Number Puzzle
Fill the grid so every row and column uses each number once, and every outlined cage hits its target.
Play today's puzzleFour daily games, all in one place.
A number puzzle, a word ladder, a solitaire deal and a cryptogram. There is a fresh one of each every day, and today's are free to play with no account.
Today's question
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One question a day to carry with you while you play. No answer needed.
Word Ladder
Change one letter at a time to turn the first word into the last. Every step has to be a real word.
Play today's ladderSolitaire
Classic solitaire with a new deal every day. Everyone gets the same cards, so you can compare how you did.
Play today's dealCryptogram
Crack a coded message, letter by letter, to uncover a short reflection.
Play today's cryptogramWhy Cagework exists
I built Cagework around an old idea: a mind kept in motion stays alive. Not because a puzzle promises anything, but because paying attention on purpose is a habit worth keeping.
Each game asks you to look closely, try something, be wrong, and try again. That is the whole practice. Four small games a day, and a question to carry with you while you play.
Stay curious. Keep questioning. Notice what you were about to skip past.
Liam Helton
Creator of MBN Wisdom, “fourteen books, one long argument for paying attention.”
Free, and what Plus adds
Today's game in each of the four is always free. Plus adds more to each one.
Number Puzzle
Free
Today's 5×5 Classic puzzle
Plus adds
4×4, 6×6 and 7×7 every day, Expert puzzles, one-cell hints, and the full archive
Word Ladder
Free
Today's ladder, with free hints
Plus adds
Every past ladder
Solitaire
Free
Today's deal
Plus adds
Every past deal
Cryptogram
Free
Today's reflection, with Check
Plus adds
Letter hints and every past reflection
All four games
Free
Earn coins and ranks, and unlock one look to try
Plus adds
Badges, a bonus every 7 days in a row, and a shop of themes, Ladder tile styles and card backs to spend your coins on