49 Sunflowers Puzzle
For a cheerful start let’s have a field of sunflowers to puzzle over.

Acorns Puzzle
The squirrel needs help gathering all the acorns in the oak wood.

Akif’s Puzzle
An elegant puzzle to solve in the smallest number of moves.

Alcuin’s River Puzzles
Simple puzzles from possibly the earliest book of puzzles.

All Change Puzzle
A simple puzzle to turn the board from all orange to all blue.

Ancient Greek Puzzles
The oldest arithmetical puzzles from Greece but easy to solve.

Archipelago
Aka “Islands” and “Bridges”. Link all the islands by bridges.

Arrows Maze Puzzle
Follow the arrows around the board until you hit the target.

Ball Push Puzzle
Mix up the balls and then try to put the colours back together.

Ball Tumble Puzzle
The classic puzzle where you must clear the board of the coloured balls.

Bubbles Puzzle
Blowing soap bubbles to build up your score is the challenge.

Button Mania
A number puzzle using buttons to set all the numbers to zero.

Cave Explorer
Explore the cave by torchlight to discover wonders.

Chomsky’s Dream
A bit different. A mind puzzle rather than a board puzzle.

Clive’s Puzzle
A magazine puzzle over 40 years old known to millions of people.

Coconuts Puzzle
How many coconuts were collected? The monkey got five.

Classic Solitaire
The solitaire you know from the well-known, well-loved toy.

Codebreaker
Known for many years as the plastic puzzle ‘Mastermind’

Codeword
The famous crossword puzzle without clues. Several levels to choose.

Coin Puzzle
Put gold coins on the board placing them according to the clues.

Connections Wall
Sort 16 clues into four groups of four related items.

Cross Sticks
A matchsticks puzzle to test on your family on quiet afternoons.

Crossword
We had to have an example of a UK-style crossword.

Dominosa
So simple, this dominoes puzzle. But can you solve it first time?

Double Slide
A new puzzle that promises to be the most addictive here.

Fifteen Puzzle
A classic sliding puzzle that has been around since 1878.

Firelight Puzzle
A medieval puzzle with braziers to keep lit on a cold night.

Flood It
A colourful, dynamic way to use this computer characteristic.

Froghopper Puzzle
Another classic puzzle with frogs hopping about on lily pads.

G.C.H.Q. Puzzles
Four difficult thinking puzzles set by cryptographic experts.

Henry’s Puzzles
A small selection of Henry Dudeney’s mathematical puzzles.

Hitori
Shade numbers so rest appear once in each row and column.

Hoppity
A simple cross-the-board puzzle based on Halma.

Hungry Rabbit Puzzle
You need to build a rabbit-proof fence in the field and save the cabbages.

Hymn Board Puzzle
Henry Dudeney’s most difficult puzzle with a full solution.

Ice Maze Puzzles
Three puzzles where you leap between the ice floes to reach solid ground.

Jigsaw
At last a playable webpage jigsaw puzzle completes the compendium.

Kakuro
Another Japanese number puzzle once called “Cross Sums”.

Key Spinout Puzzle
All you do is turn the tumblers to free the key. Simples!

Knight’s Tour
Another classic. A chess knight must visit all the squares on the board.

KuroMasu Puzzle
Not often seen, this is a clever Japanese number puzzle.

Laserlight Puzzle
A very simple puzzle to explain, a mite less easy to solve.

Lawnmower
Mowing the lawn to remove all the daisies is tricky. You’ll see why.

Leaf Fall
Place leaves according to the rules to create a colourful solution.

Letter Slide
A 21st century puzzle which, like Codeword, is a crossword without clues.

Lights Out Puzzle
Switch all the lights off to solve the puzzle. Then you can create your own.

Living World Puzzle
A mesmerising puzzle to create self-sustaining life in a small world.

Locks Puzzle
We like simple puzzles and this is definitely one but still fun.

LT Puzzles
The picture gives you a clue how to solve these puzzles.

Magic Buttons Puzzle
Choose a button and magically another one changes colour.

Market Challenge
Farmer Giles’ cattle or your sheep. Who will win at the market?

