Compact Puzzles

All the puzzles in Compact Puzzles are also found in the free trial app Compact Fun Trial, so we suggest you first download that to check them out for free.

Brief details of each component are given below:

Original puzzles

Numberskull
An original numerical puzzle in which 6 equations of the form A ? B ? C = D (where A to D are numbers and ? are operators) are laid out in a grid, three horizontally and three vertically, with the results shown but the 9 numbers representing A, B and C in the equations given but not positioned. The objective is to position these, together with the operators, to produce 6 correct equations.

Tricolor
An original puzzle based on a collapsing blocks game. Click on a block to remove all connected blocks of the same colour, and try to achieve just three blocks of different colours in the middle at the end.

Classics with original notation/mnemonics

Peg Solitaire
The well-known pegs-in-a-board puzzle. You can start not only with the full 32 pegs, but also with 6, 8, 10 or 12 pegs - but always with the aim of ending up with a solitary peg in the middle. Has a Solve feature that will show you how to solve any puzzle presented to you by the system. Includes a solution and Wolstenholme notation to help you remember the solution.

Logic puzzles

Code 4x6
Be a mastermind and find the hidden colour code.

Master Code
Find the hidden letter code based on a number of given scored guesses.

SudokuAssistant
Feature-rich Sudoku application, including: analysis display, error-checking, clues, hints, and even auto-solve. Load one of our classic (symmetrical) Sudoku puzzles (4 levels), with millions of initial layouts, or enter one to solve from elsewhere. Supports mark-setting for external Sudokus that require quessing and back-tracking.

Mystery Clues
Find who killed Vic, with what and where, based on a set of clues. If you like Cluedo or Clue we think you'll like this.

Word puzzles

Hangman
A sophisticated version of the hangman puzzle normally played with pencil and paper, where one player tries to guess the letters of a hidden word. The word can be computer-selected or defined by another person.

WordSearch+
Search for the given words that are hidden in the letter grid - plus some that aren't given, but whose length you are told.

Word Ladder
Find four 4-letter words between the start and end words, so that each changes by only one letter.

Other classic puzzles

Memory pairs
Memory test to find the hidden pairs.

Pyramid Numbers
A pyramid of alternating numbers and arithmetic operators, where numbers at higher levels are the result of the Number-Operator-Number operation underneath. Find the hidden numbers.

Step Challenge
Starting from a given number, carry out eight operations (each on the result of the previous one) and, step-by-step, calculate the result of the final one. A good 30-second challenge.

Towers of Hanoi
Move the discs from one pole to another - but never with a larger disc on a smaller one.

15 puzzle
Move tiles to recreate the original 1-15 tile pattern.

Full Help facility for each component.