Yitzi Snow makes his New York Times Crossword debut. The New York Times has launched the Midi, a daily medium-size crossword.

Brainteasers are more than casual puzzles as they are structured in such a way that they serve as mental exercises. These puzzles can help stimulate reasoning, focus, and analytical thinking. There ...

Far away, on a large, rocky exoplanet, a rover from Earth has just arrived on a mission of exploration. But the poor thing doesn’t want to explore. The moment it begins moving, it grows homesick and ...

A new study claims to show the hardest Wordle puzzle in Connecticut, and residents who missed it may be feeling awful (a synonym) about that puzzle. The popular daily word game, which requires players ...

The New York Times kept readers on their toes in 2025, thanks to its stable of popular games. There were more than 11.2 billion puzzles solved on New York Times Games this year, led by 4.2 billion ...