Guides & Strategy
Strategy guides and deep dives into Queens, Sudoku, Wend, and Patches.
Wend Unlimited: Practice as Many Word-Path Puzzles as You Want
Finished today's Wend and want more? There are 540 free Wend levels across six grid sizes, no account and no daily cap. Here's how to work through them.
Wend vs. Word Search vs. Boggle: What Makes a Word-Path Puzzle Different
Three games, three letter grids, three completely different jobs. How Wend's one-tile-one-word rule turns a word game into a logic puzzle.
What Is Patches? LinkedIn's Rectangle-Partition Puzzle, Explained
Patches is LinkedIn's newest daily puzzle: divide a grid into rectangles that match every clue's size and shape. Here's how it works and how to get better at it.
Patches Strategy Guide: How to Solve Rectangle Puzzles Faster
Practical Patches strategies: which clues to place first, how to read the shape badges, and the elimination logic that cracks the hardest grids without guessing.
Shikaku vs. Patches: What's the Difference?
Patches is built on the classic Japanese puzzle Shikaku, but adds one rule that changes how you solve it: shape badges. Here's what's the same and what's new.
5 Logic Puzzle Games Like Patches You Should Try
Love LinkedIn's Patches puzzle? These five logic games - from classic Shikaku to Kakuro - scratch the same spatial-deduction itch, and several are free to play right now.
Daily Sudoku Challenge: How Streaks Work and How to Keep Yours Alive
What a daily sudoku challenge is, why solving one puzzle a day beats marathon sessions, and the habits that keep a streak going for months.
Wend Strategy Guide: How to Solve Word-Path Puzzles Faster
Practical Wend strategies: which word to trace first, how to use walls and edges, and the tiling logic that cracks the hardest grids without guessing.
Why We Built Grid Leveling: A Solo Dev's Devlog
The story behind Grid Leveling: why a once-a-day LinkedIn puzzle turned into a free puzzle site with four games, no ads, and no accounts.
Mini Sudoku 6×6: Rules, How It Differs from 9×9, and Why It's the Best Way to Learn
Everything about Mini Sudoku: the 6×6 rules, how it differs from classic 9×9, and why the small grid is the fastest way to build real sudoku skills.
5 Logic Puzzle Games Like Queens You Should Try
Love the Queens puzzle? These five logic games - from Star Battle to word-path puzzles - scratch the same deductive itch, and several are free to play right now.
Sudoku Solving Techniques for Beginners (9×9 and 6×6 Mini)
Learn the core Sudoku techniques - scanning, single candidates, and pencil marks - that solve most Classic 9×9 and Mini 6×6 puzzles without guessing.
N-Queens vs. Queens Puzzle: What's the Difference?
The classic N-Queens problem and the Queens puzzle look similar but solve differently. Here's how the colored-region twist changes the logic.
What Is Wend? A Guide to the Word-Path Puzzle
Wend is a word-tracing puzzle where you drag through adjacent letters to spell every hidden word. Here's how it works and how to get better at it.
How to Solve the Queens Puzzle: A Complete Strategy Guide
Learn the elimination techniques, common mistakes, and step-by-step strategy for solving the Queens puzzle - the logic game inspired by LinkedIn's viral Queens.