Red Herring Daily Puzzle Archive
3,550 dated boards across 10 years without a gap, holding 56,800 words. Old boards leave the app the day after they run, which is why this archive exists.
Red Herring Daily Puzzle Archive
3,550 dated boards, 56,800 words, 10 years without a gap — from January 1, 2017 onwards. Start at the Red Herring hub or open the newest year, 2026.
The Latest 30 Red Herring Boards
Finding the Board You Remember
Search by theme, not by date
If you half-remember a board, you almost certainly remember a group name rather than the day it ran. Every board in this archive lists its three themes beside the date, so scanning a month beats opening thirty pages.
Recurring categories repeat the theme, not the words
A theme that returns brings a different set of four words with it. The category pages show every word a theme has ever used, which tells you the kind of answer it reaches for without giving you a list to copy.
The notes explain the links you would otherwise argue with
Some connections only make sense with a fact attached — that Danger Mouse was a 1980s cartoon spy, for instance. Those explanations are kept with the words they belong to, exactly as published, and the daily archive holds every one.
How to Solve a Red Herring Board
The order that clears a board fastest.
Count to sixteen first
Three groups of four plus four red herrings. Four words are meant to be left over, and expecting that stops you forcing a fourth group.
Lock the tightest theme
Solve the most specific group first; each correct group removes four candidates from the rest of the board.
Distrust the near-miss
A word that almost fits two groups is usually a decoy — the board is built to make the herrings look plausible.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify every dated board in the archive, group by group, red herrings kept separate
Each board is taken from the published puzzle for its date and re-checked against the source before going live. The routine is in our methodology and the standards in our editorial policy.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 4, 2026