Mindbender (Daily Mail)
Five daily brain teasers from the Daily Mail: analogies, odd ones out and a maths problem.
Every day: Five brain-teaser questions a day (an analogy, a word meaning, a famous pair, an odd one out and a maths word problem), three answers each, the same for every reader in the edition. New puzzle: Midnight UK time (the US edition changes at midnight New York time).
Mindbender on Daily Mail Games (UK)Mindbender US on Daily Mail Games (US)
Mindbender is the Daily Mail's daily puzzle quiz for mental sharpness rather than pure trivia. Each day brings five multiple-choice questions in a fixed pattern: an analogy, a word meaning, a famous pairing, an odd one out and a short maths word problem.
About Mindbender (Daily Mail)
Mindbender sits among the four quizzes on the Daily Mail games page, and its card line is test your mental sharpness. Where Master Quiz and Quick Quiz ask straight general knowledge, Mindbender asks you to think a little: on 3 October 2026 it opened with Haydock is to Park as Epsom is to what, then asked which word is closest in meaning to garderobe, how to complete the pair Terra and something, which is the odd one out of three words, and finished with a puzzle about toy cars passed between friends.
That pattern holds from day to day, so you know what kind of thinking each question needs. Every question has three answers. Pick one and its number turns green if you are right and red if not; tap a red number to try again. Options shows the solution or resets the quiz, and a clock records your time.
The set is dated and the same for every reader in the edition. The UK edition changes at midnight UK time; US readers get Mindbender US, which follows New York time. It is free in the browser, with ads on the main site, and suits players who like logic and wordplay in a short daily dose.
How to play Mindbender (Daily Mail)
- Open Mindbender on the Daily Mail games page and press Start game.
- Read the question: an analogy, a word meaning, a pairing, an odd one out or a maths problem.
- Choose one of the three answers.
- Green means right and red means wrong; tap a red question number to try again.
- Finish all five questions and check your time.
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Tips
- For the analogy, say the link in words first (Haydock is a racecourse called Haydock Park) and apply it to the second item.
- For the odd one out, find what two of the three words share; the third is your answer.
- Write down the numbers in the final word problem and work backwards from the end.
- If you get one wrong, you still have two answers left to try.
Questions
What kind of questions are in Mindbender?
Five a day: an analogy, a word meaning, a famous pairing to complete, an odd one out and a short maths word problem, each with three answers.
When is there a new Mindbender?
At midnight UK time. Readers in the US get Mindbender US, which changes at midnight New York time.
Is Mindbender free?
Yes. It is free in the browser on the Daily Mail games page, with ads on the site.
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