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Where's puzzles gone?

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Lazysundayafternoon2024 · 02/11/2024 07:05

Hey, where have the puzzles gone? It's been replaced by Black Friday. Is it coming back?

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TeaandHobnobs · 02/11/2024 23:51

Same as @Sakuem - only crossword and sudoku are working for me, all others showing the “oops” page posted above.
Iphone, Safari browser.

Farmgoose · 03/11/2024 03:44

Thanks for the tips. It may be sad but doing code word with a cup of tea is how I start my day!
Broken for me on ios and Safari since the Black Friday banner went in.

Twinkletwinklelil · 03/11/2024 04:28

tribpot · 02/11/2024 08:40

Puzzles have been broken for a couple of days, unclear if MN even know?

However, this led me to find out where the content is sourced from - https://business.puzzler.com/examples/

You will get an ad about how you can drive traffic to your website if you use their puzzles, but they're all there and more besides.

Thanks so much for this!!!

Deboragh · 03/11/2024 11:49

Squareroot · 02/11/2024 08:09

It’s all gone wrong since the IT folk have changed the settings promoting bloody Black Friday. Just says “oops, something’s gone wrong”. Now can’t get my daily fix of codeword!

I'm getting crossword and sudoku ok, but the other three have error messages.

JewelleryCat · 03/11/2024 11:55

Same as a poster above, I can get crossword and sudoku but the other three have error messages. I hope it’s fixed soon, I enjoy guessword

YoniHuman · 03/11/2024 16:21

TeaandHobnobs · 02/11/2024 23:51

Same as @Sakuem - only crossword and sudoku are working for me, all others showing the “oops” page posted above.
Iphone, Safari browser.

I still have the same as above on both the iPhone and iPad.

Sethera · 03/11/2024 16:25

Yes, Guessword and Codeword not working for me (Safari desktop) or on DH's Chromebook. Missing them muchly.

swiftyscakes · 03/11/2024 19:02

Past 3 days I've been able to play crossword and sudoku but the other 3 games have all had "oops, somethings gone wrong" messages. Please sort it out, MNHQ!!

WrinklesShminkles · 03/11/2024 19:26

Same, chrome on galaxy s23

Wattleanddaub · 04/11/2024 00:47

Any updates on getting Puzzles fixed @JoMumsnet ?

Helleofabore · 04/11/2024 09:44

THANK YOU!! Codeword is BACK!

HebeMumsnet · 04/11/2024 09:48

That was fast work spotting that @Helleofabore ! We were just popping on to say that it should be fixed now. Do shout if any further issues.

In terms of finding them, puzzles in the yellow button are replaced with Black Friday for the moment, but you can still find them under the More menu if anyone is struggling to locate them.

Happy puzzling!

Helleofabore · 04/11/2024 10:51

You know me @HebeMumsnet . I am a creature of habit. Very few mornings goes past without some MN interaction and didn’t you put the puzzles there to make the site even stickier? So we stick around even longer? 😁

Sethera · 04/11/2024 16:56

@HebeMumsnet Codeword is back for me, but not Guessword Sad

Sethera · 05/11/2024 07:34

Guessword is back this morning 😀

Sakuem · 21/11/2024 15:22

Today the crossword clue format seems to have changed.
was confused at first how each clue had 3 different words, until realised that the answers were a word that could go in a phrase with 3 separate words.
Still very challenging though.
Is it this style just for today, or will it be sticking with this style of clue for a while?
just curious.
TIA
xx

Where's puzzles gone?
tribpot · 29/11/2024 06:30

It looks as if puzzles have stopped working again. Guessword and Number fit are showing the "oops, something went wrong" message and Codeword seems to have vanished completely.

Twinkletwinklelil · 29/11/2024 08:37

tribpot · 29/11/2024 06:30

It looks as if puzzles have stopped working again. Guessword and Number fit are showing the "oops, something went wrong" message and Codeword seems to have vanished completely.

Yep! So annoying!

tribpot · 29/11/2024 08:48

The puzzles are fed from another website and, whilst today's links are broken, links for previous days are still working. So to give people some puzzles to do today that you won't remember doing before, here's:

Guessword from 25th August: https://d3dpaxtdrtaz99.cloudfront.net/puzzles/wordy/20240825.html

Codeword from 1st October:
https://d3dpaxtdrtaz99.cloudfront.net/puzzles/codeword/20241001.html

Numberfit from 23rd September
https://d3dpaxtdrtaz99.cloudfront.net/puzzles/number-jig/20240923.html

I just chose some dates at random, you can see they are in the website address.

JoMumsnet · 29/11/2024 10:21

Thanks for flagging this, @tribpot - we're on the case and will hopefully have the puzzles back in action again very soon. Will be back with a progress report shortly...

tribpot · 29/11/2024 14:02

Yay they're back. Thanks @JoMumsnet

Twinkletwinklelil · 27/12/2024 07:34

All but sudoku have gone again 😵

WrinklesShminkles · 27/12/2024 11:48

Same. Chrome on Galaxy mobile.

tribpot · 27/12/2024 12:03

To keep everyone busy, I've chosen some more random dates below:

Guessword : d3dpaxtdrtaz99.cloudfront.net/puzzles/wordy/20240901.html
Codeword: d3dpaxtdrtaz99.cloudfront.net/puzzles/codeword/20241005.html
Numberfit: d3dpaxtdrtaz99.cloudfront.net/puzzles/number-jig/20240804.html

Wattleanddaub · 27/12/2024 13:48

I still have the Crossword