National Puzzle Day Challenge to WIN! – Weekend Puzzle #376

Happy National Puzzle Day Weekend!

Greetings, Amateur and Master Sleuths!

This weekend, in honor of National Puzzle Day, we have a momentous challenge for you! It’s a giant, mega, trivia, secret-code Crossword Puzzle! And the stakes are high – the first 2 people to solve it will receive a free 500-piece Jigsaw Puzzle of their choice from our store. The puzzle is on this page below, you can view the images or click the link for a printable PDF. And we’ve got to warn you… this puzzle is no joke, and you can thank our totally talented Indy for that! Difficulty level 20 / 10. But we’ve got faith in you, if any community out there can solve it, it’ll be the major supersleuths in the Nancy Drew clue crew! We’ve also listed a couple rules below.

Puzzle games are a huge part of our community’s sleuthy lifestyle, so we hope you solve some serious puzzles this weekend! To help you out we’re also offering a 35% off discount code for all games, until Monday! Good luck everyone!

-Brighella


UPDATE:

Congrats to Mary C. and R&A for their speedy posting of the secret phrase! You can still download and solve the mega crossword here with the files on this page. We’ve also included the answers below, so spoilers ahead!


Puzzle Rules

  • Puzzle is posted here on this page, on Sunday, January 29th at 7am Pacific Standard Time
  • The first 2 people to comment with the correct secret phrase in the comments below will win any 500-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle of their choice from our merch store
  • Spelling of the secret phrase counts!
  • Puzzle prizes are limited to domestic U.S. resident shipping. If winner lives internationally, their prize will be one free game code.
  • UPDATE: We’ll announce the winning posters on Tuesday, 1/31!

Weekend Puzzle #376

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148 responses to “National Puzzle Day Challenge to WIN! – Weekend Puzzle #376”

  1. Sora says:

    my fingers are ready but my brain isnt. i think i might need a hint for this.
    also im now on trail of the twister

  2. Mary Castro says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

    • Brighella says:

      Hi Mary! Congrats on being first to post! Could you please reply to this with which jigsaw puzzle you would like as well as details for shipping? We’ll need recipient name / Address / City / State / Zip / Phone number for delivery. We won’t post your reply publicly. Thanks! -Brighella

      • Tiffani E. says:

        I noticed that there is an extra “e” in Kokolaty. I have yet to see an “e” in that word, yet it was included in the puzzle.
        Just a head’s up.
        I’m late to solving it, but I want to be able to solve it on my own. I don’t know why I didn’t think of the secret phrase, without even solving the puzzle. It’s classic!

  3. R & A says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

    • Brighella says:

      Hello R&A! You’ve won a jigsaw puzzle from us! Please reply back with which puzzle you would like as well as details for shipping, we’ll need recipient name / Address / City / State / Zip / Phone number for delivery. And we won’t post your reply publicly. Thank you! -Brighella

  4. Stephanie Allen says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  5. Emily says:

    For Girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  6. Audrey Morgan says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  7. Hillary says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  8. Audrey Morgan says:

    This is such a fun puzzle! Whoever put this together did a great job!

  9. Liz c says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  10. Maria says:

    Over here printing things out and feeling like I’m racing against the clock!

  11. Anne and Emily says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

  12. Kassandra says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

  13. Jackie Sessoms says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE !!!

  14. Jackie Sessoms says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE !!!!!

  15. Melanie L. says:

    For girl’s who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  16. Melanie L. says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  17. Rachel B says:

    HER Girls who arent afraid of a mouse!!

    I’m so happy I did it!!!

  18. Amy says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

  19. Alexis F. says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!”

  20. Ben L says:

    For girls that aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  21. Melanie L. says:

    The solution is:

    “For girls that aren’t afraid of a mouse.”

  22. Rebekah Carr says:

    For Girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  23. Isabel says:

    Is the secret phrase ‘For girls who arent afraid of a mouse’? I didn’t put the apostrophe in because it’s not in the code 🙂

  24. JJ says:

    for girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  25. Hannah says:

    The secret phrase is: “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”!

  26. Taylor Grueser says:

    The secret phrase: for girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  27. Solange Gosselin says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  28. Kaitlyn Alcazaren says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  29. Chelsea says:

    This haps been tricky, but really fun!

