Memory Pairs
Memory Pairs puts sixteen covered tiles on the board. Underneath are eight pairs of pictures, and the job is to find which two belong together. There is no clock running, so you can take a moment before choosing your next tile.
The tricky part is keeping track of a picture after it disappears. A wrong guess can still be useful if you remember both positions. The move count matters more than how quickly you tap.
How Memory Pairs works
Turn over two different tiles to make one move. If the pictures match, both tiles stay open and cannot be selected again. If they do not match, they turn back over after a short pause.
Find all eight pairs to finish the board. The result shows how many moves you used. Eight moves is the lowest possible total, but reaching it on an unseen board would need lucky guesses.
Each new round shuffles the pictures. Positions from the previous round will not help you with the next one.
Controls
Click or tap Start to deal the tiles. Then click or tap one covered tile, followed by a second one.
Wait for a mismatched pair to close before selecting more tiles. Tapping the same tile twice does not count as a move.
After clearing the board, use Play again for a fresh shuffle.
Tips
Work through the board in a simple order, such as one row at a time. Jumping around makes it harder to remember where a picture was.
When you uncover a picture you have seen before, try its known partner instead of opening another random tile. If you cannot remember the position, slow down and use the rows and columns as landmarks.
Look at both pictures during a mismatch. It is tempting to dismiss a wrong pair straight away, but those two positions may save a move later.
Notes from playing it
There is no score penalty for taking longer to think. Only pairs of selections increase the move count, so quick tapping has no advantage here.
The board uses pictures rather than written names, and the controls are the same on a phone and a computer. On a smaller screen, check the tile before tapping so you do not reveal its neighbour by mistake.
A fresh shuffle changes the difficulty of a round. Compare the choices you made rather than treating one lucky result as a reliable measure of memory.