Mind Loft
Arcade · October 9, 2026Oct 9

Blocks

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How to play

Fit the falling shapes together and complete a full row to clear it.

Everyone gets the same shapes in the same order today.
Nine shapes: the seven you know, plus a corner and a plus. The two additions are the two darkest blues.
  1. Move with ← →, rotate with ↑, and hard drop with space on a keyboard or a flick down the well on a phone.
  2. Hold a shape with C to save it for the gap it fits.
  3. Complete a row to clear it, and clear on consecutive shapes to build a combo.
  4. Pause whenever. The board is saved, so you can come back through the day and pick the same run up where you left it.
The knack: It never speeds up. The well is only 16 rows and the drop rate is the same on shape 400 as on shape one, so runs end because of a hole you left three shapes ago, not because your hands gave out.

Scored on ROWS CLEARED, and you can play the day as many times as you like, because Blocks keeps your BEST run rather than your first: your score IS the number of rows you clear, with no ceiling on it, and 15 rows is par for the day. Ties break on FEWEST SHAPES USED, then on time, since the same rows off fewer shapes is the tidier run, and a run that clears nothing ranks on shapes survived instead. The points figure on screen (100, 300, 500 and 800 a line, 1,200 for a quad, plus a combo bonus) is there to play against, not to be scored on. Blocks pays at most 1 IQ point a day however long the run goes and however many runs you play, so nobody can grind their way up the standings: the real competition is today’s leaderboard. Sundays narrow the well from 10 columns to 8.

About Blocks

Blocks is a daily falling-shapes puzzle. Everyone plays the same order of shapes on the same day, so the leaderboard compares decisions rather than luck. There is no speed curve: the drop rate is fixed for the whole run, the well is a short 16 rows, and a run ends when the stack reaches the ceiling.

Your run waits for you. Pause whenever, close the tab, come back after lunch: the board is saved and the same run picks up where you left it. On Sundays the well narrows from ten columns to eight. However long a run goes, Blocks pays at most 1 IQ point a day, so a long sitting cannot buy a place in the standings. The day’s leaderboard is where the run actually counts.

More daily puzzles: Crux, Tally, Etch.

Blocks, in short

How do you play Blocks?

Falling shapes and the same order for everybody. Play as many runs as you like and your best one takes the board. It never speeds up, so a run ends on a hole you left three shapes ago.

Is Blocks free to play?

Yes. Blocks is free to play in your browser on Mind Loft, with no app to install and no account required.

When does a new Blocks puzzle come out?

A new Blocks arrives every day at midnight Eastern time, and Sundays bring the Sunday Edition, the biggest or hardest board of the week.

What kind of puzzle is Blocks?

Blocks is a daily arcade game from Mind Loft: same shapes, same order. Puzzle type: falling blocks, fixed order. It is part of the daily arcade games lineup.

Can I play past Blocks puzzles?

Yes. Every past Blocks board is in the daily puzzle archive, along with the day's standings.

What other daily arcade games does Mind Loft have?

Sweep, Dario and Snake, among others. The Arcade games page lists every one, with a new board for each every day.