# Puzzle Arena

> Puzzle Arena is a free website of daily logic puzzles and word games — sudoku variants, nonograms, futoshiki, hitori, binairo, skyscrapers, light up, and daily word puzzles from one board to sixteen — with a new puzzle of every kind at midnight UTC, no account needed, and every board guaranteed a single solution.

Canonical origin: https://puzzle-arena.net/
Content last updated: 2026-09-28
Contact: miradil.zeynalli@gmail.com

## Key facts
- Free to play; no account needed. An optional account adds a streak, a daily score and a leaderboard place.
- A new puzzle of every kind is published every day at midnight UTC; everyone gets the same puzzle on the same day.
- Every daily grid puzzle is generated and checked by a solver to have exactly one solution.
- Past daily puzzles are playable from each game's archive (unscored).
- Works in any modern browser, desktop or phone; no download.
- No ads.

## Daily logic grids
Hub: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids
- [Futoshiki](https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/futoshiki) (also: Unequal, More or Less): Futoshiki (also called Unequal or More or Less) is a logic puzzle in which you fill a grid so that every row and every column holds each number exactly once, guided by greater-than and less-than signs placed between neighbouring squares. 5×5 daily. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/futoshiki/how-to-play. Archive: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/futoshiki/archive.
- [Binairo](https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/binairo) (also: Takuzu, Binary Puzzle, Binero): Binairo (also called Takuzu or Binary Puzzle) is a logic puzzle in which you fill a grid with two symbols so that no three of the same symbol sit in a row across or down, every row and every column holds equal numbers of each symbol, and no two rows or two columns are identical. 8×8 daily. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/binairo/how-to-play. Archive: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/binairo/archive.
- [Skyscrapers](https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/skyscrapers) (also: Towers, Skyscraper Puzzle): Skyscrapers (also called Towers) is a logic puzzle in which you fill a grid with building heights so that every row and every column holds each height exactly once, and each number around the edge says how many buildings you would see looking along that line from that side, a building being visible only when nothing in front of it is as tall. 5×5 daily. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/skyscrapers/how-to-play. Archive: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/skyscrapers/archive.
- [Nonogram](https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/nonogram) (also: Picross, Griddlers, Hanjie, Paint by Numbers): Nonogram (also called Picross or griddlers) is a picture logic puzzle in which the numbers beside each row and above each column give the lengths of the blocks of filled squares in that line, in order, and you shade the grid until every line matches its clue and a hidden picture appears. 10×10 daily. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/nonogram/how-to-play. Archive: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/nonogram/archive.
- [Hitori](https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/hitori): Hitori is a logic puzzle in which you cross out numbers from a filled grid until no number repeats among the squares still showing in any row or column, no two crossed-out squares touch edge to edge, and every square still showing is connected to all the others. 8×8 daily. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/hitori/how-to-play. Archive: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/hitori/archive.
- [Light Up](https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/lightup) (also: Akari, Bijutsukan): Light Up (also called Akari) is a logic puzzle in which you place bulbs on the white squares of a grid so that every white square is lit, no bulb shines on another bulb, and each numbered black square has exactly that many bulbs touching its sides, where a bulb lights its whole row and column until a black square or the edge of the grid stops it. 9×9 daily. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/lightup/how-to-play. Archive: https://puzzle-arena.net/grids/lightup/archive.

