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Chihuahua diary, 2012

19 August 2011

Clip of Chihuahua diary interior

A 2012 diary containing weekly Chihuahua puzzles is now available. You can order it online from Amazon.com — follow this link. Before long it will be listed by other online booksellers.

Image of the Chihuahua diary's cover

The diary contains 54 puzzles, half of them nine-letter puzzles and half ten-letter puzzles. The puzzles are larger than many of the puzzles on this website, with the aim of keeping you occupied throughout the week. Each puzzle has between 71 and 100 common words to find, with a corresponding large tally of rare words. Total words, common and rare, range between 136 and 218.

All the possible words for each puzzle are listed at the back of the diary.

The diary also identifies important dates often overlooked, such as Noah Webster's birthday and the anniversary of the first crossword puzzle.


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11 April 2011

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1 February 2011

The third book of Chihuahua puzzles published. Read more ...

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11 August 2010

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Now, daily chat and plurals option

18 February 2010

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2 February 2010

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The prehistory of Chihuahua

17 June 2008

The earliest known example of a word-making puzzle similar to Chihuahua - dating from the 1870s. Read more ...

Now, make and share your own puzzles

27 May 2008

The Chihuahua puzzle page has a new section: Your puzzles. When you click on this tab at the top of the display, you will see a whole new world of Chihuahua goodies! Read more ...

Happy Birthday to Us!

28 September 2007

Chihuahua celebrates two years online. Read more ...

New ways to look at the scores

12 April 2007

Chihuahua now gives you more information about your progress in the game, and it even lets you change the information you see on the scoreboard! Read more ...

Has shuffling improved results?

19 March 2007

We checked out the statistics to see if players were getting better results since they could shuffle the letters. Read more ...

More improvements

23 February 2007

Chihuahua has had another upgrade. The newest features include a shuffle function and a way to bring back previous words. Read more ...

New improved Chihuahua

15 December 2006

Some new features have been added to Chihuahua, including optional player registration and saved random games. Read more ...

Chihuahua goes awol ... but comes back

25 October 2006

The Chihuahua word puzzle is back online after an absence of about a week. Read more ...

A million words

11 July 2006

A million words have been played in Chihuahua. Read more ...

The case of the disappearing words

6 June 2006

Some reports of disappearing words are due to players misunderstanding when games are saved. But this doesn't explain all the problems reported. Read more ...

April 1st Hoax Fools a Few Folks!

5 April 2006

The new Chihuahua Assist tool is revealed to have been an April fool's joke. Read more ...

Coming Soon - Chihuahua Assist

1 April 2006

A powerful new tool is about to be added to Chihuahua. Called Chihuahua Assist, it harnesses computer technology to help you improve your scores. Read more ...

Big Words Too Hard to Get?

14 March 2006

It's been suggested that some of the nine-letter words are too obscure. Read more ...

The Challenge Just Got More Challenging!

22 February 2006

From now on, the Challenge puzzle will be somewhat more difficult, on the average, than the Standard puzzle. Read more ...

How Different is the Challenge Puzzle?

27 January 2006

If you play both the Standard and Challenge puzzles you may have wondered if there is any difference in how the puzzles are set. Read more ...

Keyboard Play Improved

4 January 2006

Did you know you can play Chihuahua using the keyboard instead of the mouse? This has always been a feature of the game, but now it has been enhanced. Read more ...

Even More Words Needed?

6 December 2005

A few words have been added to the list of words allowed in Chihuahua.. Read more ...

Now, a Choice of Two Puzzles

2 December 2005

You now have a choice of two Chihuahua word puzzles every day, Standard and Challenge. Read more ...

Puzzle Changes: Solution Availability and Hit Rate

November 2005

From now on, the solution will not be available until the following day. Read more ...

New-Look Chihuahua

Wednesday 12 October 2005

The Chihuahua puzzle now has two higher levels to aspire to - Maven and Cham. Read more ...