1. Cookies we set
| Cookie | Type | Lifetime | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| session | Essential | 30 days, renewed while you use the site | Keeps you signed in after you enter a one-time email code. |
| murd-daily | Essential | Until end of day | Counts which mystery word-search cases you opened today, to apply the daily free limit. |
| daily-arch | Essential | Until end of day | Counts which archived daily puzzles you opened today, to apply the daily free limit. |
| daily-code | Functional | About 1 year | Remembers a book code you entered or scanned (or that you dismissed the prompt), so we can group readers by book and stop asking. |
| pa-country | Functional | 15 minutes | Briefly holds the country we detect from your connection while you sign in, so we can record where your account was first created. |
| pa-textsize | Preference | 1 year | Remembers your chosen text size (Regular / 16pt / 30pt large print). |
| _ga, _ga_* | Analytics (Google) | Up to 2 years | Google Analytics — aggregate statistics about visits and pages. The only third-party cookies on the site. |
Essential cookies are required for the Service to function (signing in, fair daily limits) and cannot be switched off within the site. Preference and functional cookies simply remember choices you made. None of our cookies are used for advertising or sold to anyone — see the Privacy Policy.
2. Browser storage (not cookies)
- Print Set tray — puzzles you collect for printing are kept in your browser’s local storage, on your device only; they are never sent to our servers.
- Interface hints — small counters that stop tips from repeating once you’ve seen them.
3. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand, in aggregate, how many people visit and which pages they use. It is the only third-party service that sets cookies here. You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites with Google’s browser opt-out add-on.
4. Managing cookies
Every browser lets you view, block, and delete cookies in its settings. Blocking essential cookies will break signing in and the daily free limits, but the public puzzles will still work. Questions: [email protected].