Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today.

In Connections, each category has a different difficulty level. Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.

Strands is released at midnight in your time zone. To accommodate players around the world, we publish two Strands Sidekicks ...

Wordle is released at midnight in your time zone. In order to accommodate all time zones, there will be two Wordle Reviews ...

We asked you to submit your Spelling Bee sentences. Here are the winning entries.

21A. A [Sailors’ patron] is ST. ELMO, patron saint of sailors. 46A. [“The Spanish Tragedy” playwright Thomas] was Thomas KYD, who lived roughly from 1558 to 1594. 55A. The [Beer brand from ...

The world of Wordle is expanding: The New York Times Games is launching a “Create Your Wordle Puzzle” feature that will allow ...

McCaffrey is the game guy in the 49ers' locker room. The problem is that he's so good, no one wants to play him anymore.