Crossword puzzles took off in the United States over a century ago, before the pastime soon spread to England.

Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it?

Wordle is a word puzzle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Originally created by software engineer ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUNC listener Josh McIntyre of Raleigh, N.C., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Every answer today is a familiar three-word phrase in which the middle word is "of." The first word starts with S and the last word starts with L. This week's challenge came from Bobby Jacobs, of Glen ...

The Marlow Murder Club’s Judith Potts isn’t the first literary sleuth to enjoy a good word puzzle—Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse and Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey had a penchant for crosswords, ...

For Wordle, one word in particular proved to be kryptonite for fans: Bongo. That word was 2025’s biggest streak buster, ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Mark Karp of Marlboro Township, N.J., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster.

Having trouble figuring out the December 31, 2025 (#934) edition of NYT Connections? We’ve got covered with some clues and ...

The New York Times’ daily word puzzle, Connections, closed out the year with its December 31 challenge, and it felt very ...