The Daily Baffle
Rate itA small daily paper of original word and logic puzzles, from path-traced words to rotating letter grids.
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The Daily Baffle is a website and app with a set of original puzzles that refresh every day at midnight Eastern time. They include Pathword, where a path of letters must spell four words, Rubigram, where you rotate and flip tiles until every row and column is a word, Triword, Arithmeglyphs, Truthsorting and the Morphology word ladder.
About The Daily Baffle
The Daily Baffle is a collection of original daily puzzles, presented like a small newspaper puzzle page with a weekly piece of wisdom and a mock horoscope at the top. It is free on the web and as an app for iPhone, iPad and Android, which the App Store lists under Julian Eden.
Most puzzles change every day. Pathword asks you to lay a single path through a grid of letters so that it spells four words in turn. Rubigram gives you letter tiles that must be rotated and flipped until every row and column reads as a word. Triword asks for the word fragment that completes three other fragments. Arithmeglyphs is a maths-logic puzzle about completing number sequences from symbols, and Truthsorting asks you to order statements so that some come out true and others false. Pathword 5x5 and the larger Megarubigram run on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Morphology, a clued word ladder written by a range of constructors, ran with new puzzles from September 2025 to July 2026 and now shows re-runs. Solved puzzles show your time and a share button.
It suits solvers who want several short, inventive puzzles each morning rather than one big one.
How to play The Daily Baffle
- Open The Daily Baffle on the web or in the app and pick one of today's puzzles.
- In Pathword, trace one path through the grid so the letters spell four words.
- In Rubigram, rotate and flip the tiles until every row and column is a word.
- Work through the other puzzles, such as Triword and Truthsorting, in any order.
- Come back after midnight Eastern time for the next set.
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Tips
- In Pathword, use the letter string shown above the grid to check the order of your path.
- Start Rubigram with the tile whose letters fit the fewest positions.
- Pathword 5x5 and Megarubigram only appear on Tuesdays and Fridays, so save time for them.
Questions
When do the puzzles change?
At midnight Eastern time. Pathword 5x5 and Megarubigram appear on Tuesdays and Fridays; the rest are daily.
Is there an app?
Yes, free for iOS and Android.
Is Morphology still new each day?
No, it ran from September 2025 to July 2026 and the daily Morphologies are now re-runs.
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