PerDiem has 23 free daily puzzles, and they aren't all alike. Pick the kind of puzzle you already like and start there. Coming from NYT Games? See games like NYT Games.
Crosswords
Mini is a 5 by 5 crossword that takes a minute or two. Midi is its bigger sibling, from 9 by 9 to 11 by 11 depending on the day. More on free mini crosswords.
Word grouping
Association hides four groups of four in sixteen words. More on games like Connections.
Other word games
Duet is a word ladder scored like golf. Throughline is a themed word search where one word stretches across the whole board. More on word games.
Jigsaws and art
Exhibit is a daily jigsaw that zooms out as you go, rebuilding a real museum painting in four rounds. More on daily art jigsaws.
Logic and spatial
Lattice asks you to drag dots until no lines cross. Canals, Glide, Seams and Portion are each a different kind of spatial puzzle: pipes, sliding, matching edges and cutting shapes. Masonry has you lay dominoes so no row or column repeats a number. Hearsay is the pure deduction one: work out who is honest and who is lying. More on games like Clues by Sam, games like Murdle and liar puzzles. Glide is a daily take on the ice puzzles from adventure games: see ice sliding puzzles. More on logic puzzles.
Card games
Delve is a dungeon crawl played with a deck of cards. Stacks has you chaining cards that share a suit or rank. More on card games.
Number puzzles
Route is a math path to a target number. Theorem has you swapping tiles to chase a high score. More on number puzzles and puzzles with medals.
Something different
Packline is a puzzle about drawing district lines. Ticker is a 90-second trading day, with play money, and one of our quick games. Scope has you tune a waveform to match. Enigma is an eight-try code breaker. Cliques is about building big matching groups of dominoes.
Every game is free, runs in your browser, and has a new puzzle each day. Not sure? Each one has a guide.