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Free Daily Games: Crossword, Sudoku & Word Puzzles

Play a daily crossword, Sudoku grid, word puzzle or Solitaire deal without an app. These eight picks include date-based challenges and ways to practise. Check the reset calendar below when comparing scores with a friend.

Start with Mini Crossword
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Daily puzzle · free play

Mini Crossword

A 5×5 word-clue puzzle

Use crossing letters to solve the across and down clues. Free Play selects another puzzle from the same bank.

Controls: Tap a square and type the answer.

Daily puzzle · random puzzle

Super Sudoku

A daily grid at your chosen difficulty

Choose Easy, Medium or Hard before solving. Daily seeds include the difficulty, so compare the same level with a friend.

Controls: Select a cell and enter a number; use Notes for candidates.

Daily word · free play

Shabdle

A word to guess in six attempts

Use the letter feedback to narrow the next guess. English and Desi modes use their own word pools.

Controls: Type a five-letter guess and submit.

Daily deal · new game

Solitaire

A daily Klondike shuffle

Choose Draw 1 or Draw 3 and work through the deal. A random New Game is available when you want another shuffle.

Controls: Tap or drag cards onto legal destinations.

Daily challenge · practice

Mental Maths

A timed mental-maths round

Answer the sums and keep the streak going. The daily option uses questions selected from the date.

Controls: Choose the correct answer to the displayed sum.

Daily set · other game modes

Rishta

A desi family-relationship riddle

Follow the relationship chain and work out who the final person is. Read the direction of each relationship carefully.

Controls: Read the chain and choose the matching relationship.

Daily Rescue · Endless Ladder

Bubble Pop

Rescue three stars with bubble shots

Aim at colour clusters or cut their support so the starred bubbles drop. Endless Ladder is separate from Daily Rescue.

Controls: Aim and fire at matching colours.

Daily workout · free practice

Dimaag Daily

Three short thinking exercises

The daily workout combines exercises such as sums, memory and reaction. Free Practice is separate from the recorded daily workout.

Controls: Follow each exercise's on-screen instruction.

Daily reset calendar

Compare the same date and mode when sharing scores.
GameDaily date used
Mini CrosswordYour device's local date
Super SudokuYour device's local date
ShabdleUTC date (5:30 am in India)
SolitaireUTC date (5:30 am in India)
Mental MathsUTC date (5:30 am in India)
RishtaIndia time (midnight IST)
Bubble PopYour device's local date
Dimaag DailyUTC date (5:30 am in India)

Why a friend might see a different daily puzzle

The games do not all reset on the same clock. Crossword, Sudoku and Bubble Pop use the local date on your device. Shabdle, Solitaire, Mental Maths and Dimaag Daily use the UTC date. Rishta uses India time.

Use the same game, mode, difficulty and date when comparing a result. Around midnight, players in different time zones can have different daily boards. The calendar column above makes the difference explicit.

What changes each day?

A daily game chooses a puzzle or generates a board from a date-based seed. That does not mean a human writes a new puzzle every morning. Mini Crossword and Shabdle draw from curated banks, so puzzles or words can repeat over time.

A timer or personal best measures your attempt, not how many people are currently playing. A daily challenge can be played alone; it is not a live multiplayer room.

Make a routine that fits your break

Start with the type of challenge you already enjoy. Read a few crossword clues, try one maths round, or begin a Solitaire deal. Use the guide if a rule is unclear, then decide whether to continue or come back another day.

Streaks and completion markers follow each game's own rules. Some require a clear or a finished workout, so simply opening the page may not count. Game scores are entertainment and personal progress indicators, not clinical measures of ability.

Before you play

What time do daily games reset?

It depends on the game. The calendar column lists local-device, UTC and India-time resets. UTC midnight is 5:30 am in India.

Can I play more than once a day?

Several games offer Random, Free Play, Endless or Free Practice alongside the daily option. These modes may not update the daily streak or daily-workout record.

Is there a newly written crossword every day?

The daily Mini Crossword selects a puzzle from a curated bank using the date. The selection changes, but it can repeat; it is not a promise of a newly authored puzzle every day.

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