Browser Games

Brain teasers in the browser.
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Ever since Wordle, thousands of daily logic micropuzzles have kept springing up across the Internet. Between these, my regular crossword-solving group, and fondness for Geoguessr, a list of fun browser brainteasers has been a recurring topic. This page serves to collect those:

  • Daily
  • Logic
  • Singleplayer

Chessle

Guess the chess opening in six or less guesses using Wordle rules.

  • Co-Op Multiplayer
  • Daily
  • Singleplayer
  • Trivia
  • Word Games

Down for Across

Solve crosswords alone or with friends. Completely free, regularly updated, open-source.

  • Logic
  • Puzzle
  • Singleplayer

Dungleon

Wordle/Mastermind clone with a dungeon-crawling theme. Instead of words, guess the participants in a combat encounter.

  • Daily
  • Singleplayer

Framed

Guess the movie based on a still frame from it.

  • Co-Op Multiplayer
  • Daily
  • PvP Multiplayer
  • Singleplayer

Geoguessr

Get shown a random Google Street View location and try to pinpoint it on a map. Comes with a selection of singleplayer, party, ranked multiplayer modes, and daily challenges. Limited free plays, multiplayer lobby host should have a subscription.

  • Daily
  • Singleplayer

Globle

Guess the mystery country based on its distance from your guesses.

  • Daily
  • Singleplayer

Heardle

Guess the song based on increasingly long opening snippets.

  • PvP Multiplayer
  • Singleplayer

Lichess

Play chess online with friends or strangers. Completely free, no ads.

  • Daily
  • Logic
  • Singleplayer

Mazedle

Solve a hidden 6x6 maze using Wordle rules, Picross-like.

  • Daily
  • Guess the Word
  • Singleplayer
  • Word Games

NYT Games

A collection of daily crosswords and word games at the New York Times' website, including the OG Wordle, Connections, and Spelling Bee. Limited for free players.

  • Daily
  • Guess the Word
  • Singleplayer
  • Word Games

Pimantle

Another Wordlelike based on Semantle, but with a different UI - your guesses are visualized in 2D feature space, so similar groups of words will be together.

  • Logic
  • Singleplayer

Puzzling StackExchange

A StackExchange community dedicated to user-posted puzzles and riddles.

  • Co-Op Multiplayer
  • Daily"
  • Logic
  • Singleplayer
  • Word Games

Puzzmo

Similar to NYT Games, a site with daily puzzles, including crosswords and other word games. The crossword is free, most other things are behind an inexpensive subscription. Some games can be played with friends.

  • Daily
  • Singleplayer

Rankdle

Guess the rank of the lobby in a clip from a PvP Multiplayer video game.

  • Daily
  • Guess the Word
  • Singleplayer
  • Word Games

Semantle

Guess the hidden word given the semantic similarity between your guesses and the target word. Completely free.

  • Singleplayer
  • Trivia

Sporcle

Thousands of user-made quizzes on an incredibly wide variety of topics and in different formats. Free with ads.

  • Daily
  • Singleplayer

Tradle

Guess the country based on its exports.

  • Logic
  • PvP Multiplayer

UsDoku

PvP Multiplayer Sudoku against your friends. Completely free.

  • Co-Op Multiplayer
  • Daily
  • Logic
  • Singleplayer
  • Word Games

WaPo Puzzles

Daily crossword and sudoku puzzles from the Washington Post.