Daily Parseword

About the daily Parseword puzzle

The daily Parseword puzzle posts a brand-new cryptic-style clue every day at midnight UTC — one clue, shared by everyone who plays that day. Split it into its definition and its wordplay, then fold the wordplay down one transform at a time — an anagram, a reversal, a hidden word, and so on — tapping the highlighted tiles and choosing the correct result at each step. When a single fragment remains and it matches the definition, the puzzle is solved. Finishing today's clue keeps your solving streak alive; miss a day and it resets, so today's puzzle is the one that counts.

Only today's clue extends the streak, but nothing here is ever locked away: browse the archive to replay any past day's puzzle, or work through the strategy guide for habits — like learning the indicator words that flag an anagram or a reversal — that make the wordplay click faster. Once today's clue is solved, the numbered puzzle library and unlimited mode are there whenever you want another round before tomorrow's puzzle arrives.