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The WordleBot just got an upgrade. Now it’s judging your starter words even harder.
A new “skill score” arrived this week. Players are not handling it well.
A 12-year-old just hit Queen Bee on Spelling Bee. With 81 words.
Tuesday’s puzzle produced one of the most decisive solves the format has ever seen.
CodyCross drops three new packs and a redesigned password screen.
Fanatee’s fall update is the biggest substantive change in two years.
The constructor who hides her own name in every grid she builds.
For 18 years, Eliza Cartwright has snuck a four-letter signature into every published puzzle she’s made — and almost no one has caught her at it. We sat down at her kitchen table to find out why.
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How to read a cryptic clue without losing your mind.
A field guide for Americans. Anagrams, hidden words, charades — demystified.
How to stop dying on Thursday.
Rebus squares, misdirections, themes that bend the rules. The survival guide.
The 5 Wordle opening words a math nerd ranked. ADIEU is not the answer.
Information theory says you can do better than your gut starter.
Honest reviews.
CodyCross 2026: the relaxed cousin of the crossword family.
After 30 days back inside Fanatee’s 2026 update, the verdict is in.
Connections review: the puzzle that turned “I guessed too early” into a national pastime.
After 18 months of daily play, we have notes. Mostly admiring.
The NYT Games app: still the gold standard, still annoyingly stingy with archives.
Five years in, the app that started a daily-puzzle empire is polished and quietly limiting.