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How the daily puzzles actually work
PZL games is a small set of original daily puzzles. Each one is built to be finished in a few minutes and then left until tomorrow. These notes are about how the games work: the rules, the feel, and the small decisions that make a day satisfying. Nothing here spoils a solution.
Word puzzles tend to start with 9 Words, Zanagrams, or Word Snake. Logic starts with Sunflowers. If you want a puzzle that is really about other people, Crowdle is the odd one out, and that is the point. Every game below has a new puzzle each day, and yesterday’s is still in the archive.
We are a small team. There is a shorter note about who that is on the About page. If a rule on this blog and the game ever disagree, the game is the one to trust — and we would like to hear about it.
The daily games
9 Words
Nine scrambles, thirty seconds each, and one shuffle when the letters go stale.
Zanagrams
Sixteen letters joined by bridges. Drag a path and the board gets quieter as you find the words.
Middle Word
Two words, ten guesses, and a dictionary in between. Find the word that sits alphabetically in the middle.
Headlines
Three headlines from today’s news, scrambled across the rows. Swap words until each sentence locks.
Sunflowers
A logic garden. Every number counts the flowers around it, and the grid can be solved without a guess.
Word Snake
A letter grid and a skeleton of each word. Drag a connected path that spells it.
Definitions
Three dictionary definitions, mixed together. Swap words until each sentence reads like a dictionary again.
Crowdle
A question we asked ten thousand people. Find the four answers the crowd gave most.
Master puzzles
The same ideas, held for longer.
18 Words
The same sprint as 9 Words, run to eighteen. Same clock, same one shuffle, twice the sitting.
Zanagrams Master
Twenty-five letters and a thicker knot of bridges. The Zanagrams rules, held for longer.
Sunflowers Master
The same counting logic, a tighter garden, and a pencil for the ideas you are not ready to keep.