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Your Daily Word Search Puzzle

A fresh themed puzzle every day. Find every hidden word, keep your streak alive and unlock achievements. Free, no sign-up.

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New Puzzle Every Day
A new themed grid lands every midnight UTC. Animals, science, food, travel - tomorrow's theme is anyone's guess.
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3 Difficulty Levels
Start on Easy, step up to Medium (partial hints), then take on Hard (no hints at all). Each level opens up when you clear the one before.
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Streaks & Achievements
Play daily to keep the streak ticking and unlock nine achievements - from First Steps right up to Word Legend at 100 days.
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Free & No Sign-Up
Browser only. No account, no downloads, no cost. Your progress saves itself behind the scenes.
How to Play
  1. 1
    Words hide horizontally, vertically and diagonally in the grid.
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    Tap the first letter and drag to the last letter to mark a word.
  3. 3
    Find every word on the list to finish the puzzle. Use hints if you get properly stuck.
Tips for Finding Words Faster

Start by scanning for the oddities - Q, X and Z stand out like sore thumbs.

Cover all eight directions: forwards, backwards and every diagonal.

Watch for word beginnings and endings - common prefixes and suffixes catch the eye.

For Every Age

🧒 Kids: practise spelling and pick up new vocabulary while enjoying themselves.
🧑 Adults: a quick breather that keeps the mind ticking over nicely.
👴 Older players: gentle cognitive exercise at your own pace - attention and pattern recognition both get a workout.
📖 🎯 Rules & Tips

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes - completely free. No sign-up, no hidden fees. Open the page and crack on.

A fresh themed puzzle lands every midnight UTC. You can also replay earlier puzzles from the Archive.

Three of them: Easy (full hints), Medium (first and last letters only), and Hard (no hints at all). Finish one level and the next unlocks.

Yes, absolutely. The grid is fully responsive - tap and drag works the same on phones, tablets and desktops.

Finish at least one puzzle each day and your streak keeps ticking. Seven days earns On Fire, thirty earns Dedicated, and a hundred earns Word Legend.

Yes - open the Archive from the menu and browse any previous day's puzzle.

🎮 Our Games

Five daily puzzles, all in British English. Which one fancies a go today?

Free daily mini crossword puzzle - a compact grid with across and down clues ready to solve in the browser.

Mini Crossword

A free daily mini crossword - no paywall, no account required. A fresh grid with clever across and down clues every morning.

✏️ Play Mini Crossword ✏️ Mini Crossword Guide
Screenshot of the Hive word game showing a hexagonal honeycomb of seven letters. Players build words that always include the centre letter.

Hive (Spelling Bee)

Build as many words as you can from 7 honeycomb letters. The middle letter must appear in every word - and somewhere in there is a pangram that uses the lot.

🐝 Play Spelling Bee 🐝 Hive Guide
Wordle game board with a 5x6 grid. Green, yellow and grey tiles give clues as players hunt the hidden 5-letter word.

Wordle

Unlimited

Six goes to crack a secret five-letter word. After each guess the tiles change colour: green for right letter right spot, yellow for right letter wrong spot.

🎯 Play Wordle ♾️ Play Wordle Unlimited 🎯 Wordle Guide
Free daily hangman word game - players pick letters one at a time before the stick figure is finished off.

Hangman

The classic word-guessing game. A fresh mystery word every day - pick letters one by one before the stick figure is finished off. Free, no account needed.

💀 Play Hangman 💀 Hangman Guide