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PZL Games
A site of original daily word and logic games (9 Words, Zanagrams, Middle Word, Headlines, Sunflowers, Crowdle and more) from a small team.
pzlgames.com/Active
Show HN 2026-08-28 (site launch with over 1 million players claimed); several more Show HNs Aug–Sep 2026; site live 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)
In Daily puzzle games
Where it stands apart
- How is it mainly sustained? company with a paid product, tier, or ads (23% of 13 others)
- How does it make money? Pick the first that applies. shows ads (11% of 18 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 21 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (86% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? no, it needs the maker's servers (86% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (100% of 21 others)
- Does everyone get the same puzzle each day? yes, one shared daily puzzle (or set) and nothing more (50% of 20 others)
- Where can you play it? web only (57% of 21 others)
- Which languages is it offered in? English only (70% of 20 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- How do players share a result?
- Can players rank against other players?
Nearest neighbors
- Framed 90% of 10 shared answers match
- Sumday 90% of 10 shared answers match
- Worldle 80% of 10 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | stands apart company with a paid product, tier, or ads "A small team of puzzle lovers"; ad slots on the site. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | optional account v4: from the map's own 'accounts' question. Log in / Sign up in the nav; games playable without. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) Original games of its own. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does everyone get the same puzzle each day? | yes, one shared daily puzzle (or set) and nothing more Each game updates daily; "Master" variants are also daily. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does it make money? Pick the first that applies. | stands apart shows ads Ad placements (leaderboard and banner ad slots) in the page code. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How do players share a result? | Not documented Not confirmed. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can players rank against other players? | Not documented Not confirmed. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where can you play it? | web only No app found. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which languages is it offered in? | English only | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · pzlgames.com/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · pzlgames.com/about · read 2026-10-25
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