PuzzleBeat

About PuzzleBeat

PuzzleBeat is a free jigsaw site that runs in the browser. Its daily puzzle is a featured image, and the site's rule is simple: the featured image is always the newest photo added to the gallery, so everyone who opens it that day sees the same picture. The daily round is cut into 24 shaped pieces, which makes it a short puzzle you can finish in a few minutes.

You drag the pieces onto the board and fit them together, with a live timer running if you want to race. The aim on the daily is to beat your own best time; the timer is optional if you would rather solve at your own pace. Recent daily images are listed below today's, so you can go back to ones you missed.

The gallery behind it holds a couple of hundred photos in groups such as nature, travel, animals, city and space, many of them tied to places and events in the news. Any of them can be played with a different piece count, and you can turn your own JPEG, PNG or WebP photo into a puzzle that stays in your browser.

No account or download is needed. It suits players who want a calm, short daily habit rather than a word or logic test.

How to play PuzzleBeat

1. Open PuzzleBeat and choose Play today's puzzle.
2. Look at the featured photo and start the round; the timer starts if you are racing.
3. Drag pieces onto the board and fit them together, starting wherever you like.
4. Complete all 24 pieces to stop the clock.
5. Compare with your best time, then try a gallery puzzle or upload a photo.

Tips

• Build the edge first: the straight-sided pieces give you the frame.
• Group pieces by colour before placing them, especially skies and water.
• Turn the timer off on a busy photo if you just want to enjoy it.

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