wordplay

1 min read 2021-11-20 00:24:56

Rain Boosters: A Puzzly Hashtag Game (Featuring Some Cirrus Punning)

[Image courtesy of Perfect Presents.] You may be familiar with the board game Schmovie or hashtag games on Twitter. For years now, we’ve been

1 min read 2021-11-13 00:04:46

I like puns. Okay, that’s a massive understatement. I adore puns. I happily share them on Facebook every Wednesday in our Wordplay Wednesday

1 min read 2021-11-05 23:02:21

Halloween has come and gone, but the glorious puns remain. That’s right, today we’ve got the answers to our latest edition of the Punderful

1 min read 2021-10-29 23:08:52

Happy Halloween, puzzlers and PuzzleNationers! One of the best things about Halloween is guessing what people’s costumes are. Clever costumes can

1 min read 2021-10-26 23:03:52

Someone recently asked me about my favorite crossword clue, and after mentioning four or five off the top of my head, I cut myself off and tried to

1 min read 2021-10-22 23:18:03

You may be familiar with the board game Schmovie or hashtag games on Twitter. For years now, we’ve been collaborating on puzzle-themed hashtag

1 min read 2021-10-05 23:05:42

In television and movies, there are a lot of different techniques for revealing character traits. While some shows spend time developing their

1 min read 2021-10-01 23:00:21

[Image courtesy of How To With Kristin.] It’s October 1st, and for many folks, it’s the official start of the spookiest of seasons, aka the

1 min read 2021-09-17 19:00:00

Make Your Own LicensePhoto by Amy LVStudents - Every piece of writing has a story, and I love finding out why you write about what you write about

1 min read 2021-09-16 22:58:13

There are loads of ways to hide secret messages in puzzles. The field of cryptography is built around it. Many meta puzzles have a special secret

1 min read 2021-09-10 23:08:55

The Boswords summer crossword tournament has been a highlight of the puzzly calendar for years now, but during the pandemic, they also made a splash

1 min read 2021-09-03 22:53:31

It’s a dynamic, fluid time for crosswords. It feels like we’re on the cusp of a sea change. Women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQIA+

1 min read 2021-08-20 23:02:04

A quick reminder before we start today’s post: Lollapuzzoola is tomorrow, Saturday, August 21st, and you have until midnight Eastern tonight to

1 min read 2021-08-10 01:10:57

For the day that’s in it, a new book spine poem. Bit gloomy, this one. * Touching the Precipice Zero, zero, zero wild flowers, The insect

1 min read 2021-08-04 17:00:00

If you’ve ever taken a closer look at the weird-looking crossword puzzles in a UK newspaper or in the Financial Times, you might think that the