Everyday
small efficiencies · phone-first
Add the Everyday, Puzzling and Games apps to your home screen — they open like an app
iPhone or iPad. Tap the Share button — the square with an arrow coming out of it — then choose Add to Home Screen. Any browser will do.
Android. Open the app in Chrome, tap the ⋮ menu, then choose Install app. Older versions call it Add to home screen.
It is still just the website — nothing is downloaded, and no app store is involved. You get the icon on your home screen, and the app opens full screen without the address bar.
Technical
deep practice, made usable
Statterbrain Best on desktop
A statistics workbench for type-well curve work: probit analysis, multivariate tools, sequential accumulation, charts you can export. Bring a CSV and a question — and your data never leaves your browser.
Supports the Type-Well Curve Fundamentals course at SAGA Wisdom Watch the videos Six short tours, one per tool
Inspired by That’s Puzzling! on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Magazine, where puzzle master Peter Brown sets the games. Every clue and answer here is original, and Shozbot is not affiliated with CBC.
Common Thread Daily
Three words, and one missing word that pairs with every one of them.
Word association · Lateral thinking
Whittle Daily
Take one letter away at a time to match three clues before the clock runs out.
Quick recall · Working under a clock
Tumble Daily
An anagram game: rearrange the letters to fit the clue, then find a bonus word in the same letters.
Spotting patterns · Quick recall
Stowaway Daily
Two clues, two words: the second is the first with one letter smuggled in.
Word building · Deduction
Soundalike Daily
Two clues, two words that sound the same but are spelled differently.
Sounding words out · Spelling
Switcheroo Daily
Change one letter at a time to climb a three-step word ladder.
Step-by-step thinking · Working under a clock
Three of a Kind Daily
Three words have something in common. Spot what it is.
Lateral thinking · General knowledge
Splice Daily
Two clues, two words, blended into one where they overlap.
Word blending · An ear for sound
Games
a puzzle is exercise · phone-first
Word Square Daily
Fill the grid so every row and every column spells a word. The tray holds exactly the letters you need — no spares. A new grid every day.
Deduction · Spatial reasoning
Word Ninja Daily
Letters fall past you. Drag a finger through them to cut out a word before the clock runs out. A new run every day.
Quick recall · Hand-eye timing
Letter Drop Daily
Start with a five-letter word and drop letters down through shorter and shorter words until one is left. A new word every day.
Spotting patterns · Planning ahead
Fauxcabulary Daily
Ten obscure words with straight-faced definitions. Some of them are invented. Say which. Ten new ones every day.
Word roots · Judging plausibility
Acronumbskull Daily
Ten acronyms and what they supposedly stand for. Some are genuine. Recognising the letters will not save you. Ten new ones every day.
General knowledge · Resisting the obvious
Would You Rather
Press the button and get stuck between two impossible options. Neither of them is the sensible one.
Weighing trade-offs · Knowing your own mind