Engage your readers with locally relevant puzzles
Create puzzles from your news articles and local stories, while giving local businesses a creative, brand-safe way to advertise.
Trusted by local publishers across the USA
3 Steps for A Successful Puzzle Strategy
1. Create
Use our built-in puzzle library, or create puzzles yourself with AI help on topics your readers love.
2. Publish
Embed it on your site (WordPress, Wix, Ghost, Blox, or any other CMS), share it in your newsletters and social channels.
3. Monetize
Offer local businesses an ad placement or sponsorship on your puzzles. Deliver engagement duration few articles can match.
Get Started in Minutes
New puzzles daily, no setup required
Create puzzles with AI, pick from our puzzle library or start from scratch. Schedule them all at once. PuzzleMe publishes automatically while you stay focused on journalism.
Habits that turn visitors into members
When readers play your game that have a local flavor and shared experience of their locality, every morning, they feel part of the community. PuzzleMe's curated puzzles will get your audience to come back everyday.
Deep engagement metrics
Average time on puzzle page: 8+ minutes. Traditional banner ads can never compete with these engagement numbers. Show local business engagement that your puzzles get.
Perfect complement to the news
Add a playful and fun element to your website. Reduce news fatigue, diversify your content and give your audience something pleasurable to look forward to, and to share with their friends and family.
Publishers Love Working With Us
Scientific American Launches Games: A Conversation with Sarah Lewin Frasier
Scientific American recently launched SciAm Games, their brand new games offering with a variety of puzzles, including crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, Spellments, and more. Sarah Lewin Frasier is the Assistant News Editor at Scientific American. We spoke with her about SciAm's motivation behind launching games, long-term plans, and much more. Here’s a lightly edited transcript of ... Read more
How TAPinto Uses Games to Boost Local News Engagement
Nishant: This year we're looking forward to having a lot of these conversations with people in the media industry and talking about games and publishing. Particularly with you, I'd love to explore the local news angle. Could you start by giving us some background about TAPinto? Michael: Yeah, that sounds great. I started TAPinto 16 ... Read more
What Can Games Do for The Boston Globe? A Conversation with Daniel King
A conversation with Daniel King
Built for small newsroom workflows
AI Puzzle Creation
Create locally relevant puzzles from your articles in minutes.
Puzzle Feed
Pick ready-made puzzles from our library to supplement your locally-created puzzles.
Bulk Scheduling
Schedule puzzles for days, weeks, or months in advance.
On Brand
Customize puzzles to match your brand with custom fonts, colors, and messaging.
Try the PuzzleMe Interface
Explore PuzzleMe Plans
Core features include:
Personal Use Only
Unlimited Games
Embed on Website
per month
All Free features, plus:
Commercial Use
Collect Emails
Media Upload
per month
All Plus features, plus:
Player Streaks
Staff Users
Custom Fonts
per month onwards
All Pro features, plus:
Account Manager
Custom Game Formats
Enterprise SLA
Core features include:
Personal Use Only
Unlimited Games
Embed on Website
per month, billed annually
All Free features, plus:
Commercial Use
Collect Emails
Media Upload
per month, billed annually
All Plus features, plus:
Player Streaks
Staff Users
Custom Fonts
per month onwards
All Pro features, plus:
Account Manager
Custom Game Formats
Enterprise SLA
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, absolutely. PuzzleMe is designed for lean teams. Use AI to create puzzles from your articles or choose content from our library, and schedule a whole month of puzzles in one sitting. Most local publishers dedicate just 1 hour per week to run their entire puzzle program — no puzzle editor, no specialized skills needed.
Most publishers approach local businesses. Hardware stores, realtors, restaurants, banks, etc. with an ad placement offer on the daily puzzle page. Their brand gets visibility in front of engaged local readers spending 10+ minutes on the page, every day. PuzzleMe provides an analytics dashboard for game play data like total plays and engagement time that you can share with your sponsors. You can also offer branded puzzles built around your advertiser’s products, and built-in lead generation features to capture reader emails on their behalf.
Yes. PuzzleMe has built-in lead generation features. You can prompt readers to enter their name and email before playing the puzzle. This is a really effective way to grow your newsletter list. Your advertisers can also use this to generate leads directly from sponsored puzzles. You can also run a contest and give away prizes to winners.
Yes. Build a CMS page behind your paywall and embed the puzzle there. PuzzleMe ensures the game is only accessible from your authenticated pages, making it a compelling subscriber-only perk that gives paying readers a tangible daily reason to stay subscribed.
PuzzleMe games embed via a simple iframe code that works on virtually any CMS — WordPress, Newspack, Blox CMS, TownNews, proprietary platforms, Wix, Squarespace, and Webflow. If your site can render a web page, it can run PuzzleMe. If you’re unsure about your specific setup, reach out and we’ll confirm before you commit to anything.
Yes, you can easily embed PuzzleMe games across multiple publications using the same account and setup. Manage everything from a single dashboard and run games seamlessly across all your sites. For example, Lookout Santa Cruz and Lookout Eugene-Springfield both run games using a single, centrally managed PuzzleMe account.
Plans start at $99/month and you get a 10% discount when you pay upfront. You can try PuzzleMe free using our Personal Plan, no credit card needed. We also offer special pricing for local news consortiums and networks. Get in touch and we’ll help you find the right plan for your publication.
Give your readers a reason to stick around.
Build habits and increase reader retention with PuzzleMe games.
