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Sites where “crossword mini” is a top search keyword
One site on record lists “crossword mini” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about 27.1K times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026), at about $2.22 a click in search ads: a month of its searches would cost about $60.2K as search ads. Each site checked on the backlink value checker adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.
Keyword intelligence
27.1KGoogle monthly search volume−33% on Sept 2025
−6%Last 3 months vs 3 beforesteady
52/100Demand scoremoderate
55/100Keyword difficulty (US)difficult
TransactionalSearch intentready to act
$2.22Google Ads cost per clicktop-of-page bids $0.35–$2.43
19.3KThird-party estimated keyword demandSept 2026
1Sites getting visits from itSept 2026
What the data says
- Demand is down on the year, now levelling off: Google searches for “crossword mini” fell 18% (33.1K to 27.1K) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026.
- Across 3 years, searches peak in May (about 100.3K) and are lowest in September (about 59.5K), a 1.7× swing: time content to be indexed before May.
- The listed site takes about 7,390 visits a month from “crossword mini”, 38% of its 19.3K searches (traffic estimates). The other 62% goes to sites not on record here, or ends without a click.
- At $2.22 a click (Google Ads), the listed sites' 7,390 visits a month from “crossword mini” would cost about $16.4K as search ads. That is what the traffic would cost to buy, not what it earns.
1Demand
Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide)Third-party estimated keyword demand
Every month's figures
| Oct 2024 | Nov 2024 | Dec 2024 | Jan 2025 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2025 | Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sept 2025 | Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 | May 2026 | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sept 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide) | 110K | 110K | 110K | 110K | 110K | 135K | 135K | 135K | 110K | 110K | 110K | 40.5K | 33.1K | 27.1K | 27.1K | 27.1K | 22.2K | 27.1K | 27.1K | 27.1K | 22.2K | 22.2K | 22.2K | 27.1K |
| Third-party estimated keyword demand | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.3K |
2Who gets the traffic
| Site | Share | Visits | As ads | DR | Linking sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minicrossword.com | 100% | 7,390 | $16.4K | 40 | 214 |
3Ranking competition
55/100Keyword difficulty (US)difficult
32/100Ranking easehard
DR 81First page, median Ahrefs DR
308Linking sites per top-ten pageaverage, US
On Google's page:Related searchesImagesAI Overview
| # | Site | Page title | DR | BV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play.usatoday.com | Quick Cross: Mini Crossword Puzzle from USA TODAY | 92 | — |
| 2 | blackcrossword.com | Black Crossword | A free daily mini puzzle | Play online now | 34 | — |
| 3 | games.readersdigest.ca | Mini Crossword - Free Online Game | Reader's Digest Canada | 74 | — |
| 4 | crossword.dailyprincetonian.com | the latest mini | 72 | — |
| 5 | games.ajc.com | Mini Crossword - Free Online Game | 86 | — |
| 6 | arkadium.comon mxverify | Mini Crossword - Play Online for Free | 76 | $186 |
| 7 | nytimes.comon mxverify | NYT Mini Crossword | 94 | $739 |
| 8 | morningbrew.com | Brew Mini | 81 | — |
| 9 | games.mashable.com | Mini Crossword - Free Online Game | 91 | — |
- Keyword difficulty is 55 of 100 for US results: difficult on the vendor's scale.
- None of the 1 sites listed here is in Google's US top 9 for “crossword mini”.
- The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 81; the lowest-rated result, blackcrossword.com at #2, has DR 34.
- The top ten pages have about 308 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
- Google shows an AI Overview for “crossword mini”, citing 4 sites: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.
4Intent and related searches
Transactional: ready to act · also informational
Google's related searches
- Nypost Crossword mini
- Portland mini crossword
- Atlantic mini crossword
- Miami mini crossword
- Chicago mini crossword
- Crossword mini archive
- The Sun Mini Crossword
- Dallas mini crossword
Keywords the same sites get visits from
5Opportunity
52/100 · Demand score, moderate
| Searches | 69 | 27.1K a month · weight 40% |
| Year | 36 | −33% since Sept 2025 · weight 20% |
| Momentum | 44 | last 3 months −6% on the 3 before · weight 20% |
| Commercial | 44 | $2.22 a click (Google Ads) · weight 20% |
32/100 · Ranking ease, hard
| Keyword difficulty | 45 | 55 of 100 (US) · weight 50% |
| First-page strength | 19 | median Ahrefs DR 81 · weight 50% |
What to do with it
- A hard first page (ease 32) for moderate demand (52): compare your site's strength with the first page's median Ahrefs DR before committing.
- Google answers part of it in an AI Overview: the pages it cites get a link above the results.
6Sources
- Google monthly search volume, Google Ads cost per click, bids and paid competition: Google Ads, worldwide, read 9 Nov 2026.
- Third-party estimated keyword demand, cost per click and each site's visits (est.): third-party traffic estimates, Sept 2026.
- Keyword difficulty, intent, SERP features, top-ten links: a third-party keyword database, United States, read 9 Nov 2026.
- Google's first page, AI Overview, related searches: Google search, United States, read 9 Nov 2026.
- DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating. Linking sites: a third-party link index.
- Phones and computers: Chrome UX Report.
| Site | Report | Visits (est.) | Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| minicrossword.com | Valued | 7,390 | Sept 2026 |