Daily practice

Start the clock, then stop it at exactly five seconds, with the readout blanked while it runs so you are working purely from your own sense of time. Within 10ms is a Perfect. Endless practice; the daily target and streaks live at 5secondgame.com.

Sort twelve lettered blocks into real words until none are left, and beat par. A cozy anagram word puzzle. Endless random practice puzzles here, then play today's daily challenge (the same blocks for everyone, worldwide) at spellingblocks.com.

Draw one line that fills the whole grid and threads every numbered dot in order without crossing a wall, a zip-style logic puzzle. Endless random practice puzzles here, then play today's daily challenge (the same puzzle for everyone, worldwide) at thetrailgame.com.

A tiny tower defense puzzle in a toy garden: spend 200 gold on acorn catapults, sprinklers and lighthouses, press Play, and keep five waves of little monsters out of the cottage. Forty practice boards here; the daily board, the same garden for everyone, lives at lastbend.com.

Crack an old bank vault by feel: set four wheels, try the handle, read the lamps. Unlimited practice vaults here; the daily vault, the same combination for everyone, lives at fourtumblers.com.

Trace through touching letters, diagonals included, to hunt words out of a 4x4 grid. Every board is screened so it always holds a good haul, and a rank ladder tracks how much of it you have found. This is the unlimited practice edition; the daily grid, where everyone plays the same board and keeps a streak, lives at wordkraven.com.

Flick playing cards across a lamplit room and into a bowl. This is the unlimited practice edition. Drag back and snap upward: a quick swipe throws harder, a sideways swipe hooks, and wind or a prop can bend the card mid-air. Ten cards a room, scored by card value. The daily room, streaks and stats are at tossingcards.com.

A tiny 5x5 crossword with ten short clues, done in a few minutes. Tap a square and type; the clock stops when every letter is right. This is the unlimited practice edition with a fresh puzzle whenever you want one; the daily puzzle, where everyone gets the same grid and keeps a streak, lives at tinyacross.com.

A grid with a mirror pattern that has pieces missing: drag the right shapes into the gaps to make it whole. Six levels from a 5x5 warm-up to a 10x10 expert board, a tries counter and one hint, as many fresh boards as you like. Today's puzzle, the same for everyone, and your streak are at symmetrygenius.com.

Break out of a wall of neon glass in the unlimited practice edition. Where the ball lands on the paddle decides where it goes, so you steer with the edges, and smashing without letting it come back down climbs a combo that raises the pitch as it goes. Armor, power-ups, multiball and lasers. The daily wall, streaks and stats are at bricksmasher.com.