All articles tagged with #word games
Mashable’s Wordle hub reveals the May 25, 2026 answer: VISIT — a 5-letter word starting with V with two I’s — and offers hints and tips for solving it, plus a quick history of Wordle and its variants.
Mashable walks you through NYT Connections #1073 (May 19, 2026) with category hints and the four solution groups: Things babies do (BABBLE, CRY, NURSE, TEETHE); Modify deceptively (ALTER, COOK, DOCTOR, FUDGE); Judy Blume books (BLUBBER, DEENIE, FOREVER, SUPERFUDGE); Fish minus a letter (FOUNDER, SALON, SURGEON, TROT).
Mashable reveals Wordle #1793 (May 17, 2026) answer: BYLAW. The article includes clues and strategies for solving Wordle, noting the word starts with B and contains five unique letters, with general tips for starting words and approach.
Mashable summarizes NYT Connections, a Wordle-like puzzle where 16 words are grouped into four color‑coded categories. For puzzle #1065, the article provides the hints and final solutions: Move stealthily, with “In” -> CREEP, SLIP, SNEAK, STEAL; Kinds of schemes -> COLOR, PONZI, PYRAMID, RHYME; Detective movies -> CHINATOWN, KNIVES OUT, SEVEN, VERTIGO; Body parts surrounded by two letters -> ELEGY, KARMA, KEYED, SHANDY. It also explains the game and notes you can skip to the end for the answers if you just want them.
Today's Wordle (May 10, 2026) is PARKA—a 5-letter word starting with P, containing two A's, and clued as a hooded jacket. The article also offers hints, strategies for solving Wordle, and a brief history of Wordle's origins and archive changes.
The article provides hints and the completed NYT Connections puzzle for May 8, 2026 (#1062). It outlines four groups: yellow (canoodling terms like first base, making out, necking, tonsil hockey), green (five‑sided things such as home plate and the Pentagon), blue (uncommon places to be 'out of' like left field, nowhere, and thin air), and purple (ending in candy brands minus S, e.g., Whopper/Whoppers, Nerds, Mentos, Mounds). It also spotlights some of the puzzle’s toughest past entries.
Mashable breaks down NYT Connections puzzle #1058 for May 4, 2026, sharing the four word-group clues and their solutions: Yellow clues for tender-hearted terms (MARSHMALLOW, SOFTIE, SWEETHEART, TEDDY BEAR); Green clues for pellet-filled things (BEANIE BABY, DESSICANT PACKET, EYE PILLOW, HACKY SACK); Blue clues for things with knobs (CONTROL PANEL, ETCH A SKETCH, RADIO, STOVE); Purple clues for names starting familiar dog kinds (CHOWDER, DOODLEBUG, LABUBU, PITTER-PATTER). The article also covers how the game works and notes you can view the solutions if you’re short on time.
CNET shares hints and the full answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle on April 30, 2026 (puzzle #1054). The four groups are Yellow (theme: unnerve): alarm, disturb, shake, shock; Green (remove from a list with off): check, cross, mark, tick; Blue (what T might stand for): Tesla, time, true, Tyrannosaurus; Purple (homophones of possessive adjectives): hour, hur, there, yore. The article also notes the NYT Connections Bot and progress-tracking features for players.
Mashable reveals Wordle #1773's answer is EERIE and provides clues, starting-word strategies, and a quick look at Wordle's origin, archive history, and hard mode notes.
Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1049 with practical hints and strategies, explaining the 16-word, four-category puzzle, how the color-coded difficulty levels guide solving, and how to use clues and shuffles to spot connections; the piece also references the prior puzzle’s solution for context.
Mashable confirms Wordle #1766's answer is WEAVE (starts with W), with the clue 'Intertwine' and quick context on solving Wordle and its history.
Mashable breaks down NYT Connections #1043 for April 19, 2026 with color-coded hints and category clues, then shares the official solutions for the four groups (Cheeky, Dress measurements, Cards in Texas Hold ’Em, and Last words of candy brands in the singular) to help solvers verify their answers and compare strategies.
Mashable walks readers through Wordle #1758 with clues and context, revealing the solution ALLEY and touching on Wordle’s origins, variants, and starting-word strategies.
Mashable's Wordle today guide for March 28, 2026 provides tips and strategies and reveals the solution: AFOOT. The article also covers Wordle’s origin, archive history, and starting-word ideas for solving the puzzle.
Mashable reveals Wordle #1742's solution—IVORY—along with clues and strategies for solving it, including hints about starting words and vowel presence, and a brief look at Wordle's origins and variations.