Dots and Boxes

Forty lines and sixteen boxes on a 5×5 dot grid; closing a box earns a bonus turn.

Forty lines, sixteen boxes, one deadly third side. Play Dots and Boxes with a friend over one link — no download or account.

How to play

A move joins two orthogonally adjacent dots on a 5×5 field — 40 lines in all.
Whoever draws the fourth side of a box takes it and immediately moves once more.
One line can close two boxes at the same time and awards both, still with only one extra turn.
More boxes wins after all 40 lines are drawn; 8–8 is a draw.

Click or tap between two adjacent dots to draw a line. Works with mouse in browser.

Click or tap between two adjacent dots to draw a line. Touch controls scale to mobile screens.

Enable JavaScript to play. Choose Invite friend and share the room link to play on separate devices.

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