Puzzle of the day · Oct 14, 2026
Free Daily Word Search Puzzle
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Everyone plays the same grid, with no hints.
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New grid at 00:00 UTC−5 same puzzle for everyone until then
Daily Word Search Challenge: How It Works
The daily word search is one grid a day, the same for every player, played with the clock running and no hints. Finish it and your time goes on the leaderboard above, next to everyone else who solved the same letters today. Tomorrow brings a new grid and an empty board.
A puzzle nobody has seen
Today’s grid is not taken from the categories. It comes from a reserve of 364 puzzles made only for the daily challenge, with no page of their own, so a player who has solved hundreds of puzzles here has no head start over someone who arrived this morning.
When the grid changes
The day rolls over at 00:00 UTC−5, overnight across the United States, so the leaderboard resets while most players sleep, never in the middle of a game.
Keep your streak
Solve any puzzle on the site each day, the daily or any other, and your streak grows by one; miss a day and it starts over. After your first solve, your streak and your record show in the player bar at the top of the page.
Daily word puzzle difficulty by day
| Days | Level | Grid and words |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Wednesday | Easy | 10 × 10, 8 words, no diagonals |
| Thursday and Friday | Medium | 12 × 12, 11 words, one diagonal axis |
| Saturday and Sunday | Hard | 15 × 15, 14 words, all 8 directions |
The daily grids run a size larger than the catalog puzzles of the same level, so a Monday is a little longer than an easy puzzle and a weekend hard grid hides two more words than most hard puzzles. The weekend gets the hardest grid because that is when there is time for it.
Daily Word Search FAQ
What time does the daily word search change?
A new grid starts at midnight UTC−5, which is overnight across the United States. Until then everyone gets the same puzzle, wherever they play from.
Is the daily word search the same for everyone?
Yes. Every player gets the same grid on the same day, with the same words in the same places, so the times on the leaderboard can be compared fairly.
How hard is today's word search?
It depends on the day of the week: easy on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, medium on Thursday and Friday, and hard on Saturday and Sunday.
Can I use hints on the daily puzzle?
No. Hints are switched off on the daily challenge so that every time on the leaderboard was earned under the same rules. The rest of the puzzles on the site keep their hint button.
Have I played today's grid before?
No. The daily puzzle comes from a reserve of 364 grids made only for this challenge. They have no page of their own and never appear in the categories, so nobody can have seen one before its day.