New York Times has an array of daily games players from nearly all around the world could hop on and play, and it takes less than five minutes. Their website reads; “We strive to offer puzzles for all skill levels that everyone can enjoy playing every day.” They claim to have “Puzzles for every solver.” From the Mini, aka, tiny cross-word puzzle, Tiles—a 5v6 grid where the player matches as boxes until they form one continues chain, to a forming words with a dozen letters game—Letter Boxed. Except for one minor detail- you need a subscription.
If you don’t have a subscription, you’re in luck; not all games have this rather frustrating problem. Wordle, for example, is free to play. The game, similarly to the others, is a daily word puzzzle with no time limit. The player has six chances to guess a five letter word; most players suggest to start with a vowel-heavy word. Some examples are: “AUDIO”, “MIAOU”, and “ADIEU.” Other types of frequently used words are those with heavy constant clusters, like “STICK”, “RHYME” and “CRWTH.” Once you enter the word a series of three different colored tiles could appear behind the letters of your choosing—the tile could be black, yellow, or green.
⬛ ~ A letter absent from the word.
🟨 ~ A letter in the word but in the wrong placement.
🟩 ~A letter correctly identified to be in the word and in the right placement.
Not only will the colors appear on your game that way, but also on your keyboard, which will help you keep track of the letters you have or haven’t used before. Unfortunately, if there’s some sort of double letter there’s no way of knowing that it’ll be used again. For example, if you have the word “GLOOM” and you have the first letter “O”, you won’t know if it’ll be used again.
If you want to take it a step further, you can create your own puzzle to share with friends, try out the official New York Time’s Website if you become a member. Or, you could use third parties like Puzzle.org and Word. rodeo! So, what are you waiting for; go get your Wordle on!
