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What is the goal of Word Hunt, and how do I play? In Word Hunt, your goal is to find words that complete a crossword puzzle! After you click play, you’ll see a circle of letters on the right side of the screen and a crossword on the left. Click and drag within the circle of letters to create an English word. If your guess is a real word, it may appear on the crossword! From there, you can use the crossword to determine more words you can build. Once the crossword is fully complete, it’s on to the next level!   Can I use any of the letters twice in one word? No – once per word!   What happens when I see an extra word to fill in with game money icons? Every few levels, you will have an opportunity to guess an extra word that appears next to the crossword. It can be any number of letters – but each time, the word will have game money icons inside. You need to figure out this word to complete the level; but when you do, you get an extra game money reward!   What if I have tr

What is Zoo Boom? Zoo Boom is a match 3-style game where you can collect all sorts of animals by matching them in a grid. Play dozens of levels with new challenges, use power-ups like nets and dice to give yourself a leg up, and try to get as many stars as possible!   How do I play? The basic gameplay for Zoo Boom is simple. In each level you’ll have a grid of animals. Wherever there are two or more of the same animal, click on one and it’ll clear them. Other animals will fall to take their place, so keep clicking!   How do I beat a level? On the left side of the screen, you’ll see your objectives for the level. Maybe you’ll need to clear a certain number of animals, or get rid of cages, or collect coins. Above those objectives, you’ll see the maximum number of clicks you have. Finish your objectives before your clicks run out to beat the level.   How can I collect more animals? You’ll beat the early levels by clicking on just a few animals at a time, but it soon gets mu

House Flip is a unique home renovation game that lets you pretend to purchase real estate, improve it, and see if you can score!   What is the goal of the game? The goal of the game is to clean, repair, and upgrade your new home so you can sell it to another user. With your success, you can get another house to flip!   How do I play? To begin a round of House Flip, click Play. You’ll see some listings. Click “Buy” on one you like, based on the amount of money in your bank account (and keeping in mind you’ll need to spend more money to make renovations. You’ll see a house floorplan with many clickable icons, each of which corresponds to a part of the house that you can inspect, clean, repair, or upgrade. You have five minutes to make the upgrades you’d like by selecting an icon, choosing what you want to do, and then playing the minigame (such as cleaning a window). When you’re satisfied, click on “Open House” in the bottom left of the screen to view your offers and accept one

Lucy’s garden is in disarray – and you can help restore it to beautiful life. Play Garden Bloom today, a relaxing Match 3 experience that has you matching flowers of all colors and shapes – plus some garden critters – to gain the stars you need to fix up the garden. With more than 2,000 levels to play and a whole garden to tend to, there’s hours and hours of fun ahead!

There’s only one thing better than a nice, relaxing, daily word search – three of them! Play a new easy, medium, and hard difficulty word search puzzle every day, moving as fast as possible to get a high score, then dig into the archives for more word-finding fun.

What is Cooking Live? Cooking Live is a fast-paced cooking game where you need to serve your customers exactly the dishes they order while balancing all sorts of ingredients.   What is the goal of the game? The goal of the game is to feed all your customers the dishes they request before they get frustrated and leave. Serve enough customers to beat the level and move on to the next!   When do I beat a level?Before each level, the game will tell you which objectives you need to accomplish. This could be serving a specific number of customers, staying open for a specific length of time, or some other objectives you’ll learn about as the game goes on!   How do I play once I begin a level? When the level begins, you’ll be behind the counter, with ingredients and serving stations in front of you. Click on an ingredient, like the eggs, and it will automatically move to an open pan. When food is being prepared, a circular timer will appear next to it. For drinks like juice, the

Is anyone else having problems with Code Word?  Some times I get points, more often I do not.  I contacted AARP and was told that Code Word should not even be on the game site.  Everyday I see other players receive points so I'm at a loss as to whats going on.  There were awarded me my points manually, but then they said they could not longer award them.  

Seems like the first three hard crossword puzzles (Sept. 1, 2, 3) are repeats of puzzles in August. Is it just me? Maybe I need to clear cache on my browser. 🤔

Enjoy the strategic challenge of Canasta online for free. Create melds, build canastas, and outscore opponents in this classic card game. Play anytime, anywhere! Canasta combines skill, strategy, and a bit of luck to deliver a timeless card-playing experience. Whether you’re a seasoned player or new to the game, Canasta offers flexible gameplay and built-in tutorials to help you master the rules.   Have more questions about Canasta?  Check out our FAQ

I wish you all the beautiful happy Sunday, may the blessings of Sunday locate you in Jesus mighty name.

 I get to level 450 + & plant trees but when I come back to play on the same system it brings me back to level 450 & the trees that I already planted are not there.    

How do you go out?  I played Bots and they wanted to go out, but I didn't know how to agree.  I used "chat" but nothing happened.  Thanks.  Loraine

Canasta can seem like an impenetrable game at first, with all its special lingo. But when you dive in further you’ll realize it’s a straightforward – and fun – game. Here are two tips to take your skills to the next level!   Tip 1: Focus on building melds early. Melds are sets of three or more cards of the same rank. The faster you build melds, the quicker you can start forming canastas and scoring big.   Tip 2: Keep track of your opponent’s discards. Observing which cards your opponent discards can give you clues about their strategy and help you block their potential melds.