    Is it- “For girls who aren’t afraid of a roast” ?

  30. Olivia D says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  31. Sierra M. says:

    Hello!

    The code breaker is “FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE”

    That was a fun one!

    -Sierra M.

  32. Zach Mariskanish says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a ghost.

  33. Beesuz says:

    Ok I think I got it:
    Don’t read further if you don’t want it spoiled:

    “FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE”

    Case closed?

  34. Zach says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”!

  35. Robyn says:

    I think the phrase is “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse” 🙂

  36. Katie Heath says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  37. Grace Reavis says:

    HER GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  38. Miranda Bencomo says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  39. Amanda says:

    For Girls Who Arent Afraid Of A Mouse 😛 This was HARD!

  40. Amanda says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse 🙂 This was HARD

  41. Lauren Gearheart says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  42. Sophie says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse! 🙂

  43. Hope Hayward says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  44. Jill says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid Of A Mouse
    🙂

  45. Kirsten says:

    hmmm not sure if this is right but here goes nothing! ” FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE”

  46. Kristen says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  47. Jess Golightly says:

    “For Girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

  48. Veron says:

    For Girls Who Arent Afraid of a Mouse

  49. Emikat80 says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  50. Jess Golightly says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

  51. Kelsey Clodfelter says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  52. Kelsey Sitch says:

    For girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  53. Kayla Barnish says:

    for girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  54. Laura says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a rouse.

  55. Emikat80 says:

    Or
    for girls who arent afraid of a mouse
    Since there’s no apostrophe on the code sheet

  56. Abigail says:

    Some of these clues are real head scratchers especially since I haven’t played through all of the games in a long time.
    However, I believe that we are meant to find out that Nancy Drew games are “for girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”.

    Tricky, tricky.

  57. Melissa Chambers says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  58. Ashley Chisholm says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

  59. Kelly Maziarka says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!!!!!

  60. Amy Keuhlen says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!!!

  61. Kori says:

    for girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse?

  62. Kelsey Stiles says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  63. Katie Drier says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  64. Casey Nickerson says:

    is it

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  65. Katie says:

    Is it “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”?

  66. Casey Nickerson says:

    For Girls Who Arent Afraid Of A Mouse

    I wanted to change the “aren’t” part in case punctuation would mean it was wrong.

  67. Emily Nagy says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  68. Maria says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of Mouse?

    Oh gosh I hope that’s it otherwise I did this way wrong these last 6 hours!

  69. Casey Nickerson says:

    For Girls Who Arent Afraid Of A Mouse

    I wanted to change the “aren’t” part in case punctuation would mean it was wrong

    I’m sending this again because I accidently refreshed the page and I couldn’t tell if my original comment went through

  70. Ellie LaVarta says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse 🙂

  71. Jenna P says:

    The phrase is “For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid Of A Mouse” That was a challenging puzzle, it took me a while!

  72. Abigail Taleon says:

    « For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse »! 🙂

  73. Lauren says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a map!

  74. Lauren says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a MOUSE

    thanks, autocorrect!

  75. Diane says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid Of A Mouse 🙂

  76. Victoria Stegall says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  77. For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  78. Anna says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  79. Spencer says:

    This is pretty much impossible for anyone who hasn’t played all the games or taken note of all the details.

  80. Kate Bergren says:

    “For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a mouse”.

  81. Bethany says:

    “FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE”

  82. Kate Bergren says:

    “For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse”. Great puzzle! Thanks!

  83. Rae G says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  84. Hammy says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  85. Jules Nguyen says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  86. Emily Wells says:

    For girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  87. Audrey Fillmore says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!”

  88. Karri Compton says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  89. McKenna B says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  90. Dania says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse

  91. Alicia Perez says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  92. Kelsey Dreher says:

    Printing tomorrow at work and taking my shot at it! I loved the novels as a young girl, and I still play the games well into adulthood.

  93. Sarah says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  94. Marisa B says:

    For girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  95. Ellie LaVarta says:

    when do we find out who won?

  96. SleuthingSavvy says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid of a Mouse!!

  97. Marie says:

    The secret phrase is “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!”

  98. Emily says:

    For girls who arent afraid of a mouse!

