Games & Puzzles

Looking for a time-waster or a puzzling challenge? With a wide variety of play styles and skill levels, Pantagraph.com games and puzzles give you the option to pick whatever suits your mood of the moment -- whether it's to take a break and relax, or to put on your thinking cap and struggle through a brain-buster. Pick from our menu of games below. (These require Adobe Flash Player or Adobe Shockwave Player, depending on the game.)

Alley Cat
Guide an alley cat across a series of moving platforms without falling. Don't worry; you have nine lives.
Game style: Arcade

Bumper Cards
Create piles that add up to 21 by clicking on the stacks. Don't go over or you'll be busted. Close multiple stacks in a row to get a multiplier bonus.
Game style: Cards/Arcade

Digital Air Hockey
It's you versus the computer. Choose between an easy, medium or hard challenge in this fast-paced and fun game-room classic.
Game style: Arcade

Family Time Crossword
A crossword puzzle geared for the whole family that allows parents to interact with kids in a fun setting and work together to reach a common goal.
Game style: Word puzzle

Free Cell Solitare
Move cards of the same suit into the top four piles, starting with the Ace. Use the four free cells in the upper left as temporary storage areas.
Game style: Cards

Jonesin' Crossword
If you're looking for sharp humor in a puzzle, this is for you. The smart and irreverent clues and answers are sure to create addicts.
Game style: Word puzzle

Pardon My Words
Hangman-style puzzle. Fill in the blanks before the stick figure is hanged. Solve all the words to reveal the complete phrase.
Game style: Word puzzle

Picture Puzzle
Slide the tiles and unscramble the image to reveal the secret photo.
Game style: Visual puzzle

Play Four!
Quick, challenging 4x4 puzzle. Not too hard that you can't finish it in a few minutes, but it makes you think enough to come back every day.
Game style: Word puzzle

Shock Bowl
A fast and fun bowling game. Click on the ball and a wiggling arrow points the direction of the ball's spin. Release the ball and it's on its way!
Game style: Arcade

Sudoku
The hugely popular "numbers crossword." Fill a 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9.
Game style: Number puzzle

Universal Daily Crossword
This timeless classic features a new puzzle every day of the week. The interactive interface makes playing online even easier than on paper, but with every bit of the challenge.
Game style: Word puzzle

Universal Trivia
Get ready for some great online trivia. Featuring five fun categories, some jazzy music and a likable host, this is a game show made just for you.
Game style: Trivia

Up & Down Words
Use crossword-style clues to fill in two word phrases. The second word of each phrase is the first word in the phrase that follows.
Game style: Word puzzle

Wonderword
A word search that uses every letter on the grid except a select few, which form that day's secret "wonderword."
Game style: Word puzzle

Word Roundup
A fun twist on the old favorite word search puzzle, in which the words you find are based on crossword-style clues rather than given to you outright.
Game style: Word puzzle

Word Up
Create as many words as you can using the key letter provided in each round. Place the key letter in the highlighted box for bonus points.
Game style: Word puzzle

 
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