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Puzzle Categories and Descriptions

List of all puzzle categories and their descriptions. Updated January 2024.

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Written by KT Leota
Updated over a year ago

Here are all of our puzzle categories and their descriptions for all hosts!

Category Name

Description

1950's Sock Hop

Sock Hop

Around the House

Common items you might find around a house

Before & After

Two unrelated phrases/clauses, linked by one word between the first and last words of the puzzle

Character

Fictional characters, cartoon characters, literary characters, characters portrayed on television, etc.

Christmas

All things Christmas

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo themed food, events, people, and places

Event

A significant action, a milestone, an achievement, an experience, an occasion, a happening or a social gathering.

Food & Drink

Any and all things we might eat or drink

Halloween

Symbols and Phrases connected to the American celebration of Halloween

Hanukkah

All things Hanukkah

Landmark

A conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide.

On the Map

Refers to a place (or places) that is a proper name.

Person

A certain type of person(s), group(s), or a proper name.

Phrase

Two or more phrases that might naturally be used together.

Rhyme Time

A puzzle containing one or more words which rhyme and are associated.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving symbols, meals, movies, and phrases.

Thing

An inanimate object; a creature; a matter or affair; a fact or circumstance; an action, or deed, or performance; clothes or apparel; personal belongings. Anything vegetable, mineral or spiritual could be placed in this category.

Title

Reserved for the names of plays, movies, radio & TV shows, networks, books, magazines, newspapers, songs, etc.

Valentine's Day!

Valentine puzzles

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