Tiled Words

Tiled Words is a free browser puzzle that mixes a crossword with a jigsaw. The answers to a short themed crossword are cut into small tiles of one to three letters, and those tiles are scattered across an empty grid. Your job is to put the crossword back together.

Paul Hebert made the game with help from his wife Lisa and released it on 18 October 2025. It won the Players' Choice award at the 2025 Playlin Awards. In September 2026 Blue Ox Family Games took it over, and its puzzle writers have set the daily since 28 September, with the author and editor named under each title. Besides the daily puzzle there are Past Puzzles, puzzles made by players, and a builder for making your own.

Each day's puzzle has a date and a title that hints at the theme, such as a set of animals or weather words. Beside the board is a list of across and down clues with letter counts. You drag tiles around and tap them to rotate, and when a full answer is lined up correctly its clue is ticked off. If a clue has you stuck, an eye button next to it can reveal help.

The interesting part is that the clues and the tiles help each other: a tile with an awkward letter pair can tell you which answer it belongs to, and a solved clue tells you where tiles must go. It suits crossword fans who want something shorter and more hands-on than a full grid.