Guide
Daily puzzle and word game sites
Updated 14 November 2026 · 25 sites, each checked the same way
Daily puzzle sites set one challenge a day, the same for everyone, and many people now have a few they play every morning. Word games are the best known, but there are daily puzzles about maps, numbers, films, history and more.
This guide has daily sites first, then word games you can play whenever you like.
Daily puzzles
Arkadium
Arkadium's category page gathering its daily crosswords, word puzzles and solitaire.
Advertising: heavy · works on phones
Chronophoto
A photo-dating game where you guess the year a picture was taken, 1900 to now.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
CleverGoat
A browser hub for new wordplay, grid logic and chess-capture challenges released daily.
Advertising: light · works on phones
Contexto
A daily word-guessing game that ranks each guess by how close it is in meaning.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Costcodle
A daily price-guessing game built around Costco products, with two modes and archives.
Advertising: light · no account needed · works on phones
Globle
A daily geography puzzle where you find a hidden country on a colour-coded globe.
Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones
Merriam-Webster Games
Daily word puzzles, crosswords and vocabulary quizzes from the dictionary publisher.
Advertising: heavy · works on phones
New York Times Games
The New York Times' daily crosswords with Wordle, Connections and other word puzzles.
Advertising: heavy · works on phones
Octordle
A daily word puzzle where eight five-letter words are solved at the same time.
Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones
Puzzmo
A daily line-up of crosswords, word games, logic puzzles and card games.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Semantle
A daily word puzzle where guesses are scored by closeness in meaning, not spelling.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
The Guardian Crosswords
The Guardian newspaper's crossword section, with daily quick, cryptic and themed puzzles.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Waffle
A daily letter-swapping word grid, with sister word and number puzzles.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Worldle
Daily geography puzzle: identify a country or territory from its outline in six guesses.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Word games any time
Bludle
A UK-made collection of daily word, colour, logic and reaction games.
Advertising: light · no account needed · works on phones
CNN Games
A small set of daily word, number and picture puzzles from the CNN news site.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Coolmath Games
Large catalogue of logic, maths, skill and strategy games playable in the browser.
Advertising: moderate · works on phones
Drawasaurus
Pictionary-style sketch and guess game with public and private rooms.
Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones
Five Minute GameMade by the directory owner
Short browser games plus a daily set of five puzzles, with original word and logic games.
Advertising: no ads detected · no account needed · works on phones
Games for the Brain
A long-running set of small brain, memory and quiz games made largely by one developer.
Advertising: moderate · no account needed · works on phones
JKLM.FUN
Browser party games such as BombParty and PopSauce, played in public or private rooms.
Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones
National Geographic Kids Games
Nature and science themed quizzes, puzzles and simple action games for children.
Advertising: light · no account needed · works on phones
Pogo
Long-running Electronic Arts site of word, card, solitaire, puzzle and board games.
Advertising: no ads detected · works on phones
skribbl.io
An online drawing and guessing game played in rounds with friends or strangers.
Advertising: heavy · no account needed · works on phones
Sporcle
Long-running trivia site with user-made quizzes on many topics and daily word games.
Advertising: heavy · works on phones
How to choose
- Decide whether you want one puzzle a day or something you can play as often as you like.
- If you play daily, check whether the site keeps an archive of past puzzles.
- Some daily sites keep your streak only if you sign in; others store it in your browser.
- Newspaper and publisher sites often carry more advertising than independent ones.
Questions
- Why does everyone get the same puzzle?
- That's the point of a daily game: everyone plays the same one, so you can compare results with friends.
- Can I play yesterday's puzzle?
- It depends on the site. Many keep an archive; some only ever show today's.