Free online jigsaw puzzles

Play a proper jigsaw right here in your browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. No adverts, no sign-up, nothing to download. A new puzzle every day, from 6 pieces to 300.

Playing is free, and if you sign in to the Puzzle Club first, every puzzle you finish also earns 10 PuzzlePoints.

About play stats: the game keeps an anonymous summary of each puzzle, such as pieces placed, time played and hints used, so we can see what to improve. It never includes your name, email or account, it stays with us, and it is deleted after 90 days. You can turn it off in the game menu.

Choose a picture, decide how many pieces you would like it cut into, and start. That is all there is to it. Our free online jigsaw puzzles ask nothing of you: no download, no account, no adverts to sit through, which is more than most online jigsaw puzzles can say. Every picture here is the artwork from a real boxed jigsaw in our range, so if you take to one on the screen, the same one can be on your table at home.

How to do a jigsaw puzzle online

  1. Pick a picture from the shelf. Every one is the artwork from a real jigsaw puzzle, so you are choosing a picture you might genuinely want on the table.
  2. Choose how many pieces you would like it cut into, anywhere from six for a few minutes to three hundred for a proper evening.
  3. Drag a piece to where you think it belongs, with a finger on a phone or tablet, or with the mouse on a computer.
  4. When a piece is near its place it clicks in and stays. Two pieces that belong together will click to each other anywhere on the table, and the section you have built then moves as one, the same as it would at home.
  5. Sort the edges to the front if that is how you like to work, glance at the box lid whenever you want it, and take a hint if a piece has you beaten.
  6. When the last piece goes in, the seams fade away and you are left with the picture. If you have taken to it, the real boxed jigsaw is one link away.

Why play jigsaw puzzles online?

Much the same reasons as the boxed sort. A jigsaw is one of the few things left that asks for your whole attention without hurrying you. You look, you sort, you try a piece, you turn it round and try it again. Nothing here is timed unless you ask for a clock, there is no score, and there is no way to lose.

A few things are easier on a screen. Nothing goes under the sofa. You can put it down mid-piece and the table is exactly as you left it. You can do three hundred pieces without giving up the dining table for a fortnight, and you can do one at half past eleven at night without turning the big light on.

The pieces and the buttons are deliberately large and the words on them say what they do, because this is built for people who like a real jigsaw rather than for people who like computer games. And there is one thing you can do here that you cannot do with a boxed puzzle: try before you buy. If a picture holds your interest for three hundred pieces on the screen, it will hold it for a thousand on the table.

Common questions about our free online jigsaw puzzles

Is it really free?

Yes. Every jigsaw here is free to play and there is nothing to pay at any point. We are a jigsaw shop, so we are glad to lend you a table for an hour and hope you think of us when you next want a real puzzle for the house.

Do I need to sign up or download anything?

No. There is no account to create, no email address to hand over and nothing to install. The puzzles run in your web browser, so you can start one straight away and close the page whenever you like.

Are there any adverts?

None. No banners, no pop-ups, and nothing that plays before you are allowed to start. The shop pays for the puzzles, so you do not have to sit through anything to get to them.

Can I play on my phone or tablet?

Yes. The puzzles work on a phone, a tablet, a laptop or a desktop computer, and a piece moves the same way under your finger as it does under the mouse. A larger screen suits the larger piece counts, though a phone is fine for a gentle one.

Are these jigsaws good for adults and older players?

Yes, they are made with grown-ups in mind. The pieces and the buttons are large, the words on the buttons say what they do, and nothing is timed or turned round unless you switch it on. Start with a few pieces and work up, and turn on stronger piece edges if the outlines are hard to see on a busy picture. With nothing to install and no account to make, you can send this page to someone and they can start straight away.

How many pieces can I choose?

You decide before you start, anywhere from six pieces up to three hundred. Six is a couple of minutes with a cup of tea, three hundred is a proper sit-down, and you can play the same picture again at a different size whenever you fancy.

Is there a new jigsaw puzzle every day?

Yes. A new picture comes up each day, so there is always something waiting that you have not done before. Everything else stays where it is, so a puzzle you have already started will not disappear overnight.

Do you save my progress?

Yes. Your puzzle saves itself as you go, so you can leave it half done, go and make the tea, and come back to the table exactly as you left it. It saves on the device you are using, so a puzzle started on the computer will not appear on your phone.

Can I buy the real jigsaw puzzle?

Yes, and that is rather the point. Every picture here is the artwork from a real boxed jigsaw in our range, so a picture you take to on the screen can be the one on your table at home. We are a British jigsaw shop, and there is a link to the box on every puzzle you finish.

When you would rather have the real jigsaw

Every picture you have played here came off our shelves. If one of them has stayed with you, the boxed jigsaw is the same artwork, properly cut, in a box with a lid worth glancing at.