga.com/daily

  • Wordiply:    https://www.wordiply.com/

  • Wordy Night:    https://www.crazygames.com/game/wordy-night

  • World Wide Web Hunt:    https://www.worldwidewebhunt.com/

Logic puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, and other puzzles

• Geography puzzles (including language geography)
  • Geoguessr:    https://www.geoguessr.com/classic
    (My review of Geoguessr:    Where in the World?)

  • GeoHub (similar to GeoGuessr):    https://www.geohub.gg/

  • GeoTastic:    https://geotastic.net/home

  • Guess Where You Are:    https://guesswhereyouare.com/

  • OpenGuessr:    https://openguessr.com/

  • Capital Trivia:    https://capitaltrivia.io/

  • City Mastery:    https://citymastery.com/

  • LanguageGuessr:    https://languageguessr.io/

  • Lingo Locator:    https://lingolocator.com/

• Jigsaw puzzles
  • Jigidi:    https://www.jigidi.com/

  • HD Puzzles-Cities (all pieces are squares):    http://www.crazygames.com/game/hd-puzzles-city-puzzles

  • Microsoft Jigsaws:    https://www.crazygames.com/game/microsoft-jigsaw

  • USA Today Jigsaw (daily):    https://games.usatoday.com/games/daily-jigsaw

  • Washington Post Jigsaw:    https://games.washingtonpost.com/en-us/games/jigsaw

• Logic puzzles
  • Aha Puzzles:    https://www.ahapuzzles.com/logic/logic-puzzles/

  • Brainzilla Zebra Puzzles:    https://www.brainzilla.com/logic/zebra/

  • Circuits:    https://circuitsgame.com/

  • Cross-a-Pix:    https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/cross-a-pix

  • Kaser Logic Puzzles (to download and play offline):    https://www.kaser.com/home.html
    (My review of Sherlock:    Zebra? What Zebra?)

  • Mastermind:    https://www.justgames.com/game/game/mastermind/

  • Mastermind:    https://mastermindgame.org/

  • Nonograms:    https://www.nonograms.org/nonograms

  • Nonograms 2:    https://www.crazygames.com/game/nonogram

  • Pebbles (like Mastermind)    https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/strategy/pebbles/mobile/

  • Puzzle Baron Logic Puzzles:    https://logic.puzzlebaron.com/init.php

  • PuzzleMix Hanjie:    https://www.puzzlemix.com/Hanjie

  • Quarto:    http://quarto.freehostia.com/en/

• MagicEye puzzles
  • Magic Eye (weekly):    https://www.magiceye.com/stwkdisp.htm

  • Reddit Magic Eyes:    https://www.reddit.com/r/MagicEye/

  • Stereogram Gallery:    https://www.hidden-3d.com/index.php?id=sg_newest

• Mahjongg and similar solitaire puzzles
  • Line puzzles:   
    • Jewel Shuffle:    https://games.aarp.org/games/jewel-shuffle

    • Sweet Shuffle:    https://games.aarp.org/games/sweet-shuffle

  • MahJongg Solitaire puzzles:
    • Duck Pond MahJongg :    https://www.1001games.com/board/duck-pond-mahjong

    • MahJongg :    https://games.usatoday.com/games/free-online-mahjong

    • MahJongg Candy:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/candy-mahjongg

    • MahJongg Solitaire:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/mahjongg-solitaire

    • MahJongg Real Solitaire (Several layouts):    https://games.gameboss.com/mahjongreal/index.html?lang=en

    • Word MahJongg:    https://www.mahjong.com/game/Word+Mahjong

  • MahJongg Connect puzzles:
    • Beach Kyodai:    https://www.dailygames.com/games/beach-connect-mahjong.html

    • Cake Kyodai:    https://www.dailygames.com/games/cakes-mahjong-connect.html

    • Cake Kyodai (Another site, same game):    https://www.mundogamers.com/game/cakes-mahjong-connect-1

    • Cake Kyodai (Another site, same game):    https://html5.gamedistribution.com/b63fd6f37c7f4b7e82a11530aa98f8ba/

    • Connect Fish:    https://www.mahjong.com/game/Connect+Fish

    • Jungle Kyodai:    https://www.mahjong.com/game/Mahjong+Connect+Jungle

    • Hex Connect:    https://www.mahjong.com/game/Hex+Connect

    • Kitchen Kyodai:    https://www.mahjong-connect.org/kitchen-mahjong

    • MahJongg Butterfly Kyodai:    https://www.crazygames.com/game/butterfly-kyodai

    • MahJongg Connect (Several layouts & levels):    https://www.mahjongdragon.com/mahjong-connect

    • MahJongg Connect 2 (Several layouts & levels, with map):    https://www.mahjongdragon.com/mahjong-connect2

    • MahJongg Remix:    https://games.usatoday.com/games/mahjong-remix

    • MahJongg Solitaire Connect (Kyodai with card images):    https://www.mahjong.com/game/Solitaire+Connect

    • Onet Fruit Shuffle:    https://www.culinaryschools.org/kids-games/onet-fruit-classic/

