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Level Up Your Puzzle Game with the Clermont County Public Library!

  • Laura Eckert
  • 5 hours ago
  • 3 min read
Four smiling women stand around a completed colorful puzzle on a table. The setting is indoors with framed photos on the wall.

By Laura Eckert, Digital Specialist

The Clermont County Public Library offers puzzles to keep your brain buzzing. From online access to in-branch events and even puzzle-themed mystery novels, we can fuel your puzzle obsession — for free!


Can You Play Online?

With your library card, you can unlock a surprising lineup of free online puzzle and game platforms.


Puzzmo BingePass

Love clever games with a twist? The Puzzmo BingePass gives you seven days of unlimited access to some of the most creative puzzles and games on the web, designed by award-winning game designer Zach Gage. Here's a taste of what's waiting for you:


Cross|word — a fresh, approachable take on the classic crossword, with helpful hints included

SpellTower — imagine word search meets Candy Crush, but smarter

Pile-Up Poker — a strategic mashup of solitaire and poker

Really Bad Chess — chess, but delightfully chaotic, with a unique board every day

Flipart — a quick, satisfying digital jigsaw puzzle

Typeshift — a clever anagram game with a twist


The BingePass includes access to the full Puzzmo archive plus new games added daily.


Puzzle Palace BingePass

Choose from 10 variations of Sudoku, 5 types of crossword puzzles, and 4 word games — including fan favorites like "Guesstionary," "Word Sleuth," Stacked Sudoku, and the Thomas Joseph Crossword. There's something for every skill level, from kids and beginners to seasoned experts. New games are added every day.


New York Times Puzzles

Your library card also unlocks a free digital subscription to The New York Times, which includes access to Wordle, Sudoku, and The Mini crossword. New puzzles drop every day — perfect for your morning routine or a midday brain break.


Puzzle Magazines on Libby

Prefer flipping through a puzzle magazine? The Libby app has you covered with digital magazines you can read on your phone, tablet, or computer:


  • YOU Play – 10 Minute Games: Packed with crosswords, number puzzles, codebreakers, word searches, and games for kids — great for the whole family. Check out YOU Play.

  • Games World of Puzzles: A rich magazine loaded with puzzles by top constructors, fascinating articles, game reviews, contests, and upcoming events. Puzzles can be easily printed out for an offline experience. Check out Games World of Puzzles.


Come In and Play: In-Branch Fun

Sometimes the best puzzles are the ones you experience in person! Our branches offer a variety of ways to engage with games and challenges face-to-face:


  • Jigsaw Puzzle Exchanges — borrow a puzzle, return a puzzle

  • Puzzle Off Competitions — put your skills to the test against fellow puzzle lovers

  • Trivia Nights — flex that knowledge and have a blast with your community

  • Escape Rooms — can you solve the clues and break free?

  • Playaway LaunchPads — handheld devices that come preloaded with games and puzzles for all ages. No internet connection needed!



Read All About It: Puzzle-Themed Books

Did you know puzzles can be the heart of a great mystery novel? If you love the satisfaction of cracking a tricky clue, you'll love these series where crosswords and puzzles take center stage.


The Crossword Mysteries by Nero Blanc

First book: Anatomy of a Crossword 

Crossword editor Belle Graham and PI Rosco Polycrates head to Hollywood when Belle is hired to create a puzzle for a TV movie — only to discover someone has swapped out her crossword for a new, sinister set of clues. As suspicious accidents pile up and a murder unfolds, Rosco flies in to help untangle the clues. This ebook even includes six downloadable crossword puzzles with clues tied to solving the mystery. Equal parts suspenseful and satisfying!


Marlow Murder Club Series by Robert Thorogood

First book: The Marlow Murder Club

Seventy-seven-year-old Judith Potts sets crosswords for The Times, lives alone in a faded mansion near Marlow, and is perfectly content — until she witnesses a murder during her evening swim in the Thames. When the police don't believe her, she takes matters into her own hands, teaming up with a salt-of-the-earth dog-walker and a vicar's wife to form the Marlow Murder Club. Witty, warm, and wonderfully twisty, this is a series to savor.


The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr

Clayton Stumper was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers and raised by a group of eccentric enigmatologists. When his beloved mentor passes away, she leaves him one final puzzle — a promise to reveal the mystery of his origins. Equal parts whimsical and heartfelt, this novel is a love letter to puzzles and the people who dedicate their lives to them.


Ready to Start Puzzling?

All you need is a Clermont County Public Library card to get started. Happy puzzling!

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