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CNET released its daily hint and answer breakdown for the Sept. 20 edition of NYT Connections: Sports Edition, puzzle number 727. The four categories covered Maryland teams, former NHL cities, NFL rookie wide receivers, and sports terms drawn from the NATO phonetic alphabet.
CNET's daily puzzle guide published hints and the solution for the Sept. 19 Wordle, puzzle number 1,918. The word, WAKEN, has no repeated letters, contains two vowels, starts with W and ends with N. The previous day's answer, Sept. 18, was SNOWY.
CNET published its daily rundown of answers and hints for the New York Times Mini Crossword, covering both the across and down clues for the Sept. 17 puzzle. The list includes terms like QUACK, UNCLE, IDIOT and KEGS across, and QUIRK, UNDUE, ACING and KETO down.
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for The New York Times Connections puzzle numbered 1194, dated Sept. 17. The four categories covered elasticity-related words, things located underground, Hugh Jackman movies beginning with 'The,' and phrases starting with 'Love'.
CNET's daily Wordle guide confirmed that the solution for puzzle #1916, released Sept. 17, is THETA, the Greek letter often used in Greek life symbols. The site also provided hints beforehand, noting the word starts with T, ends with A, contains two vowels and one repeated letter. Wednesday's answer, WISPY, and other recent solutions were listed for reference.
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for NYT's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle number 724, dated September 17. The four categories were team collectives (conference, division, group, league), recent Summer Olympics host cities (London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo), Missouri Valley Conference schools (Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa) and words paired with 'Giants' (Little, New York, San Francisco, Yomiuri).
Wednesday's New York Times Connections puzzle grouped 16 words where eight could precede 'dog,' including hunting, rescue, sheep and sausage dog versus corn, prairie, salty and top dog. Solvers had to separate genuine canine breeds from food terms, animal names and slang phrases, tripping up many players who assumed all eight belonged together.
The New York Times launched a new set of five to six bonus puzzles released every Wednesday, created by its puzzle constructors and editors, available exclusively to Games or All Access subscribers. The lineup includes 'Wordle in 1,' a variant with five grids partially filled with correct and incorrect letters to solve, plus smaller spinoffs like Connections 3x3 and Colorful Strands, a color-coded version of Strands. Core puzzles such as Wordle, Connections and Strands remain free.
The New York Times is rolling out a new set of exclusive puzzles for subscribers, released every Wednesday. The lineup includes five to six variants each week, such as Wordle in 1, Connections 3x3, Colorful Strands, Mystery Mini, and themed Special Crosswords sometimes made with celebrities like Nick Offerman and Gabby Windey.
Ok Go's Andy Ross has released a new mobile game called Say the Same Thing, which challenges two players to independently guess a single word that connects two given prompts. The app is being compared to Wordle for its simple, shareable, daily-puzzle style format.
Don't Wordle is a free browser-based daily puzzle that reverses the logic of Wordle: players get six guesses but must avoid landing on the hidden word rather than finding it. Standard green, yellow and gray letter clues still apply, but the goal shifts to using them to steer away from the answer while keeping options open. The game includes limited undos, daily stats tracking and shareable results.