Brain teasers
51 gamesOur picks for when you want to think a little: logic puzzles, table games that reward planning and a new question every day. No rush; every move has a reason. If you get stuck, a hint is always up to you.
Coloring · Brain TeaserEbru: Paint on WaterDrop paint on water, solve the pattern.
Puzzle · Brain TeaserKat'ıFold, cut, unfold: a paper masterpiece.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserTavla: Turkish BackgammonBeat the coffeehouse masters, become the Dice Master.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserRiddle of the DayOne riddle a day, the same for everyone.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserDama: Turkish DraughtsCapture, crown, win.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserChessBeat the computer, raise your rating, and solve the Daily Mansuba.
Puzzle · Brain TeaserGirihFill the panel, find the star.
Puzzle · Brain TeaserWater TowerBring water to the village.
Strategy · Brain TeaserCaravanseraiGet the caravan to the inn by nightfall.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserDolmuş: Turkish Minibus PuzzleFind the right order, fill the dolmuş, clear the stop.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserDede KorkutWits, not swords: tell the Oghuz tales step by step.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserMangalaMind games of the Turkic world: Mangala, Nine Men's Morris, Toguz Korgool.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserNasreddin HodjaThink backwards! Solve the tale like the Hodja.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserPiri ReisThe Mediterranean, coast by coast: read the wind, ink the coast, reach the harbor.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserTamerlane ChessGreat chess on an 11×10 board: giraffe, camel and citadels. Learn in the Piece School, then beat the computer.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserMatrakçıMap of the campaign: link the stops in order.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserMimar SinanMaster of Domes: bring the load to the ground, resist the thrust, fill the hall with light.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserNine Men's MorrisLine up three stones and take one of your opponent's.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserToguz KorgoolThe nine-pit game of the Kyrgyz: collect 82 stones, claim a tuzdik.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserAhilikFrom apprentice to master in a leather workshop in Kırşehir: plan the work, keep your word, earn your reputation.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserGoSurround territory with your stones and capture groups with no liberties left.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserTower of HanoiMove every disk to the gold-marked rod in the fewest moves.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserHexJoin your two edges with a single chain; Hex never ends in a draw.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserDots and BoxesConnect the dots, draw the fourth side, claim the box.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserReversiTrap your opponent's discs and flip them all to your colour.
NewBoard Games · Brain TeaserShatraAltai chess: pieces move like chess and capture by jumping like draughts. Learn in the Piece School, beat the computer.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserDivision GameShare the fruit equally into crates and learn division by playing.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserTimes TablesRun a market stall and learn your times tables by playing.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserMini Sudoku 6×66×6 sudoku for kids and beginners.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserSudokuA clean screen, no-guess puzzles and a new sudoku every day.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserDaily ArrowwordA new arrowword every day, the same for everyone.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserDaily CrosswordA new crossword every day, the same for everyone.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserHangmanGuess the letters and keep your kite in the sky.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserCapitals QuizName the capital or find the country from its capital: 192 world capitals, continent by continent.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserWorld Capitals and Flags QuizSee the flag, know the capital, find the country on the map.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserFlag QuizSee the flag, name the country: 195 flags, with look-alikes side by side.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserRegions of Türkiye QuizWhich region is the highlighted province in? Learn the 7 regions of Türkiye on the map.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserWorld Map QuizFind the country on the world map: 195 countries, 5 continents, 3 tries per question.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserTurkish Provinces QuizFind the province on the map of Türkiye and see how fast you can find all 81.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserNeighbouring Provinces QuizFind every neighbour of the highlighted province on the map.
NewPuzzle · Brain TeaserMinesweeperA safe first click, no-guess boards and a new field every day.
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserTurkish Licence Plate QuizFind the province from its plate code on the map, or type the plate; how fast can you name all 81?
NewEducational Games · Brain TeaserTürkiye Map QuizHow fast can you find all 81 provinces? Provinces, plates, regions and neighbours.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserWord SearchFind the words hidden among the letters.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserProverbs & IdiomsWe give you half the saying, you finish the rest: a complete-the-proverb game.
NewWord Games · Brain TeaserIdioms QuizLearn idioms with their meanings: pick, order, match.
