Raddle Archive

The NHL Stanley Cup is finishing up. Here are 8 Raddles based on the first round match-ups of this year's tournament.

The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest not only has incredible music, but also comes with some fun song titles and artist names. Here are a few that work well as Raddles.

Every Raddle in this set is part of a mystery that you can solve. The set will contain twelve Raddles. The answer is a name.

Cockney rhyming slang is a form of slang that originated in the East End of London in the mid-19th century, in which a word is replaced by a phrase that rhymes with it. It has since spread far beyond the East End, seeping into popular culture. And now, Raddle.

Many of the gods in the Greek pantheon have different names in the Roman pantheon. This week's Raddles start at a Greek god and end at their Roman counterpart. In other news, I've been playing a lot of Hades II.

My family and I recently returned from our favorite weekend of the year, the Big Ears music festival in Knoxville, TN. I saw over 30 acts this year. This week's Raddles feature some of my favorites.

Every Raddle this week is part of a secret theme that you can figure out. The answer is a single word.

To celebrate Easter on Sunday, here are several Raddles featuring things one might abstain from during Lent. By removing the letters of the abstention from the starting word, you can spell the ending word.

In honor of Women's History Month, we're spending a week highlighting women who made their mark on history. Each day, we're celebrating someone who was connected to an event on that date.

Based on a request by Raddle fan Ness, this week we're featuring pairs of fictional siblings.

As we run up to the Oscars for 2025, here are Raddles for every one of the Best Picture nominees, in no particular order.

Raddle is a year old! To celebrate, here are five days of Raddles about paper, the traditional first anniversary gift. Each Raddle goes from "pa-" to "-per". Thanks for supporting this game, it's been so fun to make over the last year. Here's to many more!

Every Raddle this week is part of a secret theme that you can figure out. The answer is a single word.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are here. Each Raddle in this set highlights a term from one of the sports featured at the Games.

This week we celebrate Harold Ramis' seminal time loop movie, "Groundhog Day."

This week's Raddles, featuring some of our favorite birds from the game Wingspan, were co-written with Wingspan's designer (and Raddle fan) Elizabeth Hargrave! 🎉 🐦 Wingspan, which releases their Americas expansion this week, is one of my favorite board games, in no small part because every card in the game features a different bird, with a gorgeous illustration and an interesting fact about that bird. In our house, we have a rule that you have to announce the bird fact to the table when you play a bird. For the birds featured this week, we're including the bird fact from the game.

This week we're celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Civil Rights movement in the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and proponent of nonviolent resistance. His teachings on equality and mission to eradicate discrimination remain relevant to this day.

This weekend is the annual MIT Mystery Hunt, the largest puzzle hunt of the year. I'll be there participating with my team, Palindrome. Our team most recently won the hunt in 2021, and as a prize/punishment we were tasked with writing the following year's hunt. In honor of the event, here are some Raddles based on themes from recent years' hunts.

Happy 2026! We're kicking things off with a mystery theme. This one has a secret mechanic that you'll need to figure out. In this puzzle, the ends justify the means. Follow the link to see the full solution.

To round out the year, I've invited some of my favorite puzzle creators to contribute Raddles based on something from 2025 that they recommend. I've included links to their work so you can get more puzzles in your life. Enjoy!

Happy Hanukkah! Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights. Here are some Raddles that are themed around (literally) LIGHT.

I play a lot of board games. As a kind of Holiday Gift Guide, here are some of my favorites (that also work as Raddles :).

Every Raddle this week is part of a secret theme that you can figure out.

Thanksgiving is this week in the US.

Phrases of the form "X to Y"

I'm turning 49 this week. 49 is 7x7, so I'm celebrating with seven sets of seven: seven Raddles that go from the first to the seventh.

Block parties aren't reserved for summer! With the crisp air and colorful leaves, it's a great time to get outside with your neighbors.

A murder has been committed at our Halloween party! Seven witnesses (in costume) have given testimony, in the form of Raddles. Can you tell which other guest did the crime?

We unpack some of our favorite tropes from crime fiction.

Settlers of Catan was my first foray into strategic board games. We're building Raddles this week around the game's six terrain types: hill, forest, field, mountain, pasture, and desert.

In celebration of the upcoming season of "Make Some Noise," which premieres on Monday, October 13.

Hundreds of crossword fans came to Chicago this weekend to solve a stack of beautifully constructed grids.

Time for another mystery theme! Every Raddle this week (Sunday thru Friday) is part of a secret theme that you can figure out. The answer is a name. When you've solved it, submit your name here to be included in the list of solvers. One correct entry will win a prize.

It’s finally fall. The Raddles this week are all related to "fall".

We’re celebrating some of the great things that have come out of, or are strongly associated with, Chicago, our home town.

It's time for a Mystery Theme! Every Raddle this week (Monday thru Friday) is part of a secret theme that you can figure out. The answer is one word. When you've solved it, submit your name here to be included in the list of solvers.

This week we're featuring horror movie villains.

This week's Raddles are inspired by songs by the Rolling Stones.

Summer's not over yet! Let's enjoy some ice cream.

Phrases coined by William Shakespeare that we still use today.

August is the "dog days" of summer, so we're featuring Raddles built around dog breeds.

This week we're honoring some of the 2025 Emmy nominees.

"Severance" earned 27 Emmy nominations. This week we'll dive into the world of Severance (spoiler-free).

James Gunn's Superman landed at the box office, so we thought it'd be a good time to celebrate the man o' steel.

The Tour de France is happening and we're celebrating with bike-themed Raddles.

In observation of American Independence Day, we're celebrating inventions from around 250 years ago.

We're celebrating summer with some classic summer produce.

In celebration of Juneteenth, we're honoring Black inventors.

It's Daddle Week! Father's Day is Sunday. Let's visit our favorite dads in the animal kingdom.

We're celebrating Pride Month with some LGBTQ+ anthems.