NYT Games: Word Games & Sudoku

4.7
42.8K reviews
5M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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.
Updated on
Apr 29, 2024

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

4.7
39.9K reviews
Rosanna Tran
May 2, 2024
Appreciate the app overall and use it daily. A few annoying quirks: Android doesn't include same animation as iOS, making it hard to understand crosswords with visual gimmicks. Also there are some features available only on the web version (Strands, Monthly Bonus Crosswords, stats). When I use the website it directs me back to the app, which doesn't have what I'm looking for. Hope the developers can address these issues. Thanks!
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The New York Times Company
May 2, 2024
Hi there, thanks for writing in! We are always looking for opportunities to improve the NYT Games experience for our solvers, so I will pass along your feedback to the team. Feel free to reach out to nytgames@nytimes.com with any additional feedback!
David M. Miller
May 4, 2024
Slight improvement. Now it loads crossword puzzles while online, so they'll be available offline (a MUST HAVE for the NYC subway}. But something new broke: Now, occasionally, upon completing a crossword puzzle and returning to the main screen (offline), the puzzle appears with no star, as if it was still in progress. And when re-entered, the puzzle itself behaves as if it was completed (changes cannot be made), yet the timer continues to run. It doesn't correct itself when back online again.
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The New York Times Company
March 30, 2024
Hi there, sorry to hear you are experiencing this issue. Please reach out to our Care team through the Settings menu in your app or by emailing nytgames@nytimes.com directly so we can assist.
Lymbo at dawn (chicken_quesadilla)
May 1, 2024
I feel like this is a very simplistic game. Very fun and can be done with multiple people. However I would appreciate it if they had some kind of hint mechanism. In a game called wordscapes they give you hints in exchange for coins. This one you just have to guess. You only get six guesses so the more you get wrong less and less chance you have for a better score. Overall a very fun game.
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What's new

This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!

Have feedback? Email us at nytgames@nytimes.com.