All articles tagged with #puzzle
Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1144 with quick hints, the four category groups (Yellow: Fasteners; Green: Nondescript; Blue: Units of wisdom; Purple: Boards in a classroom), and the full solution, plus strategic tips for spotting connections and using the color-coded difficulty to solve the puzzle.
Provides hints and the full solution for NYT Connections puzzle #1142 (July 27, 2026), including the four groups and their answers: Gymnastics apparatus (BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, VAULT); Long tapered things (CARROT, ICICLE, KNITTING NEEDLE, STALACTITE); Kinds of shifts (DOPPLER, GRAVEYARD, PARADIGM, STICK); and Icons on a shopping site (BELL, CART, HEART, MAGNIFYING GLASS). The article also explains how to play, scoring, and where to find more puzzles.
Mashable outlines the NYT Strands hints for July 19, 2026: the theme is size ('Big talk'), the spangram is horizontal with the answer 'Supersize it', and the word list includes Giant, Behemoth, Leviathan, Mammoth, and Colossum; plus a quick note on how Strands works and where to find the full hints.
Mashable lays out tips and reveals the solution for NYT Connections #1130, showing the four category groups: terms for the legal system (BAR, BENCH, COURT, TRIBUNAL), things with laces (BASEBALL GLOVE, CORSET, FOOTBALL, SHOW), kinds of sports (EXTREME, MOTOR, RACKET, WATER), and words that precede 'Room' to indicate extra space (BREATHING, ELBOW, HEAD, WIGGLE).
CNET's Wordle hints for July 15 (No. 1852) describe a tough puzzle with no repeated letters, one vowel, beginning with P and ending in W; the answer is PSHAW, an old-fashioned interjection used to dismiss a compliment.
A looping semaphore puzzle atop Adobe's San Jose headquarters, created by Ben Rubin, was solved after three years by software engineer Brian Vincent; the four-circle animation encodes the colors of a Botticelli rose from Birth of Venus, making it the third entry in the San Jose Semaphore series that previously included The Crying of Lot 49 and Neil Armstrong's audio. Adobe plans a new semaphore puzzle with a two-year Creative Cloud subscription for the first solver.
In D-topia, you’re a Facilitator in a sunlit, AI-governed city solving light grid puzzles and guiding residents, all wrapped in a calm, satirical take on happiness under technology; the game’s serene visuals mask an eerie undercurrent about human obsolescence, delivering thoughtful, non-alarmist sci‑fi. Available now for £15.99.
Kotaku’s Indie-Penance Day round-up highlights ten new indie titles to wishlist, including Spellsided (a die-based puzzle roguelite), Janet DeMornay Is A Slumlord (surreal witchy satire), Ourlands (cozy, no-goal city builder), Defy the Gods (a gorgeously presented 312-page TTRPG), Roombattle (robot vacuum battle arena), Dance of Theseus (monster ballroom dress-up), He Who Watches (gravity-manipulation puzzler), Folk Emerging (stone-age 4X with cave-painting art), Blocks For Babies (block-stacking puzzle that becomes a shooter), and Imprinted (cassette-restoration occult mystery) — with several titles out now and others TBD, all pitched as notable indie finds.
Today's Wordle No. 1835 is EMCEE. Hints show a single repeated letter (the only vowel) and that the word starts with E and ends with E, matching a master of ceremonies.
The June 27, 2026 NYT Connections puzzle (#1112) solution groups are: Yellow = Monopoly squares (Boardwalk, Income Tax, Short Line, Water Works); Green = fashion-show components (catwalk, collection, designer, model); Blue = commonly striped items (barber pole, billiard ball, credit card, crosswalk); Purple = endings in horse gaits (decanter, envelope, firewalk, foxtrot). The piece also includes hints, strategies and notes on the NYT Connections bot and Times Games progress tracking.
CNET provides the hints and full solutions for the New York Times NYT Connections puzzle for June 23, 2026 (No. 1,108), detailing the four groups: yellow (dance styles: foxtrot, modern, swing, tap), green (Monopoly box items: deed, hotel, money, token), blue (content sorting options online: featured, popular, recent, trending), and purple (things with mantles/mantels: Earth, emperor, fireplace, Yankees). The piece also notes the Times’ Connections bot and how players can track progress in the Times Games section.
CNET provides hints and the completed answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle on June 22, 2026 (No. 1107). The four groups unlock as: Yellow group (Dominant) — alpha, head, lead, primary; Green group (Multiplication indicators) — by, times, X, •; Blue group (Pronunciation descriptors) — short, silent, soft, stressed; Purple group (Starting with explosive onomatopoeia) — Bangkok, boomer, Popsicle, powder. The piece also notes the puzzle’s theme and mentions a NYT Connections Bot for scoring and additional hints.
This article provides the hints and complete answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for June 21, 2026: Yellow group (Precipitation) drizzle, rain, showers, sprinkles; Green group (Bowls over) floors, rocks, stuns, surprises; Blue group (NBC sitcoms) Community, Friends, Scrubs, Wings; Purple group (Starting with insults) barb, dig, dis, slap.
CNET provides the hints and completed answers for the June 20, 2026 NYT Connections puzzle (No. 1,105). The four groups are: yellow — jackknife, knapsack, Knicks, knock-knock (silent/pronounced K theme); green — back, bolster, champion, support (endorsement); blue — beanbag, recliner, rocker, stool (kinds of chairs); purple — Jumpin', Louis, New York, Rebel (words repeated in hit songs). The piece also notes a last-minute puzzle substitution and mentions the NYT Connections Bot and player-tracking features.
Mashable provides hints and the official solution for NYT Connections #1104 (June 19, 2026). The article outlines category-color clues (yellow, green, blue, purple) and lists the final group answers: Umami-rich foods: MISO PASTE, PARMESAN, SOY SAUCE, VEGEMITE; Beginner piano pieces: CHOPSTICKS, FÜR ELISE, HEART AND SOUL, THE ENTERTAINER; Starting with magazines: FORTUNE COOKIE, PEOPLE PERSON, SPINDERELLA, TIME MACHINE; Ending in synonyms for "Aggregate": COINCIDENTALLY, DIM SUM, TEETOTAL, VISCOUNT.