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Toon Blast is a popular game developed
         by Peak in which you solve puzzles to
         unlock new levels. However, each level has
         limited moves, and you lose a life if you
         run out of them. On the upside, you get up
         to five free lives—one free life every thirty
         minutes. Other exciting games on Peak are
         Smurfs’ Village, Kitchen Scramble, War of
         Nations, and Words of Wonder. You can
         download Peak on Google Play and the
         App Store.


         Wordle








                                                            state of mind in which we are completely
                                                            engaged in an activity.”
                                                             Dr Emer MacSweeney, CEO and
                                                            consultant neuroradiologist at Re:
                                                            Cognition Health, told the publication:
                                                            “Keeping the brain and mind active is
                                                            hugely important for all stages of life,
                                                            maintaining cognitive function, promoting
                                                            mental agility and supporting overall
                                                            wellbeing.”
         Unlike the apps mentioned above, Wordle             According to Phototutorial stats, Wordle
         is an individual game in which you get six         has around 3 million players worldwide.
         attempts to guess a new five-letter word           This shows that many people enjoy this
         daily. As you input letters into the grid, the     daily activity. The apps can be downloaded
         tiles change colour: grey signifies the letter     from the Google Play Store or App Store.
         is absent from the word, yellow indicates
         the letter is present but in the wrong
         position, and green means the letter is both
         present and correctly placed.
          Wordle is the perfect mini-workout for
         the brain, especially if you like building
         words and problem-solving games. Dr
         Sandi Mann, a senior psychology lecturer
         at the University of Central Lancashire,
         told the Independent, “Wordle can help
         us to achieve ‘psychological flow. This is a


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