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Crossword Nook

Pull up a chair and fill the grid.

A daily crossword with clever clues, hints that explain the answer instead of just giving it away, and hand-drawn themes like a rainy café and a fireside library.

Solve the Daily Nook each morning. When you want more, Wander mode has puzzles from a 5×5 Mini up to a full grid. It works offline, on every device.

Coming Fall 2026

  • iOS
  • iPadOS
  • Apple TV
  • Android
  • Google TV
  • Fire TV
  • Amazon Fire
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Steam
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Crossword NookComing Fall 2026
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A cozy lamplit reading nook on a rainy night — a crossword grid resting on the table beside a steaming mug and stacked books, with rain streaking the window over a glowing city.

Themes

Every theme is a room to solve in.

Crossword Nook opens in the Rainy Café, the first of its hand-drawn themes. Each theme changes the tiles, the lighting, the background sounds, and the music.

The daily puzzle

A fresh grid every morning.

Open the app and today's Daily Nook is ready. A new grid arrives at midnight, your streak carries over, and yesterday's puzzle is one tap away in the archive. There's no setup screen and no nagging.

The Rainy Café daily view — an arched window streaked with rain, a warm mug on the sill, plants and candlelit shelves glowing in the café beyond.
Rainy Café

Rain outside, warm light inside.

The first theme is a café on a wet night: rain on the window, warm light, and a low hum in the background. The tiles have a faint sheen of raindrops, and a wisp of coffee steam rises when you finish a word.

The Rainy Café theme — a dark-wood table by a rain-streaked window glowing with city bokeh, a hanging lamp and a leafy plant in the warm gloom.
More themes

Each theme changes the whole room.

Cozy Library, Neon City, Paper Garden, Snowy Cabin, and Vintage Train arrive after launch. Each one changes the colors, the particles, the animation, and the music. The grid stays the same.

The Cozy Library theme — a fire in the hearth, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, a leather wingback chair and a brass reading lamp.
The dry one

Yes, there is a Very Serious Grid Room.

Mahogany, leather chairs, a grid on the wall, and a ticking clock. Finish a puzzle here and you get one neat ink underline instead of confetti. The jokes are in the clues. The room keeps a straight face.

The Very Serious Grid Room theme — an architect's lamp lighting a wooden desk stacked with books, a framed crossword grid on the wall above.

Daily habits

A daily habit, minus the guilt.

No nagging notifications. The puzzle waits until you're ready.

Daily NookA new grid at midnight

Your streak is tracked, and you get one grace day each week, so a single missed day doesn't break it.

WanderMini to full size, any time

Extra puzzles in any size, from a 5×5 Mini up to a full grid, ready in under a second.

Hints that explainAs many as you like

Hints come in steps: a nudge, then the technique, then the reasoning. You only see them when you ask.

Works offlineNo account needed

Solve a full day of puzzles with no connection. Your progress is saved on your device.

Studio updates

No date yet. We're on it.

We'll announce a release date once we have one we can keep. Leave your email and you'll hear first, plus the occasional update on our other games.

One confirmation email now. After that, we only write when something actually happens.