NYT Games: Solve Puzzles Daily

NYT Games: Solve Puzzles Daily

By The New York Times Company

  • Category: Games
  • Release Date: 2009-03-27
  • Current Version: 5.62.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 77.12 MB
  • Developer: The New York Times Company
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Score: 4.8
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From 238,914 Ratings
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Description

New York Times Games is the essential app for anyone who loves word, logic and number games. Free to download, the app offers new puzzles daily for every skill level. App Features and Games: THE CROSSWORD - The classic daily New York Times puzzle you love. - Crack clues and fill the grid with answers. - Crosswords increase in difficulty throughout the week. WORDLE - The official Wordle, a word-guessing game created by Josh Wardle. - Can you guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries or less? - Analyze your guesses and improve your skills with Wordle Bot. CONNECTIONS - Group words that share a common thread. - Train your brain and organize 16 terms into four categories using word associations and strategy. - Analyze your guesses and see how you stack up with Connections Bot. SPELLING BEE - Is spelling your strong suit? - See how many words you can create with 7 letters. - Build more words to earn more points. SUDOKU - Looking for a numbers game, minus the math? - Fill each 3x3 set of boxes with numbers 1 to 9. - Play a new puzzle every day in easy, medium or hard mode. STRANDS - Try this classic word search, with a twist. - Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme. THE MINI CROSSWORD - All the fun of the Crossword, but you can solve it in seconds. - A spin on our original word game, with simpler clues. - Puzzles don’t increase in difficulty throughout the week. TILES - Unwind with a pattern-matching game. - The key is to match elements consecutively. - Can you keep your chain going? LETTER BOXED - Create words using letters around the square. - Test your word-making skills with daily puzzles. STATS - Looking for your longest solving streak? - Wondering how many puzzles you’ve solved? - Track your progress with stats for the Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle and Connections. - Plus, monitor your average solve times. LEADERBOARD - Add friends and follow daily scores across Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee and the Mini. - Plus, explore your score history to see how your word game scores stack up over time. PUZZLE ARCHIVE - Subscribers can solve over 10,000 past puzzles from New York Times Games. - Explore puzzle archives for Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee and the Crossword. BY DOWNLOADING THE NEW YORK TIMES GAMES APP, you agree to: • 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 • Apple Terms of Sale: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html

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Reviews

  • Re-designed Stats page is bad

    3
    By C|S|M
    The recent change to the Stats page is really bad. It appears to be formatted more for an iPhone than the wider screen of an iPad. On the iPad, which is how we usually do the crossword, there is a lot of wasted space and you can no longer compare the Average/This Week/Best times on the same page. It was very helpful to visually see that data presented together which made the graphs actually comparable. I understand how this new layout could be considered better on iOS, but there needs to be a redesign for iPad OS that displays these graphs at the same time and takes advantage of the available screen real estate. Also, please bring back the decimal point on the Solve Rate!

  • Best Games! Needs Datk Mode!

    4
    By ikanidan
    The NYT Games app is amazing. My family plays most of the games daily. We love it! How in 2025 though does this not have dark mode?!?! Each game has a toggle, but why can’t the app just follow the system settings like every other app is able to? Please fox this NYT!

  • Game AI

    1
    By Aframe camper
    I do not want to play with other people and I hate having an identifier which your system forces me to have. I’m having to delete the app and reload it to keep it off my acct

  • New update does not work without wifi

    1
    By Bananabanana12344321
    Could not do downloaded crosswords on the airplane, terrible update

  • Worst dark mode

    1
    By Πατρικιος
    Individual games have dark mode, but not the main menu. And even worse, when winning some games, I get hit with a bright white win screen, blinding me. Please make the whole app more dark mode friendly for bed time playing.

  • Good stuff

    5
    By Nick nicknamed Nickname Nick
    Solid variety of puzzles with a pretty generous monetization model and extremely non-obtrusive ads. It's a great little thing to work into your daily routine for waking up or maintaining lateral thinking skills.

  • Hey… what 😭

    3
    By Gertrude4562
    Hey, I love most of these games but considering this is a game rated 4+ on the app store, the purple connections category for today (8/2/2025) is… ew. Not only is this inappropriate and sets parents up for an awkward conversation, but puts the kids that play word games like this at a disadvantage. -Coming from a child that is salty about almost losing the connections… please stop. I play this game with my mother…

  • Rounded Up to Five Stars

    5
    By Dpoll33
    My only complaint for the iPad app is that the puzzle title (when there is one) doesn’t appear. Sometimes when I go online to NYT for help, it will mention that the title of the puzzle clues us in. My in-app view of the puzzle only shows the date. I do see the titles if I just go to the web browser to play, but then what’s the point of having the app?

  • Really Fun!

    5
    By TigerSnake02
    These puzzles are such high quality are super fun! I really enjoy the daily themes and difficulty because it feels like a challenge at times and easier at other times. It really can help that boredom and I really look forward to each and every different game there is to offer! The subscription is totally worth it too! :)

  • I love it daily, but new “Me” needs work

    4
    By CharleyCross
    I’ve enjoyed the Games app for years. Over time they’ve added more clever, fun games. I can’t have my morning coffee without my NYT games, and vice versa. The new “Me” tab is nice for bringing some commonality to the stats for several games, but it harms the stats we’ve had for years for the crossword. We can no longer see this week, average and best all at the same time on the same graph. It’s more work now, and less intuitively visual how today’s result compares to one’s history. Please bring back the three-in-one bar chart! I don’t care whether it’s horizontal or vertical.

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