--- title: "2 Sites Where daily crossword Is a Top Search Keyword" url: https://mxverify.uk/keywords/daily-crossword description: "2 sites on mxverify list “daily crossword” among the searches that send them the most visitors, by traffic estimates: games.mashable.com, mindgames.com." site: mxverify generated: 2026-11-11T05:39:34.572Z --- # Sites where “daily crossword” is a top search keyword 2 sites on record list “daily crossword” among the searches that send them the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about **165K** times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026), at about $0.42 a click in search ads: a month of its searches would cost about **$69.3K** as search ads. Each site checked on the [backlink value checker](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value) adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked. ## Keyword intelligence - **165K** Google monthly search volume no change on Sept 2025 - **−7%** Last 3 months vs 3 before steady - **54/100** Demand score moderate - **70/100** Keyword difficulty (US) hard - **Informational** Search intent wants to learn - **$0.42** Google Ads cost per click top-of-page bids $0.23–$0.39 - **80.6K** Third-party estimated keyword demand Oct 2026 - **2** Sites getting visits from it Oct 2026 ### What the data says - Demand is down on the year, now levelling off: Google searches for “daily crossword” fell 18% (201K to 165K) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026. - The 2 listed sites take about 4,060 visits a month from “daily crossword”, 5% of its 80.6K searches (traffic estimates). The other 95% goes to sites not on record here, or ends without a click. - mindgames.com takes 89% of the listed sites' visits from “daily crossword”: one site holds most of this keyword's traffic. - At $0.42 a click (Google Ads), the listed sites' 4,060 visits a month from “daily crossword” would cost about $1,705 as search ads; mindgames.com's alone about $1,516. That is what the traffic would cost to buy, not what it earns. ### 1Demand **Search demand, month by month** Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide) Third-party estimated keyword demand Search demand, month by month. Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide): Oct 2024 165K, Nov 2024 165K, Dec 2024 135K, Jan 2025 165K, Feb 2025 165K, Mar 2025 165K, Apr 2025 165K, May 2025 165K, Jun 2025 135K, Jul 2025 135K, Aug 2025 165K, Sept 2025 165K, Oct 2025 201K, Nov 2025 165K, Dec 2025 165K, Jan 2026 165K, Feb 2026 165K, Mar 2026 201K, Apr 2026 201K, May 2026 165K, Jun 2026 165K, Jul 2026 165K, Aug 2026 165K, Sept 2026 165K; Third-party estimated keyword demand: Oct 2026 80.6K 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 | Oct 2026 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide) | 165K | 165K | 135K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 135K | 135K | 165K | 165K | 201K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 201K | 201K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 165K | 165K | — | | Third-party estimated keyword demand | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80.6K | Google monthly search volume: Google Ads, worldwide, read 10 Nov 2026. Third-party estimated keyword demand is a separate source, on the same axis: the two can differ. ### 2Who gets the traffic **Share of the visits, Oct 2026** Each site's latest estimate of its visits from this keyword; “As ads”: those visits at its cost per click, what they would cost to buy; DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; linking sites: sites linking to it (third-party link index). The sites getting its visits range from DR 58 to 91. **Where these sites' visitors are** - United States 67% - Canada 13% - India 3% - United Kingdom 2% - Philippines 2% - Other countries 14% The listed sites' own visitors by country (all their traffic), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: their audience, not where the keyword is searched. **Phones and computers** - Phones 44% - Computers and tablets 56% Page loads of the listed sites by Chrome users (Chrome UX Report), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: a site's device mix, not the keyword's. No source gives a keyword's device split. ### 3Ranking competition - **70/100** Keyword difficulty (US) hard - **30/100** Ranking ease hard - **503** Linking sites per top-ten page average, US On Google's page: AI Overview Related searches - Keyword difficulty is 70 of 100 for US results: hard on the vendor's scale. - The top ten pages have about 503 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index). ### 4Intent and related searches **Informational: wants to learn** The searcher's goal, as a third-party keyword database classifies it (US). #### Keywords the same sites get visits from - [daily games](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/daily-games) 1 of these sites · 6 sites in all - [word wipe](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/word-wipe) 1 of these sites · 2 sites in all - [hurdle](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/hurdle) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all - [hurdle game](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/hurdle-game) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all - [mashable.com casino](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/mashable-com-casino) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all - [mind games](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/mind-games) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all - [text twist](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/text-twist) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all - [wordscapes](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/wordscapes) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all Keywords the listed sites also get visits from, the most shared first: linked by the same sites' traffic, not by meaning. ### 5Opportunity **54** /100 · Demand score, moderate How much searching there is and what advertisers pay for it. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Searches | 84 | 165K a month · weight 40% | | Year | 50 | +0% since Sept 2025 · weight 20% | | Momentum | 43 | last 3 months −7% on the 3 before · weight 20% | | Commercial | 8 | $0.42 a click (Google Ads) · weight 20% | **30** /100 · Ranking ease, hard How open Google's first page is: 100 minus its difficulty and strength. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Keyword difficulty | 30 | 70 of 100 (US) · weight 50% | ### What to do with it - A hard first page (ease 30) for moderate demand (54): compare your site's strength with the first page's median Ahrefs DR before committing. - Study mindgames.com: it takes 89% of the listed sites' visits from “daily crossword”; its report shows which of its traffic comes from search. - The listed sites take 5% of its searches: most of the traffic goes to sites not on record here. A business score needs your own figures (conversion, deal value) and is not made here. Scores are fixed formulas over the figures shown; they are not Google's. ### 6Sources - **Google monthly search volume**, Google Ads cost per click, bids and paid competition: Google Ads, worldwide, read 10 Nov 2026. - **Third-party estimated keyword demand**, cost per click and each site's visits (est.): third-party traffic estimates, Oct 2026. - **Keyword difficulty, intent, SERP features, top-ten links**: a third-party keyword database, United States, read 10 Nov 2026. - **DR**: Ahrefs Domain Rating. **Linking sites**: a third-party link index. - **Phones and computers**: Chrome UX Report. Tiles, findings, scores and actions are worked out from the figures on this page by fixed rules. | Site | Report | Visits (est.) | Month | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [games.mashable.com](https://mxverify.uk/publications/games.mashable.com) | Valued | 450 | Oct 2026 | | [mindgames.com](https://mxverify.uk/publications/mindgames.com) | Valued | 3,610 | Oct 2026 | Listed A–Z. A top search keyword is one of the searches that bring a site the most visitors, by estimate. It is not a position in Google, and the order here is not a ranking. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on that site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money (2026-09-29: it had been shown in dollars). Ad value is what advertisers pay for the keyword — its searches × cost per click — not how hard it is to rank for. This page is kept out of search results until 15 sites share the keyword. Searches, cost per click and ad value above: Google Ads, worldwide. Sites and their visits: third-party traffic estimates, Oct 2026. The traffic estimates' own searches figure for the keyword is in the section below; the two sources often differ several times over. --- Source: mxverify, "2 Sites Where daily crossword Is a Top Search Keyword", https://mxverify.uk/keywords/daily-crossword (retrieved 2026-11-11). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology