Privacy policy

The short version

Puzzles are generated in your web browser. The title and words you type are not sent to or stored on our servers. We do not ask for an account, a name or an email address to use the site.

Shared links

When you use Share, the puzzle’s title, word list and settings are written into the link itself so the other person sees the same puzzle. Anyone with the link can see those words, so do not put private information, such as children’s full names, in a puzzle you share.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) processes basic technical information such as IP address, browser type and pages visited in order to deliver the site, keep it secure and count visits. We use this only in aggregate.

We use Google Analytics and Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits, see which pages are useful and how people arrive (for example from a search engine or ChatGPT). Google Analytics sets cookies and receives your IP address, browser type and the pages you visit; Google Analytics is not loaded when you open a shared puzzle link, so the words in it are not sent. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which means your browser connects to Google’s servers. See Google’s privacy policy.

Advertising and cookies

We may show ads served by Google AdSense to keep the site free. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can learn more and opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings and read how Google uses information at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Ads are never placed on or next to the printable puzzle.

Children

The site is designed to be used by teachers, parents and other adults, often for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Contact

Questions about privacy: contact us.