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Explore step-by-step Beginner Guides for Hare Publishing’s online puzzles and puzzle books.
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Learn the rules, build your skills, and then put what you’ve learned into practice with today’s free puzzles.
CODE PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Cryptograms
Decode the hidden message by discovering which letter each cipher letter represents.
LOGIC PUZZLE · EASY–HARD
Knights & Knaves
Use logic to determine which characters always tell the truth and which always lie.
WORD PLACEMENT · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Kriss Kross
Fit every word from the list into an interlocking grid using word lengths and crossing letters.
NUMBER LOGIC · EASY–HARD
Sudoku
Fill every row, column, and 3×3 box with the numbers 1–9 without repeating a number.
NUMBER LOGIC · EXPERT
Sudoku Challenge
Test your solving skills with an expert-level Sudoku created for experienced puzzlers.
WORD BUILDING · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Word Flower
Create as many words as possible from the seven letters, always using the center letter, and try to find the pangram.
WORD DEDUCTION · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Wordrow
Guess the hidden five-letter word in six tries by using the color clues from each guess.
WORD PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Word Scramble
Rearrange the mixed-up letters to reveal words connected by a common theme.
WORD SEARCH · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Word Search
Find every themed word hidden horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—and forwards or backward—in the letter grid.
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Explore step-by-step guides for more logic, number, word, and visual puzzles featured in Hare Publishing puzzle books.
LOGIC PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Akari
Place bulbs to illuminate every open square without allowing any two bulbs to shine directly at each other.
NUMBER LOGIC · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Calcudoku
Fill the grid without repeating a number in any row or column, and make each outlined cage match its target value.
VISUAL LOGIC · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Domino
Find and mark every unique domino hidden horizontally or vertically inside the number grid.
NUMBER LOGIC · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Fillomino
Divide the grid into connected regions whose sizes match their numbers, without allowing regions of the same size to touch.
NUMBER LOGIC · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Kakuro
Enter the numbers 1–9 so that every run adds up to its clue without repeating a number within that run.
NUMBER LOGIC · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Futoshiki
Fill every row and column without repeating a number while obeying all the greater-than and less-than signs.
PATH PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Mazes
Find a continuous route from the entrance to the exit without crossing any walls.
LOGIC PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Gokigen
Draw one diagonal line in every square while satisfying the numbered intersections and preventing the lines from forming loops.
NUMBER SEARCH · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Number Search
Find every listed number sequence hidden in a straight line, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
LOGIC PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Nurikabe
Create correctly sized islands while connecting all the surrounding wall squares without forming any 2×2 wall areas.
LOGIC PUZZLE · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Shikaku
Divide the grid into rectangles containing one number each, with every rectangle’s area matching its number.
NUMBER LOGIC · ALL SKILL LEVELS
Tatami
Place numbers in the grid so that every mat contains different numbers and all adjacent, row, and column rules are satisfied.