Your happy little puzzle place
Make a little
room for play.
An idea, a few words, a little fun. Make a puzzle for your group, someone you love, or just because.
Already set up? You're ready to play. First time here?
- Nine ways to play
- An answer key with every puzzle
- Yours to print, save & share
Something for every kind of puzzler
What sounds like fun?
Find a familiar favorite or try a little twist. All nine are waiting inside PuzzleLab.
- Word Search
A little hide-and-seek with words in a letter grid.
- Matching
Find the perfect pair: each word and its meaning.
- Word Scramble
Give those jumbled letters a little untangling.
- Scramble + Clues
A word scramble with a helpful hint along the way.
- Fill-In
Follow the clues and find the missing words.
- Cryptogram
Uncover a secret phrase, one letter at a time.
- Cipher Challenge
Shift the alphabet and discover the message.
- Crossword
A classic mix of clever clues and crossing words.
- Coded Words
Match numbers to letters and bring the grid to life.
From an idea to a little delight
Your next puzzle starts with you.
Pick your kind of fun
Open PuzzleLab and choose a puzzle. Enter a theme in your own words, or explore your library's themes and associations.
Make it yours
Review the suggested words or phrase. Keep the ones you like, change your choices, and give your puzzle a title.
Print & enjoy
Create your puzzle and its answer key. Preview each, adjust the format if you like, and print. Saving a PDF is optional.
A fresh puzzle. A little shared joy.
Bring your idea. We'll help you turn it into something to play.
First time on this computer?
A one-time setup, then an easy daily hello.
Install your approved private PuzzleLab package once on your Windows computer. Activated Microsoft desktop Excel is required; Excel on the web won't run the puzzle generators.
Setup adds a PuzzleLab desktop shortcut and automatic startup when you sign in. After that, return to this page and choose Open PuzzleLab on this computer. If it doesn't open, use the PuzzleLab desktop shortcut to start it.
Your puzzles are made on the computer you're using. There is nothing to download each day.
How your library is protected
The public page is the doorway—not the generator. Puzzle creation runs through the certified Excel generators on your computer, using the exact library choices you review.
Your protected generators, word and phrase libraries, and stable IDs stay in the private installation. No public-web candidate discovery runs on this page, and it sends no theme or puzzle request to an outside content service.
Install the same approved library release on each authorized computer, and keep library changes in your controlled update process.