Brain Game Guides

Best Free Brain Games for Seniors

Gentle, free brain games for older adults: untimed puzzles for memory, word skills and logic you can play on a phone or computer.

Free Brain Games for Kids

Free puzzles that build memory, spelling, maths and spatial skills for children. No downloads and no sign-up needed.

Best Free Word Games Online

The best free word puzzles to play in your browser: Wordle-style guessing, word ladders, ciphers, crosswords and more.

Free Mental Math Games for Adults

Free number puzzles and mental maths games to sharpen arithmetic and logic: the 24 game, Sudoku-style grids, primes and more.

Best Free Memory Games Online

Free memory games to practise short-term and visual memory: card matching, pattern recall, colour sequences and more.

Best Free Logic Puzzles Online

Free logic puzzles you solve with pure deduction: Sudoku, Minesweeper, nonograms, Hashi bridges, Light Up and knights-and-knaves.

Quick Brain Games for a Commute or Break

Free brain games that fit into five minutes or less: fast puzzles for the bus, a coffee break or waiting in line.

How to Get Better at Sudoku

Practical Sudoku tips: scanning, cross-hatching, pencil marks, naked pairs and how to avoid mistakes. Free practice puzzles included.

How to Play Minesweeper: Beginner Strategy

Learn Minesweeper rules and core strategies: reading numbers, flagging mines and the 1-2-1 pattern. Practice free online.

Wordle Strategy: Starting Words and Tips

Wordle tips: how to choose a starting word, use feedback, avoid wasted guesses and handle tricky patterns. Play unlimited Wordle free.

How to Solve Nonograms (Picross)

Learn nonogram solving techniques: overlap, edges, simple boxes and crossing out. Free nonogram puzzles online.

Mastermind Strategy: How to Crack the Code

Mastermind strategy for beginners: good first guesses, how to read the clues, and how to eliminate possibilities. Practise free online.

Knight's Tour: Tips and Strategy

Knight's Tour tips for beginners: the simple rule that solves most boards, which squares to leave for last, and how to recover from a dead end.

How to Solve Light Up Puzzles

Light Up (Akari) puzzle tips: the three rules, forced placements, and how to use the numbers on black cells. Free practice puzzles.

How to Solve the 24 Game

24 Game tips: factor pairs, working backwards and clever uses of division. Practise free and get faster at making 24 from four numbers.

How to Solve Bridges (Hashi) Puzzles

Bridges (Hashi) tips: how to read island numbers, forced double bridges and how to keep everything connected. Free practice puzzles.

Tower of Hanoi: Strategy and Solution

Tower of Hanoi strategy: the minimum number of moves, the repeating pattern that solves any size, and how to play without getting lost.

How to Solve Word Ladder Puzzles

Word ladder tips: work from both ends, use common endings and change vowels. Free practice puzzles and a short history of the game.

How to Spot Prime Numbers Fast

Prime number tricks: divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11, the primes up to 100 and why 1 is not prime. Practise free.