Daily puzzles built for classrooms and libraries
A morning warm-up that runs itself — ten free puzzles, a fresh set every day, no accounts and no student data.
Every day at midnight Eastern, DailyGrid publishes a fresh set of ten puzzles — the same set for everyone, free, in any browser. No accounts, no sign-ups, no app to install: students open the page and play. That makes it a bell-ringer that needs zero setup from you, on Chromebooks, tablets, library terminals, or a smartboard.
The week is already planned
The set rotates difficulty across the week, so the routine plans itself:
- Monday & Tuesday (easy days): start with the Mini Crossword or Word Search — quick wins that wake up vocabulary.
- Wednesday & Thursday (medium days): Sudoku (Grid) or the Cryptogram — deduction and pattern work in about five minutes.
- Friday to Sunday (hard days): Kakuro, Slitherlink, or Hashi for students who finish early and want a real stretch.
Finish all ten in a day and that's a Perfect Day — a natural class goal for a Friday. Missed a day? Past sets stay playable in the archive, so Monday's puzzles are still there on Tuesday.
Which game builds which skill
- Grid (Sudoku)Logic and deduction
- KakuroMental addition, number bonds
- Mini CrosswordVocabulary, general knowledge
- Word LadderSpelling, word families
- Cipher (cryptogram)Pattern recognition, letter frequency
- Pixel (nonogram)Spatial reasoning
- HashiPlanning, constraint logic
- SlitherlinkSystematic deduction
- MinesweeperProbability, careful inference
- Word SearchWord recognition, scanning (kindest to younger readers)
For libraries and school websites
DailyGrid can be embedded on your page — one small widget, a fresh puzzle every day, playable without leaving your site. See the embed/partner page for the snippet and options. Linking is always welcome too.
Honest limits
No teacher dashboard — with no accounts, there's no per-student tracking, and we think that's the right trade for student privacy. No printable worksheets; it's browser play only. The interface is available in Spanish and six games are fully language-independent; the four word games currently serve English content. What we collect (and don't) is spelled out on the privacy page.
FAQ
Is it really free for a whole class?
Yes. The daily puzzles are free. Always. No site license, no per-student fee, no trial clock.
Do students need accounts or emails?
No. There are no accounts at all — nobody types a name or an email address to play. See the privacy page for exactly what that means.
Can we use it on a school network?
If your network can open a normal website, yes. There's nothing to install and no app store involved.
What ages fit?
Word Search and the easy-day sets suit upper elementary; the full ten, especially hard days, suit middle school and up. Teachers know their classes — the difficulty rotation lets you pick the day's level.
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