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Daily Sliding Puzzle
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Picture: John Frederick Kensett, Sunset on the Sea, 1872. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).
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The calendar marks the days you've played on this device. Choose a day to play its puzzle.
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Add a reminder to your calendar, and it will tell you each morning when new puzzles are ready. It's set for 9am; you can change the time or remove it in your calendar at any time. We don't ask for your email.
How to play Sliding Puzzle
Slide the tiles around the one empty square until the picture is whole, or the numbers run in order from 1 with the gap at the end. Every puzzle here can be solved.
- Tap a tile next to the empty square and it slides over. Tap a tile further along the same row or column and every tile between it and the gap slides along with it.
- Each picture tile carries a small number, so you can always tell where it belongs: 1 goes top left, and the numbers read across each row.
- A way that works for most people: finish the top row, then the left column, and repeat on the smaller square that's left.
- Undo takes back as many moves as you like, and there is no time limit. Hint marks a tile that brings the puzzle closer.
Choose 3 by 3 (8 tiles), 4 by 4 (the classic 15-puzzle) or 5 by 5 (24 tiles) under More, and any of the paintings, or plain numbers, under the board. The pictures are public-domain paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the artist is named under the puzzle.
Keyboard
Choose the puzzle, then the arrow keys slide a tile into the gap: the left arrow slides the tile on the gap's right, and so on. H shows a hint, and Ctrl+Z undoes a move.
Questions
Can every shuffle be solved?
Yes. Half of all arrangements of a 15-puzzle can't be solved, so we only deal the ones that can. If you're stuck, Hint marks a tile that brings the puzzle closer.
How do I know where a picture tile goes?
Every tile carries a small number. Tile 1 belongs top left, and the numbers read across each row, so the gap ends up bottom right.
Is there a trick to it?
Finish the top row first, then the left column, and repeat on the smaller square that's left. The last 2 by 2 corner takes a little turning.
Where do the pictures come from?
They are public-domain paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access collection, the same ones as our jigsaws. The artist is named under the puzzle.