NYT Games: Word Games & Sudoku

The New York Times Company

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About this game

Keep your mind sharp with word and logic puzzles from New York Times Games. Free to download, the app offers new puzzles daily for every skill level.

App Features and Games:

NEW AD-FREE PUZZLES DAILY
There are never any ads to disrupt the fun in The New York Times Games app, so you can play without distraction.

WORDLE
Play the original Wordle — created by Josh Wardle — in our app. See if you can guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries or less.

SPELLING BEE
Is scrambling your strong suit? Play the daily Spelling Bee and see how many words you can make with 7 letters.

THE CROSSWORD
Subscribers can play the same daily puzzle that’s printed in The New York Times, in our app. Crosswords increase in difficulty throughout the week, so there’s something for everyone.

CONNECTIONS
Our newest word game lets you group words with a common thread. See if you can do it with 4 mistakes or fewer.

SUDOKU
Looking for a numbers game, minus the math? Play Sudoku and fill each 3x3 set of boxes with numbers 1–9. Play a new puzzle every day in easy, medium or hard mode.

THE MINI CROSSWORD
The Mini is all the fun of The Crossword, but you can solve it in seconds. These word games don’t increase in difficulty throughout the week and feature simpler clues.

TILES
Unwind while you match elements in the day’s pattern — the key is to make consecutive matches.

LETTER BOXED
Create words using letters around the square. Letter Boxed is another fun way to test your word-making skills.

STATS
Track your progress for The Crossword, Wordle and Spelling Bee. For The Crossword, monitor your average solve times, see how many puzzles you can solve in a row, and more. Plus follow your streak on Wordle, and track how often you reach each level in Spelling Bee.

LEADERBOARDS
Start a friendly competition with The Mini leaderboards. Add up to 25 friends to see who can solve today’s Mini puzzle the fastest.

PUZZLE ARCHIVE
Subscribers can now solve past Spelling Bee puzzles, plus play over 10,000 crosswords in our archive.

DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS:
You can purchase a monthly or annual New York Times Games subscription.

Enjoy unlimited gameplay, The Crossword archive and more with a monthly or annual subscription. See our subscription offers for further details.

BY DOWNLOADING THE NEW YORK TIMES GAMES APP, you agree to:
• The automatic renewal terms stated above.
• The New York Times Privacy Policy: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/privacy-policy
• The New York Times Cookie Policy: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/cookie-policy
• The New York Times California Privacy Notices: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/california-notice
• The New York Times Terms of Service: https://www.nytimes.com/content/help/rights/terms/terms-of-service.html

Please note: A subscription to New York Times Games does not include access to any other New York Times products, including but not limited to nytimes.com, New York Times Cooking, Wirecutter, mobile news content and other apps on non-iOS devices.

Ratings and reviews

This app used to be great, but now it won't even stay open. I've updated, uninstalled and reinstalled, but it doesn't work anymore. App opens quickly & then immediately closes...no support. It's interesting that they suggested I contact them through the app. Obviously they did not understand that I can't do that because the app will not stay open. I tried doing that and also navigating their website which directed me to the app. Update: No response from NYT, but the app now works. Thanks

just ruined it by adding timing & offer to share after completing. no way to disable. add this to infuriating "are you SURE?" every time you try to turn on autocheck & i'm just about ready to cancel my subscription. I don't want any score-tracking. I don't want to share. Word games aren't a competitive sport, and the emphasis on competition is a moden sickness. Give me a way to disable ALL vestiges of competition. would give zero stars if I could: every update makes it worse.

Update: They got it back up and running again. One star off for Help Desk telling me to email them and then not responding. Repeatedly. Installed an update and now it no longer works. Sometimes it shows me a blank page when I try to access crossword puzzles, other times it says I'm not subscribed. Help desk said to go through the internet, which says I'm not subscribed. I sent them images of my ongoing (two year long) history of subscription and no response.

What's new

This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!

Have feedback? Email us at [e-mail].

#FunFact
If you reach Genius in Spelling Bee on October 31, you will reveal Beeatrice’s special Halloween hat.