NewCard Games · Brain TeaserOkey: Turkish Tile GameArrange your rack, hide the joker, finish first.
NewCard Games · Brain Teaser101 Okey: Turkish Tile GameReach 101, lay down your hand, leave the penalties to your rivals.
NewCard Games · Brain TeaserPişti: Turkish Card GameMatch the card, sweep the pile, make a pişti!
NewCard Games · Brain TeaserBatak: Turkish card gameWin the bid, call trumps, make your contract.
NewCard Games · Brain TeaserKing: Turkish Card Game20 deals, 6 penalties, 8 trumps. Don't get stuck with the Rıfkı! The games on this page at a glance
- Ebru: Paint on Water
- A puzzle born from the Turkish art of paper marbling: find the right order of drops and recreate the pattern on water. 60 levels and a new daily tray.
- Kat'ı
- A puzzle from the Ottoman art of paper cutting: fold the paper, cut in the right places, unfold and match the target pattern.
- Tavla: Turkish Backgammon
- Free Turkish backgammon against the computer: fair dice, three levels and a master with a style of their own in every coffeehouse. Walk the Coffeehouse Road from Hüsnü the coffee maker to the legendary Master Tahsin.
- Riddle of the Day
- A new Turkish folk riddle or proverb every day: find the answer in 6 guesses with the help of coloured letters. Build a streak, play missed days from the archive and share your result.
- Dama: Turkish Draughts
- Free Turkish draughts against the computer: compulsory capture, the longest capture wins, and kings strike from afar. Three levels, a new puzzle every day and two-player mode on one device.
- Chess
- Free chess against the computer: five opponents from beginner to master, a computer that never cheats, undo and hints. Every day the same mate puzzle for everyone: the Daily Mansuba.
- Girih
- Fill wooden door and window panels with girih tiles without gaps and reveal the ten-pointed stars.
- Water Tower
- Water can't rise above its source; place the water-balance towers right to bring water to the village.
- Caravanserai
- Build inns one day's walk apart; a caravan that misses the inn spends the night outside. Finale: Sultanhanı in Kayseri.
- Dolmuş: Turkish Minibus Puzzle
- A free minibus jam puzzle: get the right dolmuş out of a packed car park, board the colourful queue, and off it goes once it is full. Families, aunties with shopping carts, back-row students and rookie driver Murat's first week from Istanbul to Trabzon.
- Dede Korkut
- 12 tales and 48 puzzles from the Book of Dede Korkut: Boğaç Han's bull, Basat and the giant Tepegöz, Bamsı Beyrek in a bard's disguise. Every move is visible; guide the hero to the goal unseen, without hurting anyone. Suitable for children.
- Mangala
- Free Turkish Mangala against the computer, with Turkey's tournament rules and stones sown one by one. The same game includes Nine Men's Morris and the Kyrgyz Toguz Korgool; three levels and nine sages on the highland road.
- Nasreddin Hodja
- 20 picture-scene puzzles from the tales of Nasreddin Hodja: put items in your saddlebag, use them in the right place and find not the obvious answer but the Hodja's unexpected one.
- Piri Reis
- A sailing and map puzzle inspired by Piri Reis's world map of 1513 and his Kitab-ı Bahriye: plan your course by the wind, ink the coast as your ship passes, fit old chart pieces into place and reach the harbor with the red flag.
- Tamerlane Chess
- Free Tamerlane chess: the great chess of the 14th century on an 11×10 board. Giraffe, camel, war engine, picket and 11 different pawns; Piece School lessons, a computer with 3 levels and games with a friend.
- Matrakçı
- A route puzzle inspired by Matrakçı Nasuh's bird's-eye city paintings: place square pieces on the page, draw one road from the gate to the fortress and pass the stops in the notebook's order. 36 pages from Istanbul to Baghdad, with rivers, bridges and mountains.
- Mimar Sinan
- A building puzzle inspired by the works of Mimar Sinan: carry the load of domes and arches down to the ground with piers, and resist their sideways thrust with buttresses, half domes, tie rods and turrets. Remove the scaffold: the less stone left inside, the brighter the building.
