Not a banner they scroll past. A place in the five minutes they look forward to every single morning.
Our players aren’t killing time — they’re concentrating. They came here on purpose, they’re working a problem, and they’re back tomorrow to do it again. That’s a rare thing to be next to.
People don’t remember banner ads. They remember where they were when something clicked.
You pick the word. We build the puzzle around it. FRIED in PinPad, your word in Matchsticks — whatever fits the game.
Two credits, two links back to your site, on the day thousands of people are looking for the answer.
One sponsor, per game, per dayYour brand sits directly above the board — the exact spot every player looks at before their first move. It’s the most valuable pixel we have.
Exclusive means exclusive. While your campaign runs, nothing else appears in that slot — no rotation, no sharing it with whoever booked last week.
One sponsor at a time, per gameEleven positions across six games, the homepage, the archives and the hints blog. Pick the ones you want — a single game, every game, or the whole site.
You tell us how much of the traffic you want. We handle the rest: an even spread across your dates, a cap on how often one person sees you, and a report you can read yourself.
See the placements belowOur weekly note goes to the people who opted in on purpose — puzzle news, new games, hints. Your business sits inside something they already wanted to open.
One sponsor per issueRun a puzzle site, a newsletter, a blog, a channel? We’ll feature you in a daily hints post — a real write-up with a real link — and you tell your people about us.
No money changes hands. Two audiences who like the same thing find each other.
Word & puzzle people only — it has to be a genuine fitEleven positions. You pick the ones you want, we handle the rest. Every position is priced separately — a banner above a game board is worth more than one at the foot of a blog post, and you should only pay for what you actually asked for.
The first thing on the page, above everything. Every player sees it before they see the board. This is the one we sell out first.
Shown when a puzzle ends — the second somebody has stopped concentrating and is deciding what to do next. Nothing is being interrupted, which is exactly why it works.
A square in the column next to the game, in view the whole time somebody is working the puzzle. Desktop only — there is no room beside a board on a phone and we will not squeeze one in.
A large banner at the top and a second one further down. Where people arrive when they have heard about us and come looking.
Three positions on the posts people find from Google looking for today’s answer: above the article, beside it, and after it. A different audience from the players — usually a bigger one.
Where members go back through past puzzles. A smaller audience that stays much longer, and one that pays for things.
The bottom of every page. Seen least, costs least. A sensible place to keep a name in front of people between bigger campaigns.
Send us these and everything works. Send us one and we will tell you which positions it fits.
None of the above quite fit? Tell us anyway. We’re small enough to say yes to things a bigger site would have to run past four departments.
We like those conversations. Start one.
We read every one of theseIf your audience enjoys thinking, there’s a good chance they’ll enjoy it here.
Every day, people sit down and give us their full attention for five minutes. That’s the rarest thing on the internet right now — and there’s room for your name in it.
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