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Games like LinkedIn Tango

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LinkedIn's Tango gives you one board a day, and once it's done you wait for tomorrow. These are the games that feel most like it, starting with the closest match: the same rules, free, with as many boards as you want.

Tango belongs to an old family of grid puzzles called binary puzzles. You fill a grid with two symbols, keep each row and column balanced, and never let three alike sit in a row. Anything built on that idea will feel familiar. After that come the other daily logic puzzles, where every board has one answer and you never need to guess.

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The alternatives at a glance

The closest game to Tango is Cats & Dogs, which uses Tango's exact rules. Unruly and 0h h1 are free binary puzzles without the = and × signs. Queens and Star Battle are a different kind of daily grid logic.

GameHow it is like TangoWhere and how often
Cats & Dogs Tango's rules with cats and dogs, including the = and × signs. Three boards a day here, plus Endless and every past board
Queens LinkedIn's other grid logic game: one queen per row, column and colour region. Three boards a day here, plus every past board
Star Battle Queens with two stars per line and region. Deeper logic. Four boards a day here, plus every past board
Unruly A binary puzzle in two colours: no three alike, equal counts per line. Free and unlimited in the browser
0h h1 A binary puzzle with red and blue tiles. Free and unlimited on the web
Inkwell Fields Another two-colour grid puzzle, where each field has to match its number. In the Inkwell app; guide and practice boards here
LinkedIn's games Tango, Queens, Zip, Mini Sudoku, Pinpoint and Crossclimb. One of each a day on LinkedIn

1. Cats & Dogs: Tango's rules, unlimited boards

Cats & Dogs is our free daily puzzle with the same rules as Tango. You fill a 6×6 grid with cats and dogs. No three of the same animal can sit side by side, across or down. Every row and column holds three cats and three dogs. An = between two squares means the same animal, and a × means different ones.

Every board has exactly one answer, and you can reach it by logic alone. Our solver checks that before a board goes live. If you get stuck, Hint shows the next logical step and says why it works. There are three new boards every day: easy, medium and hard. It's free in your browser, with no app and no account.

Unlimited Tango: Endless mode

Looking for Tango unlimited? Endless deals a fresh board every time you finish one, at easy, medium or hard. It plays by the same rules as the daily boards, and you can keep going as long as you like. It's free and needs no account.

Every past board, and the answers

Missed a day? The archive keeps every Cats & Dogs board we have released, and all of them are still playable. If a board beat you, the solutions walk through each daily puzzle step by step, with the reason for every move. These are answers to our boards only. We don't publish LinkedIn's daily Tango answer.

2. Games like Tango and Queens

Queens and Star Battle aren't binary puzzles, but they scratch the same itch: a small grid, a few strict rules, and one answer you reach by logic. If you play Tango and Queens together each morning, these are the natural pair to Cats & Dogs.

  • Queens. The puzzle LinkedIn made popular: one queen in every row, column and colour region, and no two touching, not even at a corner. We publish three free boards a day, easy to hard, and every past board stays in the archive.
  • Star Battle. Queens with two stars instead of one in each row, column and region, none touching. That one change makes the logic deeper. Also known as Two Not Touch. Four free boards a day, easy to expert.

For more in that family, see our list of games like Queens.

3. Free binary puzzles elsewhere

These two aren't ours. Both are free, and both use Tango's core rules without the = and × signs, so the starting squares do all the work. The classic paper version of the same puzzle is Takuzu, also called Binairo; we have free daily Takuzu boards too.

  • Unruly. One of the games in Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection, a free and open-source set of logic puzzles. Fill a grid with black and white squares: no three of one colour in a line, and the same number of each in every row and column. It makes a new board whenever you want one, at the size and difficulty you choose.
  • 0h h1. A free binary puzzle game with red and blue tiles. No three of one colour in a row, equal counts in every line, and no two rows or columns the same. It comes in several grid sizes, so it suits a quick break or a longer one.

4. LinkedIn's own games

These are LinkedIn's games, free on LinkedIn, one of each a day. We're not affiliated with LinkedIn.

  • Tango: fill a 6×6 grid with suns and moons, three of each per line, no three alike in a row. Our guide: LinkedIn Tango.
  • Queens: one queen per row, column and colour region, none touching.
  • Zip: draw one line through every cell of the grid, passing the numbers in order. Our guide: LinkedIn Zip.
  • Mini Sudoku: a 6×6 Sudoku.
  • Pinpoint: a word game. Guess the category that links a set of clue words, revealed one at a time.
  • Crossclimb: a word ladder. Answer trivia clues, then put the words in order so each differs from the next by one letter.

5. Tools for Tango players

Not games, but they help you get better at the one you play. The Tango solver takes any 6×6 board you copy in and shows each step with the reason it works. It also tells you when a board was copied in wrong and has no answer, or more than one. The Tango strategy guide covers every move, from two alike side by side to the whole-line logic hard boards need, each shown on a board.

Want more Tango today?

Cats & Dogs has Tango's rules, three free boards a day, and Endless for as many more as you like. No app, no account.

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Games like Tango FAQ

What games are like LinkedIn Tango?

The closest is Cats & Dogs, our free daily puzzle with Tango's exact rules, including the = and × signs. Unruly and 0h h1 are free binary puzzles with the same core rules but no signs. For a different kind of grid logic, try Queens or Star Battle.

Is there an unlimited version of Tango?

LinkedIn gives you one Tango a day. Cats & Dogs Endless plays by the same rules and deals a fresh board every time you finish one, at easy, medium or hard, for as long as you like. It is free and needs no account.

Can I play Tango online for free?

Yes. LinkedIn's Tango is free on LinkedIn, one board a day. Cats & Dogs is free in any browser, on a phone or a computer, with three daily boards, Endless mode and every past board.

What games are like Tango and Queens?

Cats & Dogs covers Tango, and our daily Queens boards cover Queens. You get three free boards a day of each, plus every past board. Star Battle is the step up from Queens, with two stars per row, column and region.

Can I play past Tango puzzles?

LinkedIn serves one new Tango a day. Our Cats & Dogs archive keeps every board we have released, and all of them are still playable for free.

Do you post the LinkedIn Tango answer?

No. We are not affiliated with LinkedIn and do not publish its daily answers. Our solutions page covers our own Cats & Dogs boards, and the Tango solver explains any board you copy in, step by step.

Are these games free?

Yes. Cats & Dogs, Queens and Star Battle are free in your browser with no account. Unruly and 0h h1 are free too, and LinkedIn's games are free on LinkedIn.

TryHard Puzzles is an independent puzzle site and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LinkedIn. Cats & Dogs is our own take on the classic binary puzzle, and every board here is an original of our own making.