NYT Games: Word Games & Sudoku

4.7
41.9K 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 22, 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
39K reviews
Lizzardicus Spork
April 26, 2024
LOVE the majority of the games. The "social/friends" leaderboard aspect is pretty lackluster; not the easiest method to connect/add friends/contacts who play, and you can't see their Wordle stats, etc. I kinda figured you'd be able to see how they do in ALL the different games of whoever you add to your leaderboard...nope, guess not. Also...when are we gonna be able to see our whole history/stats of Worldle??? (Be able to go back and access exactly how we played on whatever date)
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The New York Times Company
April 26, 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!
John S Mayers
April 26, 2024
Personal statistics disappeared despite having an active account and being logged in. 'Spelling Bee' only allows 'Solid' level with a free account. UI and navigation lack consistency across games. Virtual keyboard sensitivity and speed responsiveness are highly variable. Improvements are very past due but tolerable with a free account. I would not pay for a subscription with these issues.
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Marti Chance
April 24, 2024
I love the games and play wordle, connections and spelling bee everyday. As a recent mover from iOS there's two key improvements I'd like to suggest. 1- on wordle, add in wordle bot for android. 2- in spelling bee,getting back to the game from spelling bee buddy takes 3-4 extra clicks (most times it takes me back to games home page, and sometimes nyt home page) which is annoying. Thanks!
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The New York Times Company
April 25, 2024
Hi there! Thank you for your feedback. I will be sure that our Games team receives it. Have you tried playing Spelling Bee in the browser? Keeping the Bee and the Buddy on different tabs allows you to easily move between them. Happy Solving,

What's new

This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly, including a fix for playing downloaded Crossword puzzles offline.

Have feedback? Email us at nytgames@nytimes.com