## Daily word games
Hub: https://puzzle-arena.net/words
- [Daily Five](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/classic) (also: Wordle-style word game, five-letter word guessing game): Daily Five is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word in six guesses, with every letter of each guess coloured green, yellow or grey to show whether it is in the right place, in the word but elsewhere, or not in the word at all. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/classic/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/classic/how-to-play.
- [Common words](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/common) (also: easy Wordle-style puzzle, beginner five-letter word game): Common words is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word from a pool of everyday English in six guesses, with each letter of a guess coloured to show whether it is placed correctly, present elsewhere, or absent. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/common/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/common/how-to-play.
- [Word500](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/word500) (also: counts-only word game, Bulls and Cows with letters): Word500 is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word in eight guesses, but instead of coloured tiles each guess is answered only with three counts: how many letters are exactly right, how many are in the word but misplaced, and how many are absent. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/word500/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/word500/how-to-play.
- [Primel](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/primel) (also: prime number Wordle, prime guessing game): Primel is a number puzzle in which you find a hidden five-digit prime number in six guesses, where every guess must itself be a five-digit prime and each digit is coloured green, yellow or grey exactly as letters are in a Wordle-style word game. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/primel/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/primel/how-to-play.
- [Nerdle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/nerdle) (also: maths Wordle, equation guessing game): Nerdle is an arithmetic puzzle in which you find a hidden eight-character equation such as 43-8*5=3 in six guesses, where every guess must be a true equation and each digit and symbol is coloured green, yellow or grey to show whether it is in the right place, elsewhere in the equation, or absent. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/nerdle/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/nerdle/how-to-play.
- [Near Miss](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/dont) (also: Don't Wordle, reverse Wordle, Wordle played to lose): Near Miss is a word puzzle played in reverse, in which you must get through six guesses without ever typing the hidden five-letter word, while every guess has to obey what the coloured rows above it have already revealed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/dont/how-to-play.
- [Symble](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/symble) (also: symbol Wordle, Wordle without a key): Symble is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word in eight guesses, where each guess is answered not with coloured tiles but with a row of three unexplained symbols that describe the answer's letters rather than yours, and working out what each symbol means is part of the game. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/symble/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/symble/how-to-play.
- [Betweenle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/betweenle) (also: alphabetical word search game, dictionary bisection puzzle): Betweenle is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word by alphabetical position rather than by letters, with each guess told only whether the answer comes before or after it in the dictionary, and fourteen guesses to close the gap. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/betweenle/how-to-play.
- [Polygonle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/polygonle) (also: shape Wordle, six-letter pattern word game): Polygonle is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden six-letter word in six guesses, starting from a row of shapes that shows which positions of the answer share a letter, with each guess then coloured green, yellow or grey in the usual way. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/polygonle/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/polygonle/how-to-play.
- [Fusele](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/fusele) (also: Wordle with row twists, mixed-feedback word game): Fusele is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word in six guesses, where each row reports back under its own rule, shown before you use it: a plain row colours every tile, an exact-only row marks only correctly placed letters, and a sorted row gives the right colours in the wrong order. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/fusele/how-to-play.
- [Fibble](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/fibble) (also: Wordle with a liar, lying Wordle): Fibble is a word puzzle in which you find a hidden five-letter word from coloured rows where exactly one tile in every row is lying, so each guess must be weighed against the others rather than taken at face value, with an opening row played for you and eight guesses of your own. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/fibble/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/fibble/how-to-play.
- [Mathler](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/mathler) (also: reverse Nerdle, target number Wordle): Mathler is an arithmetic puzzle in which you are shown a target number and must find the hidden six-character calculation that equals it in six guesses, where every guess must itself equal the target and each digit and operator is coloured green, yellow or grey. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/mathler/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/mathler/how-to-play.
- [Bulls & Cows](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/bulls) (also: Mastermind with digits, cows and bulls, digit guessing game): Bulls & Cows is a number puzzle in which you find a hidden five-digit number whose digits are all different, in ten guesses, with each guess answered only by counts: how many digits are in exactly the right place, how many are in the number but elsewhere, and how many are absent. timed mode at https://puzzle-arena.net/words/bulls/timed. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/bulls/how-to-play.
- [Dordle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/dordle) (also: double Wordle, two-board word game): Dordle is a word puzzle in which you solve two hidden five-letter words at once, with every guess applied to both boards and seven guesses to finish them. 2 boards at once. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/dordle/how-to-play.
- [Quordle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/quordle) (also: four-board Wordle, quadruple word game): Quordle is a word puzzle in which you solve four five-letter words at once, with every guess applied to all four boards and nine guesses to finish them all. 4 boards at once. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/quordle/how-to-play.
- [Octordle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/octordle) (also: eight-board Wordle, octuple word game): Octordle is a word puzzle in which you solve eight hidden five-letter words at once, with every guess applied to all eight boards and thirteen guesses to finish them all. 8 boards at once. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/octordle/how-to-play.
- [Sedecordle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/sedecordle) (also: sixteen-board Wordle, 16 Wordle): Sedecordle is a word puzzle in which you solve sixteen hidden five-letter words at once, with every guess applied to all sixteen boards and twenty-one guesses to finish them all. 16 boards at once. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/sedecordle/how-to-play.
- [Squardle](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/squardle) (also: Crossgrid, crossword Wordle, grid word game): Squardle is a word puzzle in which you fill a five-by-five grid of six crossing five-letter words, three across and three down, by guessing a word into one line at a time, with every square you cover reporting on both the across word and the down word that run through it. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/squardle/how-to-play.
- [Rewind](https://puzzle-arena.net/words/unwordle) (also: Unwordle, reverse Wordle, Wordle backwards): Rewind is a word puzzle in which you are shown a finished five-letter guessing game with the answer in green at the bottom and only the colours of the four guesses above it, and you must fill each row with a word that, scored against that answer, produces exactly those colours. Rules: https://puzzle-arena.net/words/unwordle/how-to-play.

## Variant sudoku
- [Variant sudoku rules glossary](https://puzzle-arena.net/sudoku/rules): every constraint explained in a sentence.
- [Submit a sudoku](https://puzzle-arena.net/sudoku/submit): setters can add their own puzzles, credited by name.

## Site pages
- [Today](https://puzzle-arena.net/today): every puzzle available today.
- [Leaderboard](https://puzzle-arena.net/leaderboard)
- [Playlists](https://puzzle-arena.net/playlists): user-curated lists of sudoku puzzles.
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