All articles tagged with #puzzle
Defector’s Monday crossword wraps up March with a challenging themeless by Rafael Musa and Owen Bergstein, edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. The feature is part of Defector’s collaboration with AVCX, which runs weekly puzzles, and submissions are closed from April 1 to May 1.
Konami retro icons join Picross S on Nintendo Switch in the PICROSS S KONAMI ANTIQUES edition, launching April 30 for $17.99/€17.99/£16.19/¥1,800 with over 80 KONAMI titles converted into pixel-art puzzles across Picross, Mega Picross, Color Picross, Clip Picross, and Extra, plus a Time Attack mode.
A concise guide to solving the Azure Moon Labyrinth puzzle in Crimson Desert: locate the labyrinth in the Witchwoods, enter via the Phoniel Ranch path, decipher the mural clues and five letter-marked trees in Pororin Village, push the five blocks in the correct sequence using Force Palm/Force Current, and earn the Abyss Artifact and the Memory of Tide as rewards.
Spoilers ahead: this Lifehacker guide breaks down NYT Connections for March 8, 2026 (#1001), revealing four groups—Yellow: Cities (Lima, Nice, Osaka, Phoenix); Green: Palindromes (Eye, Refer, Rotator, Seles); Blue: Horror Movies minus 'S' (Gremlin, Jaw, Sinner, Tremor); Purple: words starting with slang for zero (Jacket, Nadal, Squatter, Zipper)—along with tips and strategies for solving and avoiding overreliance on spoilers.
Marking the 1,000th Connections puzzle, this interview with editor Wyna Liu explores how board design uses cross-category misdirection, varied wordplay, and solver expectations to create challenge, alongside insight into the companion art process by Calum Heath and Kathy Lee that ties illustrations back to the game’s clues.
Blue Prince on Switch 2 is a deeply rewarding puzzle roguelike where you explore a shifting Mount Holly Estate to uncover the Room 46 mystery. Its daily step system, optional notebook-driven deductions, and permanent upgrades create a cerebral loop that rewards careful observation and planning. While it runs at 30fps with occasional dips and lacks cross-save, the game’s inventive mechanics, atmospheric visuals and music, and the sense of clever achievement earn it a high 9/10 in this review.
This guide lays out how to access Resident Evil Requiem’s secret Final Puzzle: in an earlier run, obtain Marie’s Doll from the Research Facility basement; in a later run, complete the Care Center basement sequence (blood pool, meat grinder, toilets) to place the doll in your inventory, then carry Emily with Marie’s Doll to the Lead Researcher’s Office, scan the Severed Hand for the “Let’s Play” clue, and input the Sun‑Moon‑Star code to hear the voice and earn 20,000 CP. The solution was traced by IGN and creators like Gengar Collects, Kyro, and Rantsycancy, with the “sweet pair” referring to Emily and Marie.
Adam Aaronson’s New York Times crossword showcases an EG theme: every theme entry is a two-word phrase with the first word starting with E and the second with G (e.g., ETHNIC GROUP, ENDOCRINE GLAND). The clues and syntax—such as “e.g.” and “for one”—signal the gimmick, but there’s no revealer; solvers discover the pattern gradually while the piece also reflects on language, culture, and the constructor’s anecdotes.
Mashable lays out hints and the official solutions for NYT Connections #981 (Feb 16, 2026), detailing four categories and their answers: Knee slapper (HOOT, LAUGH, RIOT, SCREAM), Homophones (DO, DOE, DOH, DOUGHS), Sounds a chicken makes (BUCK, CACKLE, CLUCK, SQUAWK), and Stress responses (FAWN, FIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE).
A new cyberpunk visual novel with match-3 puzzles, D1AL-ogue, is free to play on Steam (also Steam Deck). You play an android repair technician in a sunless cyberpunk city, fixing ‘eves’ by merging modules while hearing their stories. The game has a 95% approval rating from 468 reviews and offers a few hours of gameplay; no official reason for the free release is given.
Mashable outlines today’s Hurdle with five word puzzles and reveals the solutions: NOISE, TENSE, ERECT, HERON, and BORNE, plus how each round uses clues from prior guesses and how the final hurdle displays past answers.
Mashable shares hints and the full answer set for NYT Connections #947 (Jan 13, 2026). The article explains the four categories and then lists the solutions: Present go-withs (BOW, CARD, GIFT WRAP, RIBBON); Jostle (ELBOW, PRESS, SHOULDER, SHOVE); Accessories for Mr. Monopoly (BOWTIE, CANE, MONEYBAG, TOPHAT); Parts of the foot plus starting letter (OTOE, PARCH, RANKLE, WHEEL). If you’d rather solve it yourself, you can skip to the hints and try first before checking the answers.
Today's Wordle answer is 'QUARK,' a challenging puzzle that took testers an average of 5.7 guesses, and the word refers to elementary particles or a type of cheese.
The article provides hints and answers for the daily Hurdle word game on January 10, 2026, including clues and solutions for all five rounds, and encourages players to try more puzzles available on Mashable's games hub.
Today's Wordle answer is 'MANIC'. The puzzle starts with M and has no double letters. The article provides background on Wordle's origins, strategies for choosing starting words, and updates on the archive and difficulty levels.