Master SuDoku
Seriously challenging puzzle needing advanced techniques shown.

Match Four
A simple puzzle that needs some clear thinking to solve.

Mazes
Classic and Wavy mazes plus an unusual maze-related puzzle.

Memory Puzzle
A turning card memory puzzle on an animal theme with elephant cards.

Missing Person
Look for the famous missing person in these two amazing pictures.

Monty Hall Problem
A bit different. A quiz show mind puzzle rather than a board puzzle.

Mousetrap
Find the hidden mouse. Choose for him to stay still or move about.

Oasis Puzzle
As chief water engineer, the irrigation plan depends on you.

Open Sesame!
If magic fails then you must use your wits to open the doors!

Parking Lot Puzzle
Aka ”Rush Hour”. Help the red car to leave the parking lot.

Patchwork Puzzle
Sort the patchwork squares to recreate the original quilt.

Peg Jump Puzzle
Two versions of the little wooden jumping puzzle to solve.

Pencils Puzzles
Two puzzles with pencils which change colour and disappear.

Pennant Puzzle
A sliding blocks puzzle which requires patience. It first appeared in 1909.

Picture Puzzles
Four pictures to re-assemble will test your observation skill.

Polar Journey
Your snowmobile has to make it from base camp to the pole.

Presidents Puzzle
A knowledge puzzle with a follow-up English alternative.

Puzzle Boxes
Pack the valuable boxes carefully on the tray so that none slide about.

Ralph’s Puzzle
This puzzle may date back 400 years. It is set in a tavern.

Rebus Puzzle
Discover the hidden words in these easy image puzzles.

Red Donkey Puzzle
An ancient puzzle re-invented several times in different countries.

Rolling Cube
A simple but intriguing puzzle. Rarely seen on the web.

Sam’s Puzzles
A small selection from the large number of Sam Loyd’s brainteaser puzzles.

Sheepdog Puzzle
Help the dog collect the sheep from the field into the pen.

Sliding Doors
Two sliding puzzles with one-way doors to add extra difficulty.

Slide Puzzles
Three interesting picture puzzles to solve by sliding the blocks.

Slider
A new and clever variant on the many sliding puzzles.

Spot The Difference
Simple observation solves these photo puzzles of world cities.

Star Turn Puzzle
A new twist in puzzling involving sliding the piece and turning the board.

States Puzzle
For everyone who finds the United States a puzzling country.

SuDoku Puzzle
Eight ‘Number Place’ puzzles in various different styles.

Squares Puzzle
A puzzle you could make with pins and string. Or draw on the screen here.

Suguru Blank Puzzle
A particular example of a new puzzle from Japan with a twist.

Tangles Puzzle
A connecting puzzle needing all your skill to solve.

Tapa Puzzle
A Turkish games designer created this unusual puzzle in 2007.

Three Rings Puzzle
Three rings to be re-assembled and three puzzles to choose from.

The Puzzler
Turn the wheels to bring the red wheel together behind the blue.

Tiles Puzzle
Inpired by the beauty of tile patterns here is a creative puzzle.

Tile Solitaire
A tile-matching puzzle using Mah Jongg tiles and ‘famous faces’ tiles.

Tom & Jerry Roller
A different slide puzzle where rows and columns roll up and down.

Tower Blocks
A very simple test of your spatial awareness and reflexes.

Tower of Hanoi Puzzle
A patience puzzle said to be based on a Brahmin creation legend.

Traffic Lights
Even changing traffic lights can be made into a tricky puzzle.

Train Tracks
A favourite newspaper and magazine puzzle ideal for the screen.

Triangles Puzzles
So simple to solve but fascinating to invent more of the same.

Turnstile Puzzle
Turn the discs to rearrange the colours to their starting position.

Two by Two Puzzle
A minimalist but colourful puzzle to exercise the little grey cells.

World Countries Puzzle
How well do you know the world we live in? A puzzle for all the family.

Wordled Puzzle
A simple puzzle created by Josh Wardle in October 2021.

A selection of relaxing Web Puzzles that need more thought, less action.
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