A new puzzle every day. Unlimited replays. Nothing locked.

What Puzzlune is

Puzzlune is one site for the small daily logic and word puzzles that have taken over morning routines: the LinkedIn five (Queens, Zip, Tango-style grids, Mini Sudoku, Patches), the New York Times' Pips, Tiles and Spelling Bee, and the Wordle family (Quordle, Octordle, Waffle, Blossom). The originals ration you to one puzzle a day and lock the rest behind a subscription or a login. Here every game has three things, free: a daily that is the same for everyone, unlimited mode with as many boards as you like, and an archive where every past day stays playable with its answer. No account, no paywall, nothing to install; your streaks and stats live in your browser.

How Puzzlune makes its puzzles

Nothing here is copied from the original games. Each puzzle type has its own generator, written for this site and the maker's iOS apps, and every board goes through the same gate before it is allowed out: it must have exactly one solution, and a solver that uses only human-style deductions must be able to finish it without guessing. Difficulty is measured, not labelled: a board's level comes from which deduction techniques the solver needed and how many times it had to use them. That is also why the hints can explain themselves. When you press Hint on a Queens, Zip or Patches board, you get the next forced cell and the rule that forces it, because the same solver that approved the board is the one giving the hint.

Word games work the other way round. Spelling Bee and Blossom share a word list calibrated against the originals' published answer lists (around 92% recall on required words, 98% on bonus words); Waffle and Quordle use the Quordle solutions list, so every answer is a word people actually know. After you finish, each game shows a review: which swaps or guesses helped, which didn't, and what the best line was.

The 13 games on Puzzlune, in one line each

• Queens — One queen per row, column and colour, none touching. One a day, 7×7 to 11×11.
• Star Battle — Two stars in every row, column and colour, none touching. Queens with a twist, also known as Two Not Touch. One a day, 8×8 to 10×10.
• Zip — Draw one path through every cell, numbers in order. One a day, 6×6 to 8×8.
• Patches — Cover the board with rectangles, one clue per patch: match the shape and the number. One a day, 6×6 to 8×8.
• Pips — Domino logic: place every domino so each region's rule holds. Three a day.
• Mini Sudoku — Sudoku on a 6×6 grid: 1 to 6 in every row, column and box. One a day, unlimited practice.
• Tiles — Tap two tiles that share a layer and clear the board in one long combo. Four hand-drawn sets, one a day.
• Size It Up — One animal drawn at its real size, one for you to resize. Five rounds a day, scored by how close you get. From a tardigrade to a blue whale.
• Spelling Bee — Make words from seven letters, always using the centre one. Climb to Genius, chase the pangram. One hive a day.
• Waffle — Swap two tiles at a time until six words read across and down. Fifteen swaps, five stars, one waffle a day.
• Quordle — Four hidden words, one guess at a time, nine guesses in total. Wordle, times four. One set a day.
• Octordle — Eight hidden words, one guess at a time, thirteen guesses in total. Wordle, times eight. One set a day.
• Blossom — Plant twelve words from seven letters on a flower. Longer words bloom bigger; time the bonus petal for +5 a letter. One flower a day.

Daily, unlimited, archive: how every Puzzlune game works

The daily is the puzzle that counts: one per game per day, released at midnight your time, the same board for everyone, and the only mode that touches your streak. Unlimited is practice, drawn from a separate pool so it never spoils tomorrow's daily, usually with undo and a zen mode. The archive is where every past daily goes once the day is over everywhere on Earth; each day's page has the board, the answer and a short note on how hard it was. If you only have five minutes, play the daily. If you want to get better, play unlimited and read the hints.

Puzzlune FAQ

Is Puzzlune free?

Yes, all of it: every daily, every unlimited mode, every archive page and every hint. The site is supported by ads.

Are these the official games?

No. The game names describe the style of puzzle; the boards, generators, hints and word lists are Puzzlune's own. Puzzlune is not affiliated with The New York Times, LinkedIn, Waffle Studio, Merriam-Webster or any other publisher of the originals. If you want the official daily, play it on its own site; if you want more of it, you're in the right place.

Do I need an account?

No. Progress, streaks and stats are stored in your browser, per device.

Who makes Puzzlune?

One independent developer, Ikuhei Kure, who also makes the sister sites Tango Unlimited, Poople Unlimited and Krillion Unlimited and a set of puzzle apps on the App Store. More on the about page; corrections and bug reports go to contact.

Why do some games have three dailies, or boards of different sizes?

Because the originals do. Pips publishes easy, medium and hard every day, so Puzzlune does too. Queens, Zip, Patches and Star Battle rotate board sizes through the week so that Monday is gentle and the weekend is a workout; the exact schedule is on each game's page.