- Nine Men's Morris
- Free Nine Men's Morris against the computer: place nine stones each, move them along the lines, form a mill and take your opponent's stone. Three levels, flying with three, two players on one device; three sages on the Highland Road.
- Toguz Korgool
- Free Toguz Korgool against the computer: 9 pits, 162 stones; stones are sown one by one, with even captures and the tuzdik rule. Three levels, two players on one device; three sages from the Ala-Too. UNESCO heritage.
- Ahilik
- A work planning puzzle set in a 13th-century tannery in Kırşehir: soak the hide, lay it in lime, scrape it, tan it in the oak gall vat, dry it, cut it and sew it. Place the jobs on benches and hours, press Start and watch the workshop play your plan. Shortcuts are always there, but defective goods come back; your reputation takes you before the guild council to become journeyman and master.
- Go
- Free Go against the computer: surround territory on a 9×9 board and capture your opponent's groups. Chinese rules, 7.5 komi, a 6-step tutorial, three levels and two players on one screen; 8 badges and its own leaderboard.
- Tower of Hanoi
- Free Tower of Hanoi puzzle: move the disks one at a time and never put a large one on a small one. 24 levels in Classic, Mixed start and Four rods, 3 stars for the fewest moves, and a hands-on Learn mode.
- Hex
- Free Hex against the computer: place stones on hexagons, build bridges and be the first to join your two edges with an unbroken chain. 7×7, 9×9 and 11×11 boards, three levels, the swap rule, a 5-step tutorial and two players on one device.
- Dots and Boxes
- Free Dots and Boxes against the computer: connect the dots, draw the fourth side to take a box and move again. 3×3, 4×4 and 5×5 boards, three levels, a 5-step Learn mode and two players on one screen.
- Reversi
- Free Reversi against the computer: trap opposing discs between two of yours on an 8×8 board, flip them to your colour and grab the corners. Three levels, a six-step Learn mode, two players on one screen, eight badges and its own leaderboard.
- Shatra
- Free Shatra (Altai chess): a cross between chess and draughts on a 62-square board with a fortress at each end and a ditch in the middle. Biy, Batyr, Tura, Yalkyn and Shatra; Piece School lessons, 3 computer levels and play with a friend.
- Division Game
- Free division game: 42 ÷ 7 = ? Share the fruit equally into crates and find out how many go in each one. Every division from the times tables, the tables you choose, and the facts you find hard come up more often. A Market notebook, and Whiteboard mode for teachers.
- Times Tables
- Free times tables game: first count the crates you can see, then skip count, and finally speed up. Stalls from the 2s to the 10s, plus Mixed, Beat the clock, Missing number and Sharing; hard facts come up more often. Whiteboard mode for teachers.
- Mini Sudoku 6×6
- Free 6×6 Mini Sudoku: digits 1-6, 2×3 boxes, 600 puzzles in Easy and Medium. Every puzzle has one solution and needs no guessing; teaching hints, notes and undo make it a first step into sudoku at school or at home.
- Sudoku
- Free sudoku: 2,000 puzzles in Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert, a Daily Sudoku that is the same for everyone, and 6×6 Mini Sudoku. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and never needs guessing; hints name the technique.
- Daily Arrowword
- Free daily arrowword: the clues sit inside the grid in boxes with arrows. 8×11 on weekdays, 9×13 on Friday, an 11×15 Big Weekend Arrowword; a code word, streaks, an archive and a leaderboard.
- Daily Crossword
- Free daily crossword: 9×9 on weekdays, 13×13 at weekends, with Across and Down clues. A secret word in the shaded squares, streaks, an archive and a weekly ranking.
- Hangman
- Play hangman with no hanged man: a kite with bows instead. Word of the Day, a two player mode and each language's own word list, free in your browser.
- Capitals Quiz
- Free world capitals quiz: countries and capitals with 4 options. Country › Capital or Capital › Country, pick a continent, play 10 questions or a full round. Speed bonus, streak multiplier, a learning card after each mistake, the 50/50 joker and a passport. No sign-up needed.
