The NYT Mini Crossword packs a full crossword into a tiny 5×5 grid — solvable in under two minutes, free every day, with a timer to chase your personal best. Here’s how to play and how to get faster. How…
NYT Strands hides theme words in a 6×8 letter grid — and every single letter gets used exactly once. Find them all, including the special “spangram,” to win. Here’s how the game works and how to earn hints. How to…
The best Wordle starting words are SLATE, CRANE, and TRACE — five-letter openers packed with common letters in their most frequent positions. Here’s what the data (and the NYT’s own WordleBot) says about picking your first guess. Why Your Starting…
NYT Connections gives you 16 words and asks you to sort them into 4 groups of 4 — each group sharing a hidden category. You get only 4 mistakes before the game ends. Here’s exactly how it works and how…
