Terms of Service

Acceptance of terms

By accessing or using Puzzle Cottage at puzzlecottage.com ("the Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

What Puzzle Cottage is

Puzzle Cottage is a free collection of daily brain games including Word Wheel, Word Scramble, Daily Trivia, Memory Match, and Type Racer. New puzzles are available each day. The site is free to use and requires no account or registration.

Permitted use

You may use Puzzle Cottage for personal, non-commercial entertainment. Specifically, you may:

• Play any game on the site
• Share your scores on social media using our share buttons
• Link to Puzzle Cottage from your own website or social profiles

Prohibited use

You may not:

• Use automated tools, bots, or scripts to play games or inflate scores
• Attempt to reverse engineer, copy, or reproduce our game code or puzzle content for commercial purposes
• Scrape puzzle data, question banks, or trivia content in bulk
• Use the site in any way that damages, overloads, or impairs its operation
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the site or its infrastructure
• Use the site to distribute malware, spam, or harmful content

Intellectual property

The Puzzle Cottage name, logo, game designs, puzzle content, trivia questions, and written content are owned by Puzzle Cottage and protected by copyright. The underlying game mechanics are not claimed as proprietary — but our specific implementation, content, and branding are.

The fonts used (DM Serif Display, DM Sans) are licensed under the Open Font License via Google Fonts and are free for commercial use.

Advertisements

Puzzle Cottage displays advertisements through Google AdSense. By using the site, you acknowledge that ads may be shown. Ad content is controlled by Google and is not endorsed by Puzzle Cottage. We are not responsible for the content of third-party advertisements.

Disclaimer of warranties

Puzzle Cottage is provided "as is" without any warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not guarantee that:

• The site will be available at all times or without interruption
• Puzzle answers or trivia content are free from errors
• Your streak or score data will be preserved indefinitely (localStorage can be cleared by browsers)
• The site will be compatible with every device or browser

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Puzzle Cottage and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from your use of the site, including loss of game data, streak counts, or scores.

Third-party links and services

The site may contain links to third-party websites (for example, via share buttons linking to X or Facebook). We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those sites.

Changes to the site or terms

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue any game, feature, or the site itself at any time without notice. We may also update these Terms of Service. Continued use of the site after updates constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States. Any disputes will be resolved in the applicable courts of the United States.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email us at hello@puzzlecottage.com.