- World Capitals and Flags Quiz
- Free capitals quiz and flag quiz: recognize the flags of 195 countries, name their capitals and find them on the world map. Pick a continent, play a quick 10-question round or a full round; World Streak, a Daily Round with the same 10 questions for everyone, and a Passport with 195 stamps.
- Flag Quiz
- Free flag quiz: guess the flag of 195 countries, each shown in its official proportions. Flag to country or country to flag, pick a continent and learn to tell look-alikes apart (Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco). A card explains every mistake.
- Regions of Türkiye Quiz
- Free regions quiz: choose which of the 7 geographical regions of Türkiye the highlighted province belongs to. A full round of 81 provinces or a quick round of 20; at the end the map is painted in region colours. No sign-up needed.
- World Map Quiz
- Free world map quiz: tap the country when you see "Find on the map: Peru". Pick a continent, zoom in, find tiny island nations by their ring. All 195 countries of the world, 3 tries per question, a Practice your mistakes round and passport stamps.
- Turkish Provinces Quiz
- Free Turkish provinces quiz: the screen says "Find: Kırşehir" and you tap that province on the map. Play a full round of 81 provinces, a quick round of 20, or just the provinces of one region. More points for the first try and for speed, a magnifier for tiny provinces on phones, and an album of 81 province cards. No sign-up needed.
- Neighbouring Provinces Quiz
- Free neighbouring provinces quiz: tap every province that shares a land border with the highlighted one. 15 provinces per round, or only those of one region. Can you find all 9 neighbours of Konya? No sign-up needed.
- Minesweeper
- Free Minesweeper: Easy 9×9, Medium 16×16, Hard 30×16 and Custom boards. The first click is never a mine, no-guess boards are solved by logic alone, and the Daily Field is the same for everyone. In the Garden theme the mines are mole hills.
- Turkish Licence Plate Quiz
- Free Turkish licence plate quiz: the screen says "Find: 38" and you tap that province on the map of Türkiye. Or the map highlights a province and you type its plate code. Full round of 81, quick round of 20 or one region; each direction has its own record. Type a wrong plate and the game tells you which province it belongs to. No sign-up needed.
- Türkiye Map Quiz
- A free Turkey map quiz: find the province you are asked for on the map. Provinces, Licence Plates, Regions and Neighbours modes, an untimed Learn mode, a Map of the Day with the same 10 provinces for everyone, and culture cards for all 81 provinces. Short rounds for students and teachers.
- Word Search
- Free word search game: 60 themed puzzles, grids from 8×8 to 13×13, a hidden word in every grid, culture cards, a Daily Puzzle and unlimited Free Hunt.
- Proverbs & Idioms
- Free proverbs and idioms game: pick the missing word, put mixed-up words in order, find the meaning, match sayings to meanings. 171 English proverbs and 145 idioms; Primary, Middle school and General levels, Proverb of the Day and a Class Round for teachers.
- Idioms Quiz
- Free idioms quiz: find the meaning of 145 English idioms, pick the missing word, match idioms to their meanings. Primary, Middle school and General levels, plus a Class Round link for lessons and homework.
- Okey: Turkish Tile Game
- Free classic Turkish okey against the computer: three opponents, three levels and a computer that never sees your tiles and never cheats. Spend five winter evenings with six neighbours at the Apartment Table and become an Okey Master.
- 101 Okey: Turkish Tile Game
- Free 101 Okey against the computer: three opponents, three levels and a computer that never sees your hand and never cheats. The opening counter does the maths for you. Spend five summer evenings with six neighbours at The Arbour Table and become a 101 Master.
- Pişti: Turkish Card Game
- Free classic Turkish pişti against the computer: a securely shuffled deck, three levels and an opponent that never sees your cards or cheats. Visit the Mansion Evenings, from Aunt Hayriye's house to Mürüvvet Hanım's villa.
- Batak: Turkish card game
- Play Batak free against the computer: bidding, partners and spades-trump modes. Win the bid, call trumps, make your contract; rivals never see your cards.
- King: Turkish Card Game
- Play classic King (Rıfkı) free against the computer: 6 penalty games and trumps, choosing order from the two of diamonds, choices and score tables always in view. Three levels, adjustable table rules and Dorm Table, set in a student dorm in Eskişehir.
