Sliding Puzzle
Also known as 15 Puzzle, Fifteen Puzzle, Slide Puzzle, Sliding Tiles and Gem Puzzle
The tile puzzle from every childhood pocket: slide the numbered tiles around the one empty space until they are back in order. Every board is shuffled using legal moves only, so every one of them can be solved.
How it works
- Arrange the numbered tiles from left to right, leaving the final space empty.
- Tap a tile directly beside the blank to slide it into the open space.
- Tiles cannot jump, move diagonally, or swap with each other.
- Every shuffle is made from legal moves, so every board is solvable.
The same rules are shown inside the app, on the puzzle’s overview screen — one tap opens the difficulty choice and how to play together, so you never have to go looking for them.
Good if you want…
- Rules you can explain in one sentence
- No reading required
- A quick go at something familiar
Sliding Puzzle in Winters Puzzles
Sliding Puzzle is one of 31 puzzles in Winters Puzzles, so it sits alongside Tessera, Flow, Lattice and everything else in the app rather than being a download of its own. It counts towards your stats and streak like any other puzzle. It is not one of the puzzle types included in Pip’s dailies.
Play Sliding Puzzle.
Free on iPhone and iPad, with 30 other puzzles alongside it. Or play it in your browser — no download, nothing to sign up for.
