TODAY’S WORD — SYNTHESIS (SYNTHESIS: SIN-thuh-sis: The combination of parts or elements to form a whole.) Average mark 22 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 29 or more words in SYNTHESIS? The ...

TODAY’S WORD — SHILLELAGH (shih-LAY-lee: a cudgel or club) Average mark 35 words, time limit 45 minutes Can you find 43 or more words in SHILLELAGH? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD ...

Play Scattergories Daily, our free online word game where you roll a letter and race to come up with words for each category! Test your vocabulary, beat the clock, and return each day for a new ...

A new word game just dropped, and this one looks pretty fun. Strands is a new game from the New York Times, the same people who brought you Connections and Spelling Bee. (The NYT is also the current ...

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The New York Times Games team discusses its creative process. By Elie Levine As of June 26, Strands has been officially added to the New York Times Games portfolio. Attention all Connections fiends, ...

In Scrabble Together, players work as a team to solve challenges. Mattel During the Great Depression, an out-of-work American architect named Alfred Mosher Butts devised a new game that required ...

Scrabble, one of the world’s best-loved word games, is to get a new “collaborative” and “accessible” version. The game has been around for more than 75 years, entertaining and infuriating players in ...