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Ask HN: What are your favourite daily puzzle games?

12 points by cookie_monsta 1y ago

I got hooked on daily puzzle games like a lot of people, with Wordle and since then have been collecting them here and there. Most of my faves have been posted here by creators or fans, others I don't remember how I found them. Anyway, it's been a while since we've had a dedicated thread for people to share their favourites, but there are new ones coming out all the time, so I'm curious to know if there are any good ones I'm missing out on. I guess my only real criteria are that they are browser-based, mobile friendly, free to play and somewhat original. Below are the ones I regularly play: From the NYT: Wordle, connections and the mini https://wordchase.semantle.com guess the word guided by AI hints https://travle.earth/ get from one country to another by passing through bordering countries https://wafflegame.net/ drag and drop letters to make a "waffle" of words https://imsqueezy.com/ insert letters to make other words, to form 3 words connected by a theme https://truncate.town/ kind of an adversarial scrabble, PvP or against the computer https://ziggurwords.com/ unscramble letters to find increasingly longer words https://crosswordle.com/ a crossword/wordle hybrid https://www.threemagicwords.app/ more word unscrambling https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/ hard to explain - uncover a famous event in history by unwrapping nested clues? https://www.omiword.com/ drag tiles within sectors to spell 4 common words Am I missing any good ones?

mtmail 1y ago
https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ - guess the country https://timeguessr.com/ https://timeguessr.com/ - guess a photo's year and location
JoshTriplett 1y ago
I enjoy good puzzle games, but I really dislike the trend towards "daily" games. Whenever I find one, I look for whatever option they have for randomly generated "practice" games (ignoring the "daily" puzzle), and if they don't have one, abandon the game entirely. I can understand that people enjoy comparing their results on a particular game, but to me, that's much less interesting than being able to actually play the game for more than five minutes. The latest small browser-based puzzle game I've enjoyed: https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper
- cookie_monsta 1y ago
  Fair enough. I would guess that daily games prevent me from bingeing and getting bored. The exception would be https://truncate.town/ https://truncate.town/ - something about that game really clicks with me and I often play a "regular" (non-daily) game against the computer when I have a spare few minutes
Jeremy1026 1y ago
I like NYT Strands. It's a word search where you're given a theme, but not the specific words you need to find.
zippyman55 1y ago
Lichess.org has great chess puzzzles. I like that you get a puzzle rating and have metric to track cognitive decline.
anenefan 1y ago
So not daily but maybe three days or so if I need to put the mind into neutral I do something repetitive [1] there are other puzzles at the site as well that are bit more challenging eg [2] [1] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/towerofhanoi.html [2] https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/arrange.html
luhego 1y ago
Tango from Linkedin
- OnionBlender 1y ago
  How do I stop Linkedin from sending me notifications trying to get me to play games on their app?
enhdless 1y ago
Someone posted a daily logic puzzle in the "What are you working on?" thread yesterday, titled Clues by Sam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43821457 I enjoyed it! Not too difficult but still required some thinking.
- cookie_monsta 1y ago
  Yeah, that's a good one thanks
LarryMade2 1y ago
How about wordle x 8 - Octordle - https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily
Quinzel 1y ago
Blockudoku
ecesena 1y ago
I played bonza for a few years https://www.bonzapuzzles.com https://www.bonzapuzzles.com
- cookie_monsta 1y ago
  Looks nice but definitely in the "Why is this an app and not a webpage?" category for me
austin-cheney 1y ago
Worldle. https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
savorypiano 1y ago
https://wordcrux.com https://wordcrux.com This is a mini crossword played semi-Wordle style. You get a one word hint, and guess the words. Three wrong guesses on any square and the game is over.