Jigsaw
In Jigsaw you drag the pieces back into place until the picture is whole. Pieces snap when they are close. Free, no install, no sign-up.
In Jigsaw, the picture is cut into pieces and scattered. Drag each piece back to where it belongs — a piece snaps into place when it is close enough — until the whole picture is rebuilt.
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Works offline after the first visit. No install, no sign-up.
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How to play Jigsaw
How to move a piece
Drag a piece anywhere across the board. Pieces that are already correctly placed lock and cannot be dragged back out by accident, so your progress cannot be undone by a stray touch.
Pieces snap when they are near enough
You do not have to hit the exact pixel. Get a piece close to its place and it clicks in, which matters on a phone where finger placement is not precise.
Pick the number of pieces
Fewer pieces for a quick round, more for a longer one. The difficulty comes from the count, so you can choose how much of your time the round takes.
The pictures are drawn by the page, not loaded from anywhere
The images are generated as simple geometric art by the page itself, so there is nothing to download and no third-party image involved. That is also why the pieces are clean shapes rather than a photograph.
No clock and no hints
Nothing counts down, and there are no hints to spend. The only measure is how many pieces are still loose, which is shown alongside the timer.
Jigsaw Tips and Strategy
Edges first, corners second
Edge pieces have one straight side and corners have two, which makes them the only pieces whose position you can identify without reading the picture. Build the frame before anything else: the border fixes the scale and the shape for every loose piece after it. Interior pieces can wait, because they can only go in one place anyway.
Sort by colour, then place
Drop the loose pieces into colour groups before you try to fit any of them. Most of the pictures are simple geometric art with wide bands of flat colour, so two pieces from the same band usually belong next to each other. This turns the board from a search through every piece into a search through one small pile.
Place the odd pieces early
A piece with a distinctive shape or an isolated patch of colour is the hardest one to identify once it is surrounded, and the easiest to identify now. Get those in while most of the board is still empty, then fill the gaps with whatever is left. Pieces snap when they are close, so near enough is genuinely enough.
Jigsaw — Frequently Asked Questions
What if I cannot tell where a piece goes?
Pieces are geometric, so the edges usually give it away — a piece with a flat outer edge belongs on the border. Looking at the corner pieces first is the quickest way in.
Does it snap my pieces into place?
Yes, once a piece is close enough to its correct spot it locks in. It also stops you from accidentally dragging a placed piece back out.
Can I change how many pieces there are?
Yes, the piece count is selectable at the start of a round.
Does it need installing or an account?
No. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer, and no image files are downloaded at all.
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