Some of these word games are challenging while others are more casual.

Wordle has grown to be one of the most popular words games since Josh Wardle launched it in 2021. The game asks players to figure out a five-letter word in six or fewer guesses (we have a two-step ...

How the Expanded Crossword Name Database helps decolonize the puzzle. By Erica Hsiung Wojcik Crossword puzzles have an inclusivity problem. In the past decade, people in the puzzle community have ...

Word sequence puzzles constitute fascinating (and fun) experiments in associative thinking—that is, experiments in how we make semantic, conceptual, or formal connections among the words in a set.

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The world of Wordle is expanding: The New York Times Games is launching a “Create Your Wordle Puzzle” feature that will allow users to go beyond just playing the popular word game, and instead develop ...