PokeCryptic

PokeCryptic is a daily puzzle that sets one cryptic crossword clue, in the British style, with an answer taken from the world of Pokémon. The answer might be a species, a move, an item, an ability, a place or a trainer, so solving it needs both the wordplay skills of a cryptic crossword and a good knowledge of the games. Every player gets the same clue each day, dated at the top of the page, and each clue names the person who wrote it.

A cryptic clue has two parts: a straight definition at one end and wordplay (an anagram, hidden word, charade or similar) that spells the same answer another way, with the length shown in brackets. You type your answer into the row of letter boxes and press Check. A wrong answer only shakes the boxes, so you can keep trying. The Hints button reveals the parts of the clue in turn (the indicators, the fodder and the definition, each with a short explanation) or gives you single letters when you are stuck. The number of hints you use is measured against a par worked out from other solvers, and the results screen shows how many trainers have solved the day's clue.

Many clues come with a short YouTube video that walks through the wordplay once you have solved it, which makes the game a gentle way to learn how cryptic clues are built.

The game runs in the browser, keeps your progress in local storage with no account, and resets at local midnight. It is free and shows no ads. The clues are drawn in order from a bank of 300 that started on 1 January 2026, so the first ones come back from late October 2026.

It suits Pokémon fans who also enjoy cryptic crosswords, and anyone who liked Minute Cryptic and wants answers from a world they know.