Frequently asked questions

Yes. All puzzles are free and play in the browser. No download, no account.

A new Daily Crossword, Daily Mini and Daily Midi appear every day at midnight in your local time zone.

Yes. On phones and tablets the game shows its own keyboard, so the screen does not jump around while you type.

Tap the selected square again, tap the clue bar above the grid, or press Space on a keyboard.

Check marks wrong letters in red. Reveal fills in the correct letters for a square, a word or the whole puzzle. Revealed squares have a small blue corner.

If you used Reveal or Autocheck, the puzzle is marked as solved with help. It still counts as solved, but not toward your best time.

In your browser on this device (local storage). If you clear site data or switch devices, your progress and stats start fresh.

Solve each day's puzzle on that day to grow your streak. Each puzzle type (Crossword, Mini, Midi) has its own streak. Archive puzzles do not change it.

Yes. Open Reveal → Reset puzzle to clear the grid and restart the timer.

The grids are built by our own construction software from a hand-checked list of everyday English words, and every clue is reviewed for accuracy and fairness before it is published.

Sorry about that! We review clues carefully, but mistakes can slip through. Write to us using the contact details on the About page and we will fix it.