Puzzles

Welcome to your Metro puzzles!

Play our range of free puzzles Monday-Friday. You can also get your weekend fix and enter our competition crossword and sudoku for a chance to win prizes by subscribing to Puzzles+. 30+ new puzzles every Saturday for only 99p a week! Click the button to sign up, or scroll down to see the puzzles available.

Any issues or thoughts on how we might improve Puzzles? Feel free to drop us an email on puzzles@metro.co.uk

Quick Crossword

We give you the number of letters and a clue and you work out the word, easy! Or is it? Updated daily. Most Popular

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Word Wheel

Form as many words as possible from the letters provided.

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Cryptic Crossword

Solve the cryptic clues and enter the answers in the grid.

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Hangman

Identify the mystery word by guessing each letter at a time.

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Jigsaw

Fit the shapes together to reveal the picture.

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Add Up

Finish the pyramind where each number is the sum to the two below it.

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Easy Sudoku

Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1-9, and so must each 3x3 box.

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Hard Sudoku

Fancy a real challenge? Give our hardest Sudoku puzzle a try.

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Medium Sudoku

Today is a tough one! Use logic to place numbers in a grid according to simple rules.

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Splitwords

Connect the letters in pairs or groups to reveal the words.

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Word Search

Words are found in the grid, can be either forwards or backwards.

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Competition Puzzles

Crossword Competition

Play to win prizes! Complete our competition crossword to enter

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Sudoku Competition

Play to win prizes! Complete our competition sudoku to enter

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Jigsaw

Jigsaw 1

Fit the shapes together to reveal the picture. One of four in Puzzles+

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Jigsaw 2

Fit the shapes together to reveal the picture. One of four in Puzzles+

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Jigsaw 3

Fit the shapes together to reveal the picture. One of four in Puzzles+

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Jigsaw 4

Fit the shapes together to reveal the picture. One of four in Puzzles+

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Sudoku

Easy Sudoku 1

Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1-9, and so must each 3x3 box

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Easy Sudoku 2

Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1-9, and so must each 3x3 box

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Hard Sudoku 1

Fancy a real challenge? Give one of our hardest Sudoku puzzles a try

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Hard Sudoku 2

Fancy a real challenge? Give one of our hardest Sudoku puzzles a try

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Medium Sudoku 1

Use logic to place numbers in a grid according to simple rules

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Medium Sudoku 2

Use logic to place numbers in a grid according to simple rules

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Crossword & Wordsearch

Crossword 1

We give you the number of letters and a clue and you work out the word, easy! One of two in Puzzles+

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Crossword 2

We give you the number of letters and a clue and you work out the word, easy! One of two in Puzzles+

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Wordsearch 1

Words are found in a grid, can either forwards or backwards. One of two in Puzzles+

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Wordsearch 2

Words are found in a grid, can either forwards or backwards. One of two in Puzzles+

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Add Up

Finish the pyramid where each number is the sum of the two below it

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Backwords

A completed crossword but letters are where the squares should be. Figure out the grid pattern

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Codeword 1

Decipher the grid of numbers to form words with no clues. One of two in Puzzles+

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Codeword 2

Decipher the grid of numbers to form words with no clues. One of two in Puzzles+

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Cryptic Crossword

A more tricky version of our crosswords. Decrypt the clues to find the answers

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Hangman 1

Identify the mystery word by guessing each letter at a time. One of two in Puzzles+

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Hangman 2

Identify the mystery word by guessing each letter at a time. One of two in Puzzles+

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Kriss Kross 1

No clues, just an empty grid. Try one of two in Puzzles+

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Kriss Kross 2

No clues, just an empty grid. Try one of two in Puzzles+

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Number Jig

Only one way to fit all the numbers into the grid. See if you can find it

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Pathfinder

Find your way through the grid. It must be one continous path of themed words

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Pieceword 1

A completed crossword but in pieces. Put back together the 3x3 parts. One of two in Puzzles+

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Pieceword 2

A completed crossword but in pieces. Put back together the 3x3 parts. One of two in Puzzles+

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Splitwords 1

Connect the letters in pairs or groups to reveal the words. One of two in Puzzles+

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Splitwords 2

Connect the letters in pairs or groups to reveal the words. One of two in Puzzles+

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