Wordle is a simple but challenging word game that gained a huge following. Built by Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, the game was bought by The New York Times. The object of the game is to guess a five letter word in six attempts. Clues are given along the way as colored tiles. Green means a letter is in the correct place, tan means the letter is in the word but in the wrong place. You get the idea. Click here to play, but be warned. The game is addictive.
Try the Time Perception Test from Arealme.com. Just click a number from the 15 numbers available, and then click again when you think that many seconds has elapsed. Try them all, and the game will give you results. A simple game you'll want to try more than once. Just click here to play.
This game surprised us. Of course, the name and graphics appear silly, but the controls are very friendly, especially on mobile. The graphics are nice, and also, the game is challenging. Who would have known? If you want to give it a try, click here. We originally found this game by using BoringButton.org, but the game is from the site, Vole.wtf.
In this game from the Google Labs and Data Arts team, you are given an object to draw. The neural network then tries to guess what you're drawing. The drawing game was built with machine learning, and if you're not sure what that means, google it! The simple game is really quite addictive. You can read more about it, but you should just play it. To try Quick, Draw! click here or the picture.
The Visual Memory Test from Human Benchmark is addicting. Maybe, it's because we think we did pretty good, until we save our scores, and see how we have done compared to others. You might have a great score right away, though. There's only one way to find out. Just so you'll know, you don't have to click the blocks in sequence, just remember the blocks that light up. The highest level we've seen completed is level 11. Click here to give it a try.
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Coreball is a simple but challenging little game. We found it on Cpstest.org, but you can also find a version on the website, aRealme.com. Simply click the screen to shoot an 'arrow' into the spinning circle without hitting anything but the circle. Just try it and you'll see. Click here to play.
Having problems remembering things? Try this game from Human Benchmark to sharpen up. Number Memory gives you numbers and asks you to remember them. If you can remember the number, you write it, submit, and then you move to the next level and a longer number. It can get addictive. The website also provides a dashboard where you can keep up with your progress with this game, as well as other games available on the site. Click here to play.
Here's a simple fun game to measure your reaction time. The game, Fastball Reaction Time, comes from the Science of Baseball section of the Exploratorium website. If you're not familiar, the Exploratorium is a museum in San Francisco. In addition to their physical space, the museum offers lots of information and activities online. You can check it out here. The Fastball Reaction Time game can become addictive as you try to better your time. Click here to give it a try.
After discovering and playing the games and challenges from the Human Benchmark website, we were surprised to see that a number of YouTubers had also challenged themselves on the site. In fact, some of the most popular YouTubers. PewDiePie, with over a million subscribers gave it a go 4 years ago. Ludwig, a YouTube with over 6 million subscribers challenged himself 3 years ago. Nelson Dellis, a 6 time USA memory champion, also took on the challenge 4 years ago. It's fun to take the challenges, and then watch and see how these others fared. if you would like to see how they came out, click here for PewDiePie, here for Ludwig, and click here for Nelson Dellis. To challenge yourself, click here for the Human Benchmark website.
Be warned. You could get hooked on this game for a while. Try to find the difference in the two paintings, then click on the spot. You'll get a message instantly, telling you if you're right or wrong. The game is from a site called Games for the Brain. The site states, "Play never ending quiz, memory, and brain games." If you like Counterfeit, you might want to try some of their other games. Click here to play.
Be aware! This is an addicting game. Click the Go button once, and you'll end up clicking it over and over again. Draw A Perfect Circle is a game from Neal.Fun. If you enjoy this game, check out some of the other games and activities on the site by clicking Neal.Fun in the upper left hand corner. Click here to play.
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