January 2023
Think of a hyphenated word for a kind of book that contains salacious details. Remove four of the same letter from that word, and what remains will be a word for the kind of content you'd find in such a book. What are the words?
Sandy Weisz
January 10, 2023
December 23, 2022
Stocking Stuffers
A new Hanukkah tradition.
December 15, 2022
A new puzzler, final projects for my puzzle design class at UChicago, Me on Hey Riddle Riddle, AI-generated palindromes, and dirty limericks
Jack Alantberry
Gift guides, new Puzzler, Midjourney promptmanteaus, puzzle podcasts, and other news from the world of puzzles.
December 9, 2022
News from LA, Glass Onion experience, new Scrabble words, HORSE but better.
December 2022
Think of an animal in 6 letters, and two things you might feed that animal. Say those three words together aloud, in that order, to get the full name of a famous literary character. What character is it?
November 29, 2022
I'm coming to LA; gift guides; new games; and a board game-smelling candle.
November 14, 2022
Cryptic of the week, HOUSE puzzle book, Oulipo twttr, and Mystery updates.
Mentor Thunderbolt
Mystery #7, Trace Room Escape game, Words Against Strangers
November 2022
Think of two six-letter words that each start and end with a T. Swap the two syllables of one of them, and phonetically, you’ll get a synonym of the other. What are the two words?
November 1, 2022
Mystery #7, and the answers to Mystery Trivia #4
Spirit Halloween
It's Halloween, and these are the only costumes left at the store.
October 24, 2022
Mystery Theme Trivia #4!
Mystery Theme Trivia #4
October 11, 2022
Hints for Mystery Trivia #3, Trace escape room, Words Against Strangers
Kent Tomorrow
Solve sessions, the newest Puzzler, and some links from around the puzzle world.
Hit the Spot
A Spotify mix tape.
October 2022
Think of a superhero. Take their alter ego's last name, and the last word of their nickname, and together you’ll get the full name of a living actor. That actor’s most famous role kind of sounds like a superhero, …
October 3, 2022
Mystery Theme Trivia #3!
Mystery Theme Trivia #3
1. While The Hulk is reminiscent of the Greek demigod Hercules, his strength doesn’t come from Zeus, but rather what type of radiation?
September 26, 2022
Hints for Theme Trivia #2, Matthew Stein on Patreon, Blockoot, On Circus Grounds
Mystery Theme Trivia #2
1. Who is the main antagonist in the Robin Hood fable? He is constantly attempting to capture the hero, when he’s not collecting
Mystery Theme Trivia #1
1. In the song “What’s This?”, this animated film character looks back and forth and sings, “There are children throwing snowballs, instead of
September 19, 2022
Mystery Theme Trivia #2
September 9, 2022
All of your great submissions to last week's Mystery Theme Trivia.
Hollywood Positions
Fifteen movies that hold a special place for me.
Brisketting With a Side of Corny
Mystery Theme Trivia, Rebuses, Anigrams, Puzzletember.
September 2022
What is a word for something you might eat at a roast, or something you might do at a roast?
September 1, 2022
A new set of Mystery Theme Trivia, by popular request.
August 24, 2022
Member survey; Heraldic Rebuses; Anigrams; Google Sheets tricks
August 16, 2022
Congressperson letter banks, Wordlisted, No such thing as a tree, European translator
Boss Flax
Mystery #4, Trivia newsletter, Galactic Puzzle Hunt, Paper Labyrinth on Kickstarter.
August 9, 2022
Mystery #4; Kickstarter for Paper Labyrinth; AJ Jacbos recommends; Powers of Ten by AI.
My So-Called Friends
My friends play Two Truths and A Lie.
July 2022
Take the codes for two of USA’s busiest airports. Add a single letter to each code and you’ll get the name of a movie & TV producer, director, and writer, who won an Oscar in 2018. Who is it?
July 26, 2022
Canadian escape rooms, Trivia! newsletter, Wordle board game, Galactic, teambuilding comedy.
July 14, 2022
Furlock Holmes puzzles; Cerebral Puzzle Games; Redactle Unlimited; Onomatology
Here’s T Glove
Mystery #3, thoughts on the Puzzler Hunt, DALL•E #promptmanteaus, and turning despair into action.
July 1, 2022
Mystery #3, Hackronym, DALLE Promptmanteaus, and These Puzzles Fund Abortion.
Spoonfuls of Sugar
It's summer, which means it's time for towering stacks of ice cream.
June 2022
Think of two words, 1 letter & 5 letters, that might kick off a sincere speech at a wedding. Change one letter, and move the space, to get two new words that might also begin a speech at a wedding, this time by someone a little more snarky.
June 21, 2022
Pilcrow Bar retrospective, Fun with DALL•E, Honeypot Fragment crosswords.
Pilcrow Bar: A Pandemic Puzzle Project
A retrospective on Pilcrow Bar, the 10,000-person puzzle hunt made by Sandor Weisz and Matthew Stein for Alinea.
June 6, 2022
Mystery #2, Thoughts on The Puzzler Hunt, Adrift by PostCurious, 11 kids named <ALEX>.
Jolt Vibing Raven
Games Magazine feature; two new puzzles; new PostCurious game; The Puzzler book by A.J. Jacobs; Knot Words; and a whole lot of puzzle-making and -solving resources.
Mystery League profile in Games
Jonathan Schmalzbach wrote a profile on The Mystery League in the the May 2022 issue of Games magazine.
Off The Wall
Enjoy the new Signals Art Gallery.
May 23, 2022
New puzzler, Extraction, puzzle making grand, Flagle or Flaggle, and Crossword Craze postcards.