I win 9 out of 10 games in Backgammon but my scores are so low!   How does one get the score raised?   What are pips?    thanks for any assistance you can provide! 

Mahjongg Dimensions is all about speed — and level completion. To climb the leaderboard, first, you’ll need to get to level 10, as completing it nets you 10,000 bonus points. (You get cumulative bonus points for beating each level: level 9 gets you 9,000 points, level 8 gets you 8,000, and so on).   You’ll also want to take advantage of the speed-match bonus, which rewards you for making a match within two seconds of your last match. Your first speed match will add a 2x multiplier to the score, your next consecutive speed match will add a 3x multiplier, and so on. Chaining together quick matches is a huge source of points!   Lastly, look out for multi-match bonuses, which occur when you make a match with the same symbols as the previous match. The multiplier increases the same way as the speed-match multiplier, so always be sure to search for like symbols!

In Gridland Ultimate, you’re not just matching three tiles… you’re building a settlement. Match rocks, bricks, wood, and more and watch as your stick figure character creates buildings above your grid. Then get ready for nighttime, when the grid flips and you need to match more tiles to fight off hordes of monsters. Use your powerups, keep matching, and build the ultimate gridland!   Have more questions?  Check out our FAQ here!

There is no time limit in Gridland Ultimate, and there isn’t a specific number of tiles that need to be removed to complete a level. Instead, after a certain number of swaps, the level switches from day to night (and vice versa). That means that you shouldn’t necessarily play fast – this is a match 3 game of strategy.   For instance, removing three tiles costs you one swap… but so does removing three tiles that leads to a cascade of other tiles being removed as they drop in. That means planning your moves effectively can lead to bigger advantages.   It works both ways – at night, you might not want a cascade of tiles to occur, as that might summon too many monsters for you to handle. Remember to play carefully, and you’ll be able to build up your settlement and survive the night!

  In Gridland Ultimate, there are three power ups:   Health potions that restore your lost hearts A sword and shield that fill up your extra attack and shield powers A bomb that instantly removes all monsters from the screen   These power ups become available when day turns to night and your stick figure needs to defeat monsters. In the early days, the monsters are easy to defeat. But as time goes on, you will need to strategically use your power ups to contend with monsters with tons of strength or tons of quickness.   Use your power ups often – you’ll get a lot of refills when you defeat monsters – but make sure you use them at the right time. If you can match a sword or a shield, for instance, hold off on using your sword and shield power up. Wait to use bombs until there are many monsters on screen. And use health potions when your health drops below half – they heal a lot of your hearts, so you want to maximize their usefulness.

I've actually broken the record twice, but will that ever be shown on the leaderboard? Heh. That'll be the day. Still waiting for Arkadium to fix that... - SarahD411785, score 88,732,200 on August 3, 2025 

Not Not is a game of quick reactions, where you have to move your character one of four directions: up, down, left, or right, based on a prompt.   What is the goal of the game? The goal of Not Not is to complete levels and unlock more difficult levels, all by getting a certain number of prompts correct without making a mistake.   When do I beat a level?You beat a level when you’ve completed all the prompts without making a mistake. Some levels have 30 prompts, some have 40, and some have even more!   Where do I see my goal and the timer? On the left side of the screen, while playing, you’ll see a timer. Next to it is a number. Every time you match cubes, that many cubes will be removed from the number. Get the number to 0 before the timer runs out to beat the level!   How do I play? To play Not Not, all you need is a mouse, arrow keys on a keyboard, or your finger to swipe (on a tablet or mobile device). When the level begins, you’ll see your stick figure character

This red band is a real pain in the neck.  I have to keep scrolling to get it out of the way and sometimes it sits on top of a game.  I don't know why anyone would have something like this on a web site.  If it is supposed to get our attention, let me assure you the attention is all negative.  Nail the thing down!

I play Outspell everyday, along with other games. Yesterday, I was able to start with the word "BRANDY" for 82 points, but I kept getting the message "Your word should be connected to symbols on the board".  What the heck??? It's the first word of the game!  After multiple tries, I finally just started over. What happened?  This should be fixed, if at all possible.And thank you for all the fun games!!!Lisa

The machines you have to remember take on different positions and configurations in each square. Try assigning a nickname to each machine so that when presented with the machine to match you can remember the nickname to help determine if it matches. For example, use the nickname ‘big orange lower left’ to describe a machine with a big orange button in the lower left portion of the machine. Try Mem Machines today!   For more information, visit AARP® Staying Sharp® and take control of your brain health.

Doesn't happen all the time, just enough to be annoying. However, refreshing the screen fixes it, but I shouldn't have to do that. Anyone else experience this?Browser - Firefox 115.21.0 esr (64-bit)

No scores are being recorded. I can play the game, but no score is returned and it looks like there are no scores at all in the leader board. It's been happening for at least 3 days.