How do I make my own Connections puzzle?

Enter four categories, and four words for each category (16 words total). Click Save & share, and PuzzlePage builds a playable Connections-style puzzle at its own link that anyone can solve online or print.

Is the Connections puzzle maker free?

Yes. Creating, sharing, and playing puzzles is completely free with no account required. Free puzzles include a small PuzzlePage credit line.

Can students play my Connections puzzle without an account?

Yes. Anyone with the link can play the grouping puzzle in their browser — no sign-in, no app. That makes it ideal for Google Classroom, newsletters, and class warm-ups.

Can I print my Connections puzzle?

Yes. The shared page has a print button and a PDF download with a 16-word grid plus a separate answer key page, so you can hand it out on paper too.

How is this different from the New York Times Connections?

PuzzlePage lets you CREATE your own Connections-style grouping puzzles with any categories you choose — the NYT version only lets you play one editor-made puzzle per day. PuzzlePage is not affiliated with The New York Times.

How many words does a Connections puzzle need?

Exactly 16 — four groups of four. Each of the 16 words must be unique so the puzzle has a single correct grouping.

Finance education

Connections Puzzles for Finance Teams

The PuzzlePage Connections maker lets finance teams turn their own vocabulary into a shareable word-grouping game — for analyst onboarding, all-hands icebreakers, offsites, client workshops, and CFA study groups. Build a board, share a live link, and let the room sort fund types, order types, and deal stagesinto their hidden groups. Free to play; Extreme 32 & 64-tile boards for premium creators.

32-tile · 8 finance groups

64-tile · 16 finance groups

Build an Extreme finance board Play a finance puzzle free

Why word-grouping teaches finance so well

Placing hedge, mutual, index, and pension together as fund types is retrieval practice in disguise — you have to actively recall what each term means, which makes it stick far better than a glossary. And the deliberate near-misses (is market an order type or market cap?) mirror the exact confusions new analysts have, so untangling them is the lesson.

Analyst onboardingRun a Trading Floor or Deal Room board on day one so newcomers meet the desk's vocabulary early.
All-hands & offsitesA 64-tile team-vs-team round holds a room for twenty minutes — the debate is the team-building.
CFA / CFP study groupsA single mega board can cover a whole unit of finance vocabulary before an exam.
Client workshopsA themed, printable board is a memorable way to walk clients through the language of a product or deal.

Ready-made finance & team puzzles

FinanceTrading Floor ConnectionsSort the street lingo — bull runs, funds, Fed tools and slang for cash.Play live FinanceStartup Funding ConnectionsFrom pre-seed to IPO — group the rounds, the investors, the metrics and the exits.Play live Team BuildingQuarterly Kickoff ConnectionsPerfect icebreaker for the QBR — agenda items, offsite fun, prompts and team-building.Play live FinanceOpening Bell ConnectionsSort the street lingo before the market close — four groups hiding on the trading floor.Play live FinanceTicker Tape ConnectionsFrom index names to candlestick patterns — a puzzle for people who watch the tape all day.Play live FinanceBank Teller ConnectionsEverything behind the counter — transactions, accounts, cards, and the world's central banks.Play live FinanceClosing The Books ConnectionsDebits, credits, and the four statements — a month-end brain teaser for the finance department.Play live FinanceSeries A ConnectionsRaise, burn, and exit — sort the venture lingo from seed round to term sheet.Play live FinanceDeal Room ConnectionsPoison pills and white knights — untangle the takeover playbook one group at a time.Play live

Frequently asked questions

How do finance teams use the Connections maker?

Finance teams build a word-grouping puzzle from their own vocabulary — fund types, order types, deal stages — and share a live link so a desk, cohort, or client group solves it together. It works for analyst onboarding, all-hands icebreakers, offsites, client workshops, and CFA or CFP study-group review.

Why is a word-grouping puzzle good for finance education?

Sorting terms into hidden categories forces active recall, which makes finance vocabulary stick far better than reading a glossary. The tricky overlaps in a good puzzle mirror the exact confusions learners have, like whether 'market' is an order type or a measure of company size.

Is it free?

Playing any shared Connections puzzle is completely free with no login. Creating the 32-tile and 64-tile Extreme puzzles is a Premium feature, so one person with Premium can supply boards for the whole team to play free.

Can I print puzzles for an offsite or classroom?

Yes. Premium creators can export a board to a printable PDF, which is ideal for offsites, classroom handouts, and study groups where you would rather not have everyone on a screen.

How big can a finance puzzle get?

A standard board is 16 tiles in 4 groups. Extreme mode scales to 32 tiles (8 groups) or 64 tiles (16 groups) — enough to map an entire introductory finance syllabus in a single 'mega review' board.