There’s a lot of interest in daily puzzle games right now. The New York Times has a great collection of games like its crossword, Wordle, Connections, and Strands. Apple is in the mix with crosswords and more in Apple News Plus. Zach Gage’s puzzle gaming platform Puzzmo has some fun twists on classic games and was acquired by Hearst. Even LinkedIn has games now, and it turns out that they’re actually good.
Sure, the games are fun, but they can also be reliable ways for the companies that offer them to make money from subscriptions. The New York Times puts a some features for its games behind a paywall. Apple’s games are only available to Apple News Plus subscribers. And Netflix is launching a daily word game to bolster its paid subscription for mobile games.
Here’s all of our coverage of news and word games. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to try to finish Connections without throwing my phone into the ocean.
Samsung’s daily trivia game is coming to phones.
A Strands archive has shut down because of an NYT DMCA takedown notice.
One free Connections archive: gone.
The New York Times is trying to shut down a popular Connections puzzle creator
Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles
NYT tech workers are making their own games while on strike
Striking NYT tech workers made a custom Connections so you don’t cross the picket line
A meditative take on sudoku that changes with the weather
Daily sudoku is coming to Apple News Plus.
Netflix is getting a daily word game from TED.
NYT Games is testing Zorse, a new ‘phrase guessing’ puzzle game
Now you can suffer through old Connections puzzles.
Wordle is now available in virtual reality
The NYT’s Connections will now track your winning streak. Or, for me, lack thereof.
This online puzzle community has a fresh twist on battle passes
The New York Times’ excellent word search game is now in its Games app
It’s no ‘Mr. Bugs’ Wordy Nugz.’
You will never guess Wordle’s terrible, hilarious original name
I regret to inform you that LinkedIn’s games are very fun
LinkedIn is the latest company to get in on gaming
If you’re sick of crosswords, check out the new game coming to Apple News Plus.
The New York Times is targeting Wordle clones with legal takedowns
Zach Gage’s Puzzmo gets acquired as the newspaper games space heats up
A printable Puzzmo for the holiday weekend.
Puzzmo is imagining a better newspaper games page
The New York Times now offers daily hints for its Connections word game
The New York Times’ new word game Connections rolls out on mobile
Apple News Plus is getting crossword puzzles with iOS 17
The New York Times’ push into games meant a major change for its crosswords app
How Wordle lives on at The New York Times
Merriam-Webster acquires popular Wordle clone, Quordle
Now Wordle has an editor in charge of picking the next answer
Wordle snags a place inside the New York Times Crossword app
Wordle’s upgraded Wordlebot has a new recommended starting word
Wordle is being turned into a multiplayer board game
The New York Times is fixing one of Wordle’s most annoying problems
Buying Wordle brought ‘tens of millions of new users’ to The New York Times
Knotwords mashes Wordle with crossword puzzles
You might see an ad after you finish today’s Wordle
NYT’s new WordleBot tries to gamify something that probably doesn’t need it
New York Times pressures ‘unauthorized’ Wordle Archive into shutting down
Heardle is like Wordle for pop music
Wordle rip-offs are running rampant on the App Store again
How to fix your NY Times-based Wordle if it isn’t working
The New York Times has changed Wordle’s solutions
No, The New York Times did not make Wordle harder
The New York Times runs Wordle now, and stats are getting m-e-s-s-y
Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game
Wordle has been bought by The New York Times, will ‘initially’ remain free for everyone to play
Twitter suspends Wordle-ruining bot
Wordle! and Wardle team up to donate proceeds from an unrelated app’s popularity spike
The real beauty of Wordle is how its emoji results tell a story
The Wordle clones have disappeared from the App Store
The App Store clones are here to profit off Wordle’s success
Done your Wordle for the day? Try out these spoofs instead
NYT crossword puzzle no longer works in third-party apps, crosses puzzle solvers
The New York Times’ crossword can now haunt your living room in augmented reality
PSA: collaborative NYT crosswords return to Twitch over the holiday weekend
Soothe your election nerves by solving crossword puzzles together on Twitch
The New Yorker adds co-op to its online crossword puzzles
The story behind The New York Times’ largest and most ambitious crossword puzzle
