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The New York Times Connections puzzle #1221, released on October 14, 2026, features four distinct word groups. The yellow category centers on synonyms for 'hint,' the green group lists tennis shots, the blue category includes superheroes preceded by 'The,' and the purple group relies on wordplay involving the phrase 'fee, fi, fo, fum.'
The answer to the October 2, 2026, Wordle puzzle, number 1931, is 'usury.' The word, which refers to lending money at high interest rates, features a repeated vowel and ends in 'y.' CNET and USA Today both note that this puzzle is particularly difficult for players, likely causing many streaks to break. The previous day's answer was 'ritzy,' and the puzzle before that was 'river.'
Brian Callahan’s first Saturday crossword for The New York Times features a low-word-count pinwheel grid with 64 entries, challenging solvers with obscure trivia and wordplay.
The New York Times Connections puzzle #1183, released on September 6, 2026, features four distinct word groups. The yellow category centers on unrestricted permission, while the green group lists computer input ports. The blue category highlights redundant abbreviations, and the purple group focuses on words ending with verbs related to carving or marking surfaces.
The September 2, 2026 New York Times Connections puzzle, number 1179, features a tricky dog-themed challenge. The yellow group consists of synonyms for flabbergast, while the green group lists items found in a violin case. The blue and purple groups both use the fill-in-the-blank structure '____ dogs,' but the blue group contains actual dog types, and the purple group contains words that are not dogs.
The Athletic released hints and answers for its daily Connections: Sports Edition puzzle No. 708 on September 1, 2026. Created by Mark Cooper, the game challenges players to group 16 sports-related words into four categories. The solution includes groups for coaching terms, NFL mascots, items associated with Matt Ryan, and compound words.
The August 24, 2026, edition of the New York Times Connections puzzle, designated as #1170, features four distinct word categories. The yellow group consists of fish, the green group covers synonyms for 'principal,' the blue group uses professional wrestling terminology, and the purple group combines letter homophones with tennis terms. Multiple outlets provided hints and full solutions for this daily challenge.
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.