NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword

NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword

The New York Times Company · 4.8 ★ · FREE

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Description

New York Times Games is the essential app for anyone who loves word, logic and number games. Guess the Wordle, solve the Crossword or build words in Spelling Bee. Free to download, the app offers new puzzles daily for every skill level.

App Features and Games:

NEW: THE MIDI CROSSWORD
- Crush this clever midsize word puzzle.
- Just-right size between the Mini and the Crossword.
- Enjoy approachable clues, special puzzles and a path to daily wins.

THE CROSSWORD
- The classic daily New York Times puzzle you love.
- Crack clues and fill the grid with answers.
- Crosswords increase in difficulty throughout the week.

WORDLE
- The official Wordle, a word-guessing game.
- Can you guess the 5-letter word in 6 tries or less?
- Analyze your guesses and improve your skills with Wordle Bot.

CONNECTIONS
- Group words that share a common thread.
- Organize 16 terms into four categories using word associations and strategy in this brain teaser
- Analyze your guesses and see how you stack up with Connections Bot.

SPELLING BEE
- Is spelling your strong suit?
- See how many words you can create with 7 letters.
- Build more words to earn more points.

SUDOKU
- Looking for a numbers game, minus the math?
- Fill each 3x3 set of boxes with numbers 1 to 9.
- Play a new puzzle every day in easy, medium or hard mode.

STRANDS
- Try this classic word search, with a twist.
- Find hidden words and uncover the day’s theme.
- How many words can you find?

THE MINI CROSSWORD
- All the fun of the Crossword, but you can solve it in seconds.
- A spin on our original word game, with simpler clues.
- Puzzles don’t increase in difficulty throughout the week.

PIPS
- Find the right spot for each domino.
- Leverage logic and arrange dominoes in this brain teaser.
- Play three puzzles daily: Easy, medium and hard.

TILES
- Unwind with a pattern-matching game.
- The key is to match elements consecutively.
- Can you keep your chain going?

LETTER BOXED
- Build words using letters around the square.
- Test your word-making skills with daily puzzles.
- Connect characters and see how many words you can create.

BADGES
- Earn badges for Spelling Bee, Wordle and Connections.
- Celebrate your streaks and wins.

STATS
- Looking for your longest solving streak?
- Wondering how many puzzles you’ve solved?
- Track your progress with stats for the Crossword, Spelling Bee, Wordle, Connections and Strands.
- Plus, monitor your average solve times.

LEADERBOARD
- Add friends and follow daily scores across Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee and the Mini.
- Plus, explore your score history to see how your word game scores stack up over time.

PUZZLE ARCHIVE
- Subscribers can solve over 10,000 past puzzles from New York Times Games.
- Explore puzzle archives for Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, the Crossword and the Mini.

HINTS
- Find tips and strategize with fellow solvers in the forums. Just tap the light bulb while playing.
- Available for Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee and Strands.

BY DOWNLOADING THE NEW YORK TIMES GAMES APP, you agree to:
• The New York Times Privacy Policy: https://www.nytimes.com/privacy/privacy-policy
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• 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
• Apple Terms of Sale: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html

Developer

What's New

Version 6.22.0 · Apr 15, 2026

This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly! Have feedback? Email us at nytgames@nytimes.com

Ratings & Reviews

App Store

4.8

279,207 ratings

N/A downloads

Google Play

4.8

123,712 ratings

10,000,000+ downloads

5★
90%
4★
6%
3★
1%
2★
1%
1★
2%

Recent Reviews

Edward Williams

Google Play

I love the games, but it kills the battery ridiculously fast. A 20 minute crossword should not use more battery than an hour of streaming YouTube!! My S24 gets super hot just doing a simple crossword!!! The app is running ridiculous amounts of processes in the background, and I have to believe it's becuase they are monitoring and selling advertising data, but who knows.

Apr 23, 2026

CJ Bihm

Google Play

tried to play wordle and it made me give personal information and then sent me to a Healthcare site. Couldn't even get into the game?

Apr 23, 2026

Winter1964

App Store

Too bad I can’t use any more.

I loved this app 5 stars. Now I can’t use it on my perfectly functioning iPad. Fix this please.

Apr 23, 2026

Wyatt Sullivan

Google Play

The games are fun but the app itself is buggy. During crosswords, letters will disappear sometimes right after you type them in. Sometimes the whole board (and timer) resets. In Wordle, the keyboard does not register letters frequently, no matter how slowly you type. The dominoes game has a weird visual glitch when you rotate the dominoes, where they'll scrunch up into a tiny box so that you can't see the numbers. I'm fully up-to-date on modern hardware.

Apr 23, 2026

disgruntled vet student

App Store

Glitches with Midi puzzles

The app doesn’t consistently load the midi crosswords. Please fix!

Apr 23, 2026

MonnieGibbs

App Store

Love the variety of crossword puzzles.

Thank you for providing so many crossword puzzle varieties, as well as an extensive archive of each. You’ve given me many hours of brain strengthening. I’m working hard to beat my physician’s tests and I believe your puzzles help enormously. I’m grateful.

Apr 23, 2026

Alan Stride

Google Play

challenging but fun

Apr 22, 2026

A Google user

Google Play

Charged huge amount with no warning

Apr 22, 2026

Most Disappointed

App Store

App broken again

MIDI puzzle doesn’t show in iPad anymore. Redownloaded but still doesn’t work. You need to get this worked out. Still not working

Apr 22, 2026

DagoHill

App Store

Pieces should be different color per player

It’s easier to tell what the opponent played

Apr 22, 2026

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