Food word puzzle
Mystery Recipe
Mystery Recipe is a food word puzzle: find ingredient names hidden in a letter grid, use them to guess the dish, and unlock a real recipe you can cook. Play a daily mystery or explore more puzzles while building your own cookbook.
View on the App StoreWhat is Mystery Recipe?
Mystery Recipe combines an ingredient word search with a guess-the-dish puzzle. Made by Jackson Myers and published by Catspaw Systems, it turns each solved food mystery into a recipe for your cookbook.
- Find hidden ingredient names in a letter grid, then guess the dish they make.
- Solve a fresh daily mystery and compare time scores on Game Center leaderboards.
- Play additional recipe puzzles, with hints when you need help.
- Unlock recipes with ingredient quantities, prep and cooking times, and step-by-step instructions.
- Mark favorite recipes and return to them in your cookbook.
- Play bundled puzzles offline and resume saved games.


Mystery Recipe questions and answers
How do you play Mystery Recipe?
Trace ingredient names through a letter grid, then use those ingredients to guess the dish. You can guess early or keep searching for more clues. Wrong guesses and ingredient hints add time to your score; a lower score is better.
Does Mystery Recipe unlock real recipes?
Yes. Each solved mystery adds a real recipe to your cookbook, including ingredient quantities, prep and cooking times, and step-by-step instructions. You can mark favorites and return to them when you want to cook.
Can you play Mystery Recipe offline?
You can play bundled puzzles offline and resume saved games. The daily mystery and Game Center leaderboards provide additional ways to play and compare results.
Is there a daily food word puzzle?
Mystery Recipe offers a fresh daily food puzzle shared by other players. Find hidden ingredients, identify the dish, and compare your time score on Game Center leaderboards.
By Jackson Myers · Published by Catspaw Systems · Page updated . See the App Store for current pricing and compatibility.