    • Wallpaper Connect:    https://www.mahjong.com/game/Wallpaper+Connect/

• Sudoku-type puzzles
  • Canoku (Canuckle Sudoku):    https://www.canucklegame.ca/canoku/index.html

  • Canoku Brain Health (Canuckle Sudoku):    https://www.canucklegame.ca/canoku/brainhealth/

  • Color Sudoku:    https://www.cokogames.com/color-sudoku/play/

  • Color Sudoku (Weekly):    https://letsticktogethercustom.com/color-sudoku/index.php?week=sep-25-2022

  • Jigsaw Sudoku:    https://sudoku.cool/jigsaw-sudoku.php

  • Picture Sudoku:    https://picturesudoku.com/

  • Primary Games Sudoku:    https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/sudoku/
    • Color Sudoku:    https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/sudoku/colorsudoku/

    • Fall Sudoku:    https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/sudoku/fallsudoku/

    • Shapes Sudoku:    https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/sudoku/shapesudoku/

  • Sudoku:    https://www.novelgames.com/en/sudoku/

  • Sudoku (Microsoft):    https://kbhgames.com/game/microsoft-sudoku

• Concentration-type matching and memory matching puzzles (mostly DogwoodNC originals):
  • Memory matching (like Concentration)
    • Flowers Concentration Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/5n7vwctk

    • Alphabet (Writing Systems) Concentration Matching:    https://www.flippity.net/mg.php?k=1hyHC3aYCW971gGmnVsb6xADEpryzjBIEj0JxayIsICw

    • Fonts Concentration Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/2p9b2m26

    • Music Notes Concentration Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/msd67a3e

    • Music Keys Concentration Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/bdzm4eef

    • Music Rhythm Concentration Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/5884nmp3

    • Memozor memory games (huge collection):    https://www.memozor.com/

  • Matching (typically image+term)
    • Flowers Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/3czzacfh

    • Alphabet (Writing Systems) Matching:    https://tinyurl.com/2v2zv6zw

    • Bible Quotes Matching:    https://www.flippity.net/mg.php?k=1VZVQFf4f7lvd56-vLNnV4qdzYPtIHjskjaU63QZvS6o

  • Jewel Matching (typically image+term)
    • Alphabet (Writing Systems) Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/writing-systems-alphabets-12693776#start

    • Bible Quotes Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/bible-quotes-12693401#start

    • Shaped Notes Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/solfege-shaped-notes-12692448#startA

    • Fonts in Windows 10 Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/fonts-included-in-windows-10-12695951#start

    • Keys-Sharps and Flats Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/keys-sharps-and-flats-12694703#start

    • Phonetic Alphabet Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/phonetic-alphabets-nato-american-12693058#start

    • Spanish Numbers Matching:    https://www.cram.com/flashcards/games/jewel/spanish-numbers-0-1000-12692942#start
• Other puzzles
  • Beam:    https://goldenpigames.github.io/Beam/

  • Bubble Sorting:    https://www.dailygames.com/games/bubble-sorting.html

  • Chromatica:    https://www.justgames.com/game/game/chromatica/

  • Classic Concentration:    https://archive.org/details/msdos_Classic_Concentration_1988

  • Color Hoops:    https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-color-hoops

  • Color Trap:    https://www.novelgames.com/en/colourtrap/

  • Differences (daily):    https://arcadethunder.com/hidden-object-games/daily-difference

  • Dots and Boxes:    https://gametable.org/games/dots-and-boxes/

  • Dot-a-Pix (Dot-to-Dot):    https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=puzzle/dot-a-pix

  • Find the Four-Leaf Clovers:    https://www.novelgames.com/en/clover/

  • Four in a Row:    https://fun.orlandosentinel.com/game/4-in-row-mania

  • Hexagon Pals:    https://gameforge.com/en-US/littlegames/hexagon-pals/

  • Hidden Objects (daily):    https://www.wildtangent.com/p/hidden-object/daily-hidden-object/

  • Hunt the Wumpus:    https://c64online.com/c64-games/hunt-the-wumpus/

  • Lumeno:    https://www.arkadium.com/games/lumeno/

  • MahJongg Dimensions:    https://www.arkadium.com/games/mahjongg-dimensions-new/

  • Maze Online:    https://www.miniplay.com/game/maze-online

  • Minesweeper    https://www.novelgames.com/en/mines/

  • Proximity:    https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/proximity.html

  • Reversi (Othello):    https://www.crazygames.com/game/reversi-online

  • Rubik's Cube:    https://www.calculators.org/games/3d-rubiks-cube/game.php

  • Simon:    https://www.mindgames.com/game/Simon+Says

  • Sort It 3D:    https://gameforge.com/en-US/littlegames/sort-it/

  • Spot the 500 Differences:    https://www.mysteinbach.ca/game-zone/1371/find-500-differences/

  • Tangram:    https://www.mindgames.com/game/Tangram

  • Tetris Returns:    https://www.miniplay.com/game/tetris-returns

  • Unpuzzle:    https://www.miniclip.com/games/unpuzzle/en/#t-c-f-C

  • Visual Memory Test:    https://kbhgames.com/game/visual-memory-test