  99. Melissa Chambers says:

    For the girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  100. Genesis Takahashi says:

    I know this is super late but I really loved solving this thank you ❤️

    The secret phrase is!

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”!

  101. Genesis says:

    My comment disappeared is it still there?

  102. Ethan says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  103. Rachelle R says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

    I live in Australia and already own the games
    If I’m one of the first two please pass my prize on to the next wunner

  104. Annabelle Branch says:

    I think the solution is “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”
    Did I get it?

  105. Chelsea M says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  106. Marels says:

    What a fun puzzle!!
    I found the secret phrase to be:
    “for girls who arent afraid of a mouse”
    (I am a girl who is afraid of mice but I still love Nancy Drew!

  107. Melanie Jones says:

    for girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  108. Emily says:

    Lol
    I’m stuck. Will try again when my brain is fresh!

  109. Melinda James says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  110. Margaret says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

    Awesome crossword puzzle!

  111. MaryRose says:

    I think this is the secret phrase:
    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”

    Was I right?

  112. disnerd2010 says:

    I commend you highly, Indy! There was such variety to the clues, I really had to think outside the box! This really required research and was a super fun spin on a very particular type of cipher!

    You are certainly a company that knows your fans!

    Drumroll please! *********

    FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE!!

    Your very first slogan, I believe! I remember seeing that on the double disc of Secrets Can Kill, when I was 11 years old, and these games were one of the big motivators in my life that got me into history and helped me become a teacher!!

  113. Kaitlyn says:

    I’m sooooo close. Only 8 to figure out. A few of them are really good stumpers! Anyone wanna compare notes?? I need a hint!

  114. Lauren says:

    For Girls Who Aren’t Afraid Of A Mouse

  115. Madi says:

    For Girls Who Arent Afraid Of A Mouse
    Totally forgot about this until quite a bit later in the day, I hope Her Interactive does more of these!

  116. Anna Schnaufer says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.”

  117. Spencer says:

    I worked on this for a long time with another person, but it is just too hard for someone who hasn’t played all the games to figure out.

  118. Brittany Demoret says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  119. Sara says:

    This is a great contest! I’m working on it.

  120. Ethan says:

    Wait is it “for girls who arent afraid of a mouse”? The rules say that spelling counts and there wasn’t an apostrophe in the answer.

  121. Maria says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  122. Melissa says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

  123. Catie Hyatt says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  124. Meg Tomazin says:

    For girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  125. Abigail says:

    This crossword puzzle definitely earned its difficulty ranking. However, HerInteractive would like us to know that its games are “for girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”.

  126. Heather Pittore says:

    FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  127. Kaitlyn says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse!

    Got it!!

  128. Emily Adkins says:

    FOR
    GIRLS
    WHO
    ARENT
    AFRAID
    OF
    A
    MOUSE

  129. Izzy says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  130. Andrea says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  131. Alexis says:

    The secret code is:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  132. Alexis says:

    I don’t know if it saves my first comment.

    The secret code is:

    FOR GIRLS WHO ARENT AFRAID OF A MOUSE

  133. Meagan Sheppard says:

    Very well done on the crossword puzzle! I really enjoyed solving it—waiting for the answer sheet because I couldn’t get a few. It was fun asking my sister the questions and getting her brain working too.
    The answer is, “For Girls Who Aren’t Scared of A Mouse.”
    Now, I’m gonna go play a Nancy Drew game.

  134. Nicole says:

    “For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse”!

  135. Sophia says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse.

  136. Maggie says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse

  137. Sara says:

    “FOR GIRLS WHO AREN’T AFRAID OF A MOUSE”

  138. Angela says:

    For girls who arent afraid of a mouse

  139. Sharon says:

    for girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse (or without the apostrophe for the code)

  140. Jillian says:

    For girls who aren’t afraid of a mouse
    ?

    I’m struggling with a few of these crossword answers so I’m doing a bit of guess work with the phrase.

  141. Hannah Battiste says:

    Hey HeR! Speaking of clues in the crossword puzzle, does HER have any plans to bring back the Nancy Drew podcast in the future? Are you looking for a podcast/voice host of some sort? (asking for an experienced friend )

  142. Kahla says:

    When are we going to hear any news on the next Nancy Drew game?

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