Case Files

The Blog

Strategy guides, behind-the-scenes design notes, and community spotlights.

How It Works

Jul 22, 20266 min read

How to Play Murder Mystery Word Search: A Complete Guide

New to Murdsearch? Here is everything you need to know to crack your first case — from reading the grid to naming the killer.

Strategy

Jul 18, 20264 min read

Scan diagonals first — most solvers miss them entirely. Here is what the top detectives do differently.

Strategy

Jul 15, 20267 min read

From classic text adventures to word-search deduction hybrids — here are the best murder mystery puzzle games you can play online right now.

Behind the Grid

Jul 9, 20266 min read

How we plot 240 cases without repeating a single culprit, method, or crime scene.

How It Works

Jun 22, 20265 min read

The hardest part to design and the most satisfying to solve. We break down how the residual letters work.

Behind the Grid

Jun 14, 20267 min read

Behind the scenes of 120 new cases — what changed from Volume 1, and why we went darker.

Community

Jul 1, 20263 min read

Meet the solvers who topped the leaderboard this month and how they got there.

Community

Jun 5, 20263 min read

One detective cleared Case #047 in under 3 minutes. We spoke to them about how.