creativity

A growing collection of the puzzles that rack my brain and the games that I create to inspire. Follow @thewordpuzzler on instagram for more!

game nights

Online Escape Room

A completely original escape room with over 5,000 plays

Thanksgiving Showdown

Taking your liberties away to make you thankful for having them

Buried Treasure

A classic, selfish quest for buried treasure

The Pandemic Game

A somewhat too soon game night that transcends the zoom experience.

The Original Minute To Win It

The friendship shattering game night that started it all.

puzzles

Paths

Match the people by forming words in all directions

Ladders

Turn the top word into the bottom by changing a letter a time

Forgotten letters

Add the letters to the scrabble grid

Unscramble Grid Puzzles

Taking unscrambles to a whole new level

Marble's voyage

Spell a word as a marble ricochets off letter-lined walls

Mathy Marriage

Match every woman to a man with arithmetic.

standalone puzzles

Deceptive Wordsearch

The wordsearch is just what meets the eye...

Middle Letters

A short, sweet puzzle with just enough to figure out.

Bendy Wordsearch

A fun way to test your knowledge of fruits.

Lollipop Crossword

A crossword like puzzle with a serious twist.

Weird Words

A bit of deduction and decryption.

Interweave

A puzzle where atone works but stone doesn't

Put It All Together

A creative connection of tetris and unscrambling.

Alphabet Wheel

Finishing a sequence from a rarity in words.

Compound Words

Starfish isn't the answer, sadly.

A Hat Riddle

If you like hat riddles, you'll love this.

cooperative games

Same or Different

Given a prompt, can everyone in your group say the same or different response?

Cooperative Wordle

A two player, cooperative twist on wordle.

Find Your Number

Arithmetically build a math sequence to share information

Diamonds

An adaptation of hanabi where players place cards on a diamond shaped grid

Cooperative Bulls and Cows

A cooperative twist on the classic game

Shared Letters

Form words with your letters to share information

competitive games

Hum Charades

Infusing strategy in charades to take it to a whole new level

Rank 'Em

Who knows what their friends like the best?

Team Averages

Sync with your partner or break the other team

Convey

A mix of pictionary, charades, and taboo

Keep And Kill

A two player word game with different goals for each player

crosswords

Above Expectations

Is that a tennis racket?