Step 1
Pick a clue from the board or list
Tap any open cell to focus a word, or jump straight from the across and down clue lists.
How To Play
How to play CrosswordPop's free daily crossword
Learn how the CrosswordPop daily crossword works, from clue selection and bubble rounds to crossings, lives, streaks, and saved progress.
Step 2
Pop matching letters in the bubble round
Selecting a clue opens the bubble modal. Tap the right letters to reveal the answer and feed it back into the grid.
Step 3
Let crossings unlock the rest of the board
Every solved answer fills the crossword automatically, which helps the intersecting clues on both directions.
Lives And Streaks
- Each daily puzzle starts with 10 lives.
- Every wrong bubble costs one life and adds a miss.
- A streak of five correct pops earns one life back.
- If you run out of lives, that puzzle unlocks again after one hour.
- CrosswordPop saves progress in your browser for each dated puzzle page.
Good To Know
CrosswordPop works best when you treat each clue as a quick round
You can swipe between clues inside the bubble modal, reopen the clue list on mobile, and switch to an archive date any time. Because progress is saved per puzzle date, the daily page and archive pages can be played independently.