The Puzzle Hub is an online community devoted to pop-culture related word puzzles. Founded in November 2008, they became widely known in April 2009 when their 12-part Mutant Enemy series gained attention amoungst fans of television producer Joss Whedon, the Twilight Saga and Harry Potter. Focusing mainly on Film, Television, Music, Theatre, Sport and Art the 'Hub' aims to test the knowledge of fans of popular phenomenons like Twilight, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. They have 27 word puzzle designs, with several unique to the site. They are; 1. Anagrams. 2. Letter Bank. 3. Spot The Difference. 4. Crosswords. 5. Totems. 6. Hexagons. 7. Strung-Outs (Regular, Mega and Super-Dooper). 8. Flippity Jippets. 9. Fill-It Clusters. 10.Flix Degrees. 11. Mis-Dated. 12. Who/Where Am I?. 13. Scatter Factor (Fill-In Crossword, only one is on the site). 14. Sudoku, Wordoku and Kidoku. 15. Mini Golfin'. 16. Diamond In The Rough. 17. Mumbly Jumblies. 18. Spoils. 19. Splice-Outs. 20. Match 'Em Ups (Splice 'N Match & Anagram 'N Match). 21. Pirate Booty. 22. Wordfinds. 23. Bullseye. 24. 9 x Q codes. 25. Melly Whos?. 26. Bananagrams. 27. Catch Phrases (Stage Freeze or Freeze Frame, pictionary type puzzle). So far they have done puzzles about Harry Potter, Buffy, Twilight, Quentin Tarantino, Seth MacFarlane, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, The Famous Five, Firefly, World of Warcraft, Comic-Con, So You Think You Can Dance, The Wizard of Oz, Lost and Puppetry, plus many more topics. They reguarly publish a giant Musical Theatre crossword in the Australian/NZ theatrical publication Stage Whispers Magazine. Each puzzle on the site is compiled by hand and posted as a bitmap file to make it easier for people to print and solve or alternatively solve on MS Paint. <references/>
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