"NewYear2017 word puzzle just for fun: the first three words you see that might define your 2017. What do you see?" it wrote early on Monday.
"Masturbate", "sucker" and "testicle" were among the more printable obscenities in the puzzle.
The posts were removed later that day.
The online reaction to the puzzle was swift, though it seemed more people were entertained than offended.
@Jr_Wang tweeted: "All words I can see are too dirty, my 2017 got ruined," while â€
China's Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Daily, has been mocked online after posting a obscenity-filled puzzle on its English-language social media accounts.