All NYT games
The New York Times runs the best-known collection of daily games, with Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee and the Crossword all under one roof. Some are free for everyone every day, some let you play today's puzzle for free but keep extras for subscribers, and a few need an NYT Games subscription to play at all.
Below is every daily NYT game we list, with what you do in it, what it costs and when the next puzzle appears. Tap Play to open the game on the New York Times site.
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Find the hidden five-letter word in six tries.
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Sort sixteen words into four hidden groups of four.
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Find the themed words hidden in a grid of letters.
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Make as many words as you can from seven letters.
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A tiny daily crossword you can finish in a minute or two.
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The famous daily crossword, easiest on Monday and toughest on Saturday.
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Fit dominoes into a board so every region's rule is met.
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Use all twelve letters around a square in as few words as possible.
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The classic nine-by-nine number puzzle, in three daily difficulties.
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Tiles Subscription
Clear a board of patterned tiles by matching their designs.
Which NYT games are free?
Free every day: Pips.
Today's puzzle is free, extras need a subscription: Wordle, Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee and Sudoku.
Subscription needed: The Mini Crossword, The Crossword, Letter Boxed and Tiles.
When do NYT games reset?
Midnight in your own time zone: Wordle, Connections, Strands and Pips.
3 a.m. New York time: Spelling Bee and Letter Boxed.
10 p.m. New York time the evening before (6 p.m. on Saturday for Sunday's puzzle): The Mini Crossword.
10 p.m. New York time the evening before (6 p.m. for the Sunday and Monday puzzles): The Crossword.
The evening before, at 10 p.m. or 6 p.m. New York time depending on the day: Sudoku.
Midnight New York time: Tiles.
Good to know
Connections: Sports Edition is made by The Athletic, which is owned by The New York Times. We list it with the trivia games.
Not listed here: Crossplay, the NYT's two-player word game, which lives in its own app and isn't a once-a-day puzzle. Subscribers also get extra puzzles that we don't list separately.
