Jigsaw Puzzle

Why We Picked Jigsaw Puzzle

Jigsaw Puzzle gives you the board, the pieces and no clock, which sounds restful until half the space is gone. Nothing is hidden except the move you have not considered yet, which is the point. the board and the space left on it is the whole of it, repeated until the board is either solved or boxed in. Its 2,050 plays are spread thin across the month, which is what a good break-time game looks like. By the numbers: 93 of 172 on the puzzle shelf, and 4.3 out of 5 from 61 ratings.

How to Play

The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Touch controls respond better after a clean lift of the finger than after a sliding one.
• Finish the board in front of you; nothing in it is timed unless the game puts a clock on screen.
• If two moves look equal, take the one that keeps the centre open.

Editor’s Note

Sound off is fine; nothing here depends on audio cues. Every puzzle here loads inside the page rather than a new tab, so the back button and the address bar stay put.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.