In January 2022, The New York Times acquired Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure fee. The game challenges players to guess a five-letter word within six attempts, providing feedback after each guess through colored tiles that indicate correct letters and their positions.

The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times ' elevated word-search game.

Wordle is a word puzzle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Originally created by software engineer Josh Wardle and released to the public in 2021, the puzzle was acquired by The New York Times in 2022 after rising to huge popularity.