Wardle, who is from Wales, said he played cryptic crosswords when he was younger. But he didn’t really get into them until he ...

Wordle's creator returns with a new trickier word game.

His last game, Wordle, became incredibly popular thanks to its blend of simplicity, clarity and shareability. Over four years (and a seven-figure sale of Wordle to The New York Times) later, Wardle ...

Josh Wardle, the creator of Wordle, has a new game that aims to introduce players to the joys and agonies of the cryptic crossword.

The Best PS5 Word Puzzle Games are Word Quest, Wheel of Words: Crossword, and Guess the Word (PS5). The titles provide mental stimulation while supporting relaxed and focused play on a console ...

The game will be familiar to Scrabble or Words with Friends players, but the Times is adding a few twists of its own. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor In a significant launch, The New York Times is ...

Big in 2026 | Kong Orange CEO Esben Kjær Ravn, game director Johan Oettinger, lead designer Jeff Sparks, and poet Morten Søndergaard talk about how Out of Words wants to bring us closer together When ...

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Tutorials might well be the bane of the video game industry's existence. Teaching a player how to do something is surprisingly difficult to do. Even if a developer crafts an educational and ...

The New York Times is kicking off 2026 by releasing a new two-player game called Crossplay, a brainteaser designed for friendly competition and social connection. Zoe Bell, the executive producer of ...

From Scrabble to Wordle, word puzzle games are a firm favorite amongst gamers, thanks to their mind-training capabilities and the sense of pure elation when you nail your lexicon mastery. So, to help ...