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Guides

# Guides to the daily puzzles

> Spoiler-free guides to the daily puzzles in Crux: Kings, Letter Swap, Room 5×6 and how to choose where to start.

Short, spoiler-free guides to the games in Crux, the free iPhone and iPad app with a ton of daily games and no ads. None of them gives away a daily answer.

- [How to solve Kings](https://crux.quest/guides/kings): one crown per row, column and region, none touching.
- [Queens solver](https://crux.quest/queens-solver): hints that explain each crown, for Queens and Kings boards.
- [Letter Swap: read the crossings before you swap](https://crux.quest/guides/letter-swap)
- [Room 5×6: a five-letter word in six tries](https://crux.quest/guides/room-5x6)
- [Choose a daily puzzle: words or logic](https://crux.quest/guides/choose-a-daily-puzzle)
- [Games like LinkedIn Queens and Zip](https://crux.quest/games-like-linkedin-queens)
- [Games like Connections](https://crux.quest/games-like-connections)
- [Games like Wordle with no ads](https://crux.quest/wordle-alternatives-no-ads)
- [Put a daily puzzle on your blog or newsletter](https://crux.quest/embed)

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