Play Jigsaw Puzzles with Friends Online

Choose public or private before you invite

On the Puzzle Party page, Quick play joins a public table when one fits your choice, or opens a new one. Public tables are cooperative: everyone contributes to one finished picture and the group can set a time on the public leaderboard. People browsing the library can find and join those open tables.

Play with friends creates a private lobby and gives you a room code to send directly. Private tables do not appear in the public lobby list or puzzle high scores. The host can choose Free for All or Teams. If the picture is a personal upload, make a private table for it rather than expecting it to appear in the public library.

A simple setup for a group call

1. Have one person open Puzzle Party, choose a picture and create the room. Send the full invite link in your group chat; the short code also works.
2. Let everyone join in a browser on a phone, tablet or computer. The lobby shows who is present. No one needs to download an app or make an account.
3. The host chooses 24–1,000 pieces, optional rotation and the number of full-picture views each player gets. Start small for a first game. Save a bigger board for a group that wants a longer shared project.
4. For a private match, choose Free for All to reward individual placements or Teams to share points. Teams are assigned in the lobby, and the host can shuffle them before starting.
5. Keep your call open for conversation, or use the puzzle’s chat. Agree on one easy goal, such as completing the frame first.

Give every friend a useful job

Everyone sees the same board and can take any free piece. A quick division of attention works better than assigning permanent ownership: one person tackles corners, another looks for a strong colour, and someone else fills a distinctive object. Edges only finds frame pieces, while Find pieces highlights what remains when the board gets busy. For a 600-piece or larger puzzle, use Center board after panning to a tray so nobody loses the picture.

Two people cannot drag the same piece at once. A held piece is locked briefly to its player, then releases after ten seconds. Correct placements snap in permanently. That means a late arrival can join an active puzzle and contribute immediately if a seat remains free.

Make the scoring feel fair

In Free for All, each correctly placed piece earns one point for the person who placed it. In Teams, that point also contributes to their team. A friend who joins after the start enters with zero points and, in Teams, receives an existing team. Reconnecting to the same room keeps a player’s earlier score and team. The shared board still completes only once: the puzzle ends when the last piece is placed.

If your group wants a time challenge rather than a winner, use a public cooperative table. The puzzle rankings compare matching pictures and settings, so a small easy board is not placed against a rotating 1,000-piece board.

If a friend cannot get in

Ask them to paste the full invite link or enter the exact code. Check whether the table has eight people online or the host has turned on Close new joins. Finished and expired rooms cannot accept new players; the host can start another puzzle and share its new code. The host can also remove someone who is disrupting the shared board.