Engage people
with your news.
Word puzzles and quizzes built from your own reporting — published every day, on your site, under your brand.
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In your crossword these headlines are your own, and several of the clues link back to the articles they came from.
Words tied to the news
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Why puzzles
A daily reason to open your site that isn’t another headline.
A habit, not a visit
A puzzle that lands every single day gives readers a standing appointment with your brand — the kind of routine that keeps people coming back on quiet news days too.
Newsletter gold
Newsrooms tell us the puzzle becomes one of the most-clicked items in the newsletter. It is a reason to open, and a reason to scroll to the bottom.
The answers lead somewhere
Words and questions are drawn from your coverage, so finishing the game hands the reader a short list of your articles — already linked, already relevant.
Four games
Pick one. Or run the whole set.
Each game is fully hosted, fully branded and drops into your site with a single embed.
Daily · 5×5 mini
News Crossword
A mini crossword that works words from your newsroom into the grid, with several of the clues linking straight back to the articles they came from.
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Daily · Six guesses
News Word
The guessing game your audience already knows how to play — except the solution is a word pulled from today’s news, with the story attached.
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Daily · One minute
News Mix
Nine letters pulled out of one of your headlines, and sixty seconds to make as many words as you can. Then the story behind the letters.
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Weekly · Quiz creator
News Quiz
Paste in a week of coverage and get a finished, editable quiz — questions, answers, images and article links — in about three minutes.
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How it works
Set it up once. Then stop thinking about it.
Point us at your news
We read your feed — or you paste in a handful of article links. Nothing to install, no CMS project, no engineering ticket.
We build and publish
The puzzle is created, checked and published to your site every day of the year. You can edit anything before it goes out, or leave it entirely alone.
Readers play, and read
They solve, share a score, keep a streak — and follow the links back into the stories behind the answers.
News Quiz
Create and publish a full quiz in about three minutes.
Drop in a homepage, a few article URLs, or just text. The creator writes the questions and answers, pulls in images and summaries, and links each one back to the story.
- Iterate on any question with an AI nudge, or regenerate it entirely
- Drag and drop to reorder; edit every word by hand
- Add a newsletter signup or donate card to the finish screen
- Share a private preview with an editor before it goes live
Questions we get a lot
How much work is this for my newsroom?
Close to none, by design. The daily games are created and published for you every day of the year. If you want to review or edit a puzzle before it runs you can, but nothing stalls if nobody looks at it.
Does it look like our site, or like yours?
Yours. The games are embeddable and styled to your brand, including a customizable font, so readers stay on your page the whole time.
Where do the words and questions come from?
Your own reporting. Words and questions are drawn from your published stories, and the finish screen links those answers back to the articles they came from.
What does it cost?
Each game is $49 per month plus a one-time $249 setup fee, with embedding at $10 per month. News Quiz can also be taken fully managed at $499 per month, where we handle the whole thing. Full detail is on the pricing page.
We’re a small newsroom. Is this for us?
Yes. News Games works with outlets from statewide public radio networks and metro dailies to small local and regional newsrooms.
Ready to give your audience a reason to come back?
Tell us about your newsroom and we'll show you what your first puzzle would look like.