New Badges on PlayCrossword: Earn Achievements for Solving & Creating Crossword Puzzles
Published on: November 3, 2025
Great news for everyone who loves progress tracking: Badges are now live on PlayCrossword!
Whether you’re a daily solver, a passionate crossword creator, or someone who enjoys completing themed puzzle series, you can now earn beautiful digital achievements that celebrate every milestone.
What Are PlayCrossword Badges?
Badges are free, permanent digital awards that appear on your public profile.
Each one proves you’ve hit a meaningful milestone—think of them as the “level-up” system for crossword lovers.
They’re designed to motivate you, recognize your effort, and give you something cool to share with friends, students, or classmates.
Solver Badges – Get Rewarded Just for Playing
The more crossword puzzles you solve, the more badges you unlock:
- First Puzzle Solved
- 10 Puzzles Completed
- 50 Puzzles Completed
- 100 Puzzles Completed
- 500+ Puzzles Master
You’ll also earn special streak and speed badges when you play the Game of the Day without breaking your streak.
Every solved grid brings you closer to the next achievement.
Creator Badges – Celebrate Your Puzzle-Making Skills
Creators get their own exclusive badge track:
- First Crossword Published
- 5 Crosswords Created
- 25 Crosswords Created
- 100 Crosswords Created
- 500+ Crosswords Created
The community loves great puzzles—now everyone can see how much you’ve contributed.
Start Creating & Earn Creator Badges
Series Completion Badges – Master an Entire Topic
Game Series are themed collections (e.g., “Solar System”, “English Irregular Verbs”, “World Capitals”) that get progressively harder.
Finish every puzzle in a series and instantly unlock its unique completion badge—a perfect way for students and teachers to prove topic mastery.
More Badge Categories Coming Very Soon
We’re already working on the next waves:
- Daily & Weekly Streak Badges
- Top 100 Leaderboard Rank Badges
- Most-Liked Creator Badges
- Fastest Solving Time Badges
- Community Helper Badges (for rating & giving feedback)
There will always be a new goal to chase.
Show Off Your Achievements Anywhere
Every badge has its own shareable image and link.
From your Profile → Badges page:
- Click any badge
- Hit “Share”
- Post it to X, Instagram, Google Classroom, or your class WhatsApp group
Students can now visually prove they’ve mastered a topic. Teachers can highlight top performers. Everyone gets to flex a little.
Start Earning Badges Today – It’s 100% Free
No opt-in required. If you’re logged in, you’re already collecting badges retroactively for everything you’ve done so far.
Log in now and see which ones are waiting for you!
Log In & Check My Badges | Play a Puzzle & Earn Your First Badge
Keep solving. Keep creating. Keep collecting.
PlayCrossword – where every crossword gets you closer to your next achievement.