Fourteen games

The games

Rather has fourteen games: logic grids, numbers, words, shapes, regions, heights, memory, lines to draw and one old pocket puzzle. Each day, ten of them make Today, in four levels from Easy to Expert, so the mix changes from one day to the next.

They share one way of playing. Every game has a hint that shows the next step and why, and every puzzle has one solution. Pick a game to read its rules, where to start and what to do when you’re stuck.

Number grid

The classic nine-by-nine: every row, column and box holds 1 to 9.
Math cages

Small grids of sums and products: every cage makes its number.
Stars

One star in every row, column and colour, and no two stars touch.
Nonogram

Number clues hide a picture; fill the squares and watch it appear.
Binary grid

Zeros and ones, never three alike, and no two lines the same.
Pattern

Five grids of shapes; spot the rule and pick the missing piece.
Pipes

Turn scrambled tiles until every pipe joins one network.
Sliding tiles

The old pocket puzzle: slide the numbers back into order.
Pairs

Turn two cards at a time and remember where each piece was.
Thread

Draw one line through every square, passing the numbers in order.
Loop

Draw one closed loop along the dots. The numbers count its sides.
Islands

Split the grid into islands. Each number is the size of its island.
Towers

Fill the grid with heights. Each number counts the towers seen from there.
Word guess

One hidden five-letter word, six tries, and colours that tell you more.