NYT Games: Word, Number, Logic

4.2
76.8K reviews
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Content rating
Rated for 3+
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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: STRANDS
Our latest game lets you find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme. It’s the word search you know, with a twist.

WORDLE
Play the original Wordle — created by Josh Wardle — in our app. Guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries or less, and analyze your guesses with WordleBot.

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
Group words with a common thread. See if you can do it with four 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 over 10,000 past puzzles from Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee and The Crossword.

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.
Updated on
Apr 22, 2025
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Financial info, App activity, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
72.1K reviews
Sam Hansel
February 27, 2025
The games are good, but there's so much more that could be done with this app. Mainly, there's been a known issue where Mini Crossword times aren't displayed properly if you or any of your friends got the same time (totally locks you out of the leaderboard for that day.) This issue doesn't exist for iPhone, only Android, and it's been known for longer than 4 months based on their response to me when I reported this bug 4 months ago.
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AL
March 7, 2025
Some days it takes a few hours for the app to recognize the day has changed. There is little consistency to puzzle quality, often featuring incorrect definitions for words, or a complete lack of acceptance of some words, but allowing others - why isn't QUESO recognized as a word, but HEROS is? The app works, there are puzzles. E: The Mini constantly won't recognize it being solved, & no edits allowed. An update essentially took away one of the games. Developer replied with garbage. Thanks. 1/5.
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The New York Times Company
March 7, 2025
Hello, I'm sorry you're encountering this issue. Please contact our Care team for assistance by navigating to the Settings menu in your app or by emailing us directly at nytgames@nytimes.com. We're here to help!
Caroline James
January 17, 2025
This app consists of the various puzzles available in the New York Times, e.g., Wordle, Spelling Bee. There are new puzzles every day, and you can go back and do the archived puzzles, too. The puzzles are a lot of fun, and they're great for keeping my brain active. My only (minor) issue is that - for obvious and valid reasons - they're very UScentric. I have to remember to use American spellings; both words and knowledge that are common in the US aren't here - and vice versa.
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What’s new

This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!

Have feedback? Email us. nytgames@nytimes.com