Chess
The world’s great strategy game, with every rule. Play the computer at three levels or a friend.
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Checkers
Jump your opponent’s pieces, crown kings and clear the board. Captures are compulsory.
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Go
The ancient game of territory on a 9×9 board. Surround areas and capture stones against the computer or a friend.
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Reversi
Trap your opponent’s discs between yours to flip them. Most discs when the board fills wins.
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Cards
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Solitaire
Classic Klondike. Build each suit from Ace to King, with draw 1 or draw 3 and unlimited undo.
CardsSingle player5 min
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FreeCell
Every card is dealt face up. Use the four free cells to sort all 52 cards. Classic numbered deals.
CardsSingle player8 min
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Spider Solitaire
Two decks, ten columns. Build runs from King to Ace in one suit to clear them. Play with 1, 2 or 4 suits.
CardsSingle player15 min
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Hearts
The classic trick-taking game. Pass three cards, dodge the hearts and the Queen of spades, or shoot the moon.
Cardsvs Computer15 min
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Puzzles
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Sudoku
Fill every row, column and box with 1 to 9. Easy to hard puzzles, notes, hints and a daily puzzle.
PuzzleSingle player10 min
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Mines
Uncover every safe square using the number clues, and flag the hidden mines. Your first tap is always safe.
PuzzleSingle player3 min
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Slide & Merge
Slide the tiles and merge matching numbers. Keep your biggest tile in a corner and build up to 2048.
PuzzleSingle player5 min
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Sliding Tiles
The classic 15 puzzle. Slide the numbered tiles back into order on a 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5 board.
PuzzleSingle player5 min
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Dice
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Five Dice
Roll five dice up to three times a turn to score straights, full houses and five of a kind. Play solo, the computer or a friend.
Dicevs Computer2 players
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Backgammon
The ancient race game. Hit blots, build points and bear off all 15 checkers before the computer or a friend.
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Ludo
Race your four counters round the board and home. Capture rivals and hide on the safe stars.
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Hot Dice
Farkle rules: set aside scoring dice and keep rolling, or bank your points before a roll comes up empty.
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Word
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Five-Letter Guess
Guess the hidden five-letter word in six tries. Coloured tiles show which letters are right. A new word every day.
WordSingle player3 min
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Letter Hive
Make words from seven letters, always using the centre one. Find the pangram and climb to Hive mind.
WordSingle player10 min
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Word Grid
Sixteen letters, three minutes. Link touching letters to find as many words as you can.
WordSingle player3 min
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Word Search
Themed puzzles with words hidden across, down, diagonally and backwards. Three grid sizes.
WordSingle player5 min
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