New York Times Games

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The New York Times' daily crosswords with Wordle, Connections and other word puzzles

Details gathered automatically and checked on 14 November 2026. How sites are assessed

The New York Times Games home page — Home page, captured 14 November 2026.

The games section of The New York Times centres on its daily Crossword, with smaller Midi and Mini grids published each day. Alongside these sit Wordle, Spelling Bee, Connections, Strands, Letter Boxed, Tiles, Pips and Sudoku, plus weekly bonus puzzles. Some games can be played free, while full online access to the crosswords and archive needs a subscription. There are statistics, leaderboards, a crossword archive, a solving guide and community forums.

Games to try

The Crossword
Wordle
Connections
Spelling Bee
Strands

How the advertising was measured

An automated visit on 14 November 2026, from the UK, at desktop and phone size, loading the home page and one game page. Levels are estimates: ads change from visit to visit.

Ad networks loading: Amazon Publisher Services, Google Ad Manager / AdSense, Prebid / header bidding, Primis / video
Ad slots counted: 2
First screen covered by ads: 41%
Full-screen (interstitial) ads: Not seen
Video ads: Not seen
Sound or video playing on arrival: Not seen

How sites are assessed

Listed since 14 November 2026. Last checked 14 November 2026. Details are gathered automatically from the site itself; anything we couldn't confirm is shown as "Not yet assessed".

Pages checked

www.nytimes.com/crosswords (14 November 2026)
www.nytimes.com/games/bonus/hub (14 November 2026)

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