Last updated on March 20th, 2024 at 02:27 am
If you are a fan of playing online games in your free time and tired of searching for a good website with the best games, this article is for you. AARP Games is a website that allows users to play their favorite games online. The website keeps users updated about the latest news and trends in the world of gaming. Playing such games can help relieve your mind of all the stress and anxiety.
This article will discuss the AARP website’s key features and the best games it offers. So stay tuned as we explore this website!
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What are AARP Games?
AARP stands for the American Association of Retired Persons, a nonprofit organization offering health guides and tips, work and job, social security, medicare, travel, and even games. Here, our primary focus will be on AARP Games, an online platform with various games, irrespective of gender.
Features What We Like
- Free games and require no membership.
- Specially designed for adults to keep their minds active.
- Multiple games to play.
- Connect with other people online.
- Build your vocabulary.
- Relieves your stress.
What We Don’t Like
- Glitches or lagging While gaming.
- Advertisements during the game.
- Tiny text display size.
What Are the Top 13 Free AARP Games
Although some games are only available for members of this site, you can still access many games that do not require payment and membership. A list of the top 13 free AARP Games and their method of playing is given below.
1. Solitaire
This game is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. The goal of this game is to create four foundation piles of cards of hearts (red), diamonds (red), spades (black), and clubs (black), each in ascending order from Ace to King.
Before starting the game, the cards are arranged in 7 piles: the first pile has 1 card, the second pile has 2 cards, and so on, until the seventh pile has 7 cards. The top cards of each pile are placed face up, and all cards below them are faced down. The remaining cards will be the deck from which you’ll pick up the cards to form the piles in ascending order, so start looking for aces first. Keep flipping over the cards from the deck until you find the required cards, or you can’t make any more moves.
The primary benefit of this game is that it increases a person’s ability to focus and think since you have to play logically and strategically. The main drawback of this game is that it leads a person to isolation as it is just a 1 player game, so the player tends to be cut off from others for extended periods.
2. 8 ball pool
Playing an 8-ball pool online is one of the best and most entertaining ways to spend your free time. The 8-ball pool table is rectangular and has 6 holes known as pockets for the players to aim the balls in.
Fifteen balls (7 solids, 7 stripes, and 1 cue ball) are placed in the middle of the pool table. The players are assigned solid or striped balls. The players aim their shots at their set balls, trying to pocket them into any possible holes. The players get alternate turns, and the winner of the game is the one who steals all his balls and the cue ball before the other player.
This game’s key benefit is improving hand-eye coordination and concentration. In my view, a significant drawback is that it consumes a lot of your time and also leads to frustration if you see your opponent winning and still haven’t pocketed any balls.
3. Sudoku
In Sudoku, you must fill a 9 x 9 grid of squares and a subgrid of 3 x 3 with numbers from 1 to 9 without repetition. You have to make sure no same number occurs twice in the same column or row or even the same subgrid. You are given a few numbers already to begin with.
Start with a column, row, or subgrid that is partially filled and keep filling until you have 9 rows, columns, and subgrids of different numbers each.
A vital benefit of this game is that it instantly boosts your mood as you continue to solve puzzle after puzzle once you get a hold of the game. A drawback of this game is that it causes pain in the head and eyes due to continuous staring at small numbers and grids.
4. Daily Crossword
In the AARP crossword, you are given a grid of 15 x 15 squares and a few clues to form words horizontally (Across) and Vertically (Down). With the clues’ help, you must figure out the words and type them in their respective squares. You have to complete the entire crossword in a minimum amount of time.
In my opinion, crossword puzzles significantly increase a person’s vocabulary, adding many new words to your mind’s dictionary. A drawback of this game is that many words can have the same meaning, which makes you unsure of the correct word.
5. Daily Word Search
This game gives you a 10 x 10 grid containing random alphabets in each square. On the left of the grid, you are given 15 words to look for in the given grid. The words can be found horizontally, vertically, diagonally, and even backward. All you have to do is find all the words and score higher as you keep seeing.
The best thing about this game is that it is suitable for people of all ages, but a drawback is that you become bored of the game very quickly as it has no variety, and it’s typically the same thing you must keep on doing.
6. 10 x 10
As the game’s name suggests, you are given an empty 10 x 10 grid. As you start the game, you are given blocks of different shapes and sizes to keep placing on the grid until you have a complete row or column of blocks.
The best part about this game is that it requires strategy and thinking logically since the shapes are of varying lengths and shapes. The game is repetitive, and it gets frustrating after some time.
7. Chess
Chess is a 2 player game, and on AARP, you play this game against the computer. The game is a board of 8 by 8 squares on which a player’s pieces are placed already. Both the players have to try to move their pieces in such a way as to avoid getting their pieces killed until they have reached their king piece on the other side of the board without getting caught.
The best part about the game is that it increases competition and leads you to play more carefully to win the game at any cost. Although the game may develop a sense of perfectionism in you that leads to anxiety in case you lose the game.
8. Ballistic
To play Ballistic, you have to aim and shoot a ball across the screen so that it hits the numbers given in cubes randomly at the top. As you keep shooting the numbers, you keep scoring. The screen with the numbers keeps moving downwards as you proceed, so you lose the game if you fail to hit any number that reaches the bottom of the screen.
The best part about this game is that it is a fun way to kill time and enjoy some time alone. The game causes the mind to act differently, staring at the colorful screen and shooting balls, which can sometimes be frustrating.
9. Bubble Shooter
To win at Bubble Shooter, all you have to do is shoot bubbles to clear the screen of all the bubbles by making groups of the same color of bubbles. The group should be of 3 or more than 3 bubbles for you to make them disappear.
Bubble Shooter is the best stress reliever, and it doesn’t even take up a lot of your time as it is a fast-moving game. However, a bad thing about the game is that you can get addicted to it.
10. Jigsaw
In a jigsaw, you must first select your difficulty level among the 3 options: Easy, Normal, and Expert. On the screen board, you are given lots of puzzle pieces scrambled on the entire board. You must figure out what the puzzle will turn into by attaching the correct fragments until you’re left with zero pieces and have formed a picture.
According to my experience, this game enhances your memory to a great extent. A drawback of playing jigsaw is that you can develop eye strain by staring at the small puzzle pieces for long periods.
11. Mahjongg Candy
In Mahjongg Candy, you must tap two matching tiles to remove them from the screen. You can only tap or remove tiles that are not blocked by others. An unblocked tile means it has one open edge, right or left, and is not underneath another. You are given 5 minutes to clear the screen of all the tiles.
This game promotes mindfulness as it interests the player paying close attention to the tiles. It is next to impossible to clear the entire screen in the given time, which leads to frustration.
12. Scramble words
In this game, you are given a few scrambled letters to unscramble and make words according to the grid tiles above. You must unscramble the letters and form words in the allotted time, or you’ll lose the level.
Scrambling words increases your vocabulary and your ability to form different words from a few specific letters. However, a drawback is that you might not be familiar with some words, so you’ll be unable to pronounce them, causing you to lose the game.
13. Blockable
Blockades allow you to play the game with or without the timer. In this game, you will reveal a final answer or solution by looking at the given clues and typing the answer next to the clue.
The excitement level in this game hits differently as the players become curious to figure out what the level will reveal. However, a few clues are tricky to figure out, and you can only come up with the solution by getting help from the internet or another person.
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