People across the world wake up, or stay up until midnight, with one thing on their mind: the new Wordle of the day. The online game is simple. You have six guesses to figure out that day's ...

TODAY’S WORD — CHARADES (CHARADES: shuh-RADES: A game in which some players try to guess a word or phrase from the actions of other players.) Average mark 42 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find ...

TODAY’S WORD — SHRIVEL (SHRIVEL: SHRIV-ul: To draw into wrinkles, especially with a loss of moisture.) Average mark 18 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 28 or more words in SHRIVEL? The list ...

According to a lovely New York Times profile of Wordle creator and software engineer Josh Wardle (get it?), he devised the game as a gift for his partner Palak Shah, who loves word games and crossword ...

FOR RELEASE: Saturday, November 8, 2014 TODAY”S WORD — BUTLERS (BUTLERS: BUT-lers: Household head servants.) Average mark 33 words Time limit 45 minutes Can you find 50 or more words in BUTLERS? The ...

Somehow, I've still not yet played Balatro – the award-scooping, poker-themed indie roguelike card game – and I'm not really sure why. The combination of roguelike mechanics with deckbuilding, all ...

FOR RELEASE: Friday, December 19, 2014 TODAY’S WORD — VIOLENT (VIOLENT: VYE-uh-lent: Marked by or acting with great force.) Average mark 28 words Time limit 40 minutes Can you find 40 or more words in ...

How did you spend the past few years as the COVID pandemic raged and limited our leisure options? Software developer Josh Wardle and his partner passed the time with crossword puzzles from the New ...

As a professional philosopher of games (yes, really), when my social media feed was flooded with incomprehensible, five by six, Wordle grids, I had to figure out why people were so obsessed with the ...