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Crossword SolverStuck on a crossword clue? Type the letters you know, ? for the blanks, or search by the clue itself. Get answers ranked by how often they appear across 3,163,619 clue and answer pairs from published puzzles, each with its most-used clues. Spelling Bee SolverEnter any seven letters and a center letter. Get every word the letters can make, pangrams first, with Bee scoring and the Genius target. Wordle SolverEnter the guesses you have played and tap each tile to match its color. Get every word that still fits your greens, yellows and grays. Sudoku SolverEnter the givens of any Sudoku and get the completed grid. It counts solutions too, so it can tell you whether a puzzle has one answer, several, or none. Anagram SolverEnter up to 12 letters, blanks included. Get every word they can make, full-rack words first, with Scrabble and Words With Friends scores. Word UnscramblerType a scrambled word or a jumbled rack and get the word it spells first, then every shorter word hiding inside your letters, each with its Scrabble score. Pattern SearchFor crossword players stuck mid-grid: type the letters you have, blanks for the rest, and get every word that fits the shape. Word FinderEnter your rack letters and an optional board pattern to get every play you can make, ranked by Scrabble score. Connections HelperType a word you are stuck on and see every past group it has appeared in, with each category name hidden until you tap. Word ListsBrowse the whole dictionary: words by length, and words that start with, contain or end with each letter.

Puzzle stats

Spelling Bee statsEvery published board counted: word counts, max scores, Genius targets, pangrams and center letters by day. Wordle answer statsLetter frequency, starting and ending letters, and the repeat-letter rate across every answer in the archive. All puzzle statsDays tracked, pages published and totals for all six games, counted fresh every morning.

Guides

How to play WordleFive letters, six guesses, three tile colors. The rules, the duplicate-letter trap, and a sensible way to open. How to play ConnectionsSixteen words, four groups of four, four mistakes. The colors explained, and how to test a group before you submit it. How to play StrandsTheme words in a 48-letter grid, one spangram, and hints you earn with ordinary words. The rules in full. How to play the Mini CrosswordA full crossword in miniature: grid sizes, crossings, clue conventions, and what the clock does and does not do. How to play Spelling BeeSeven letters, one center letter, points per letter. Scoring, the pangram bonus, and every rank from Beginner to Queen Bee. Spelling Bee scoring and GeniusThe full points table, every rank threshold, the pangram bonus, and the exact math that sets the Genius line each day. Spelling Bee pangram huntingCounted from 29 recent boards: 44 pangrams, most of them repeating a letter, and extra pangrams that usually arrive in families. The six-step dig that finds them on purpose. Connections colors explainedWhat yellow, green, blue and purple really mean, the category patterns the puzzle reuses, and what 20 recent puzzles show about each tier. Connections red herringsThe decoy groups planted on every board, proven on six real puzzles: one-letter twins, a fake food group, and the test that counts candidates before you submit. Strands spangram huntingCounted from 22 recent boards: spangrams run 8 to 16 letters, span the grid left-to-right or top-to-bottom, and never run straight. The candidate-label method that finds them. Mini Crossword speed tipsCounted from 31 recent boards: half the answers run five letters, every letter is checked twice, and Saturday runs 7 by 7. The solving order built for the clock. Best Wordle starting wordsOpeners ranked by letter frequency counted across 6,677 words: why AROSE, RAISE, STARE and SLATE lead, and why ADIEU does not. Gifts for puzzle loversHonest picks for daily players, from an $8.25 two-player dice game to a year of NYT Games and 200 Sunday crosswords, with every price checked on October 31, 2026. How to play PipsDominoes and colored regions: the sum, equals, not-equal, greater and less rules, and where to place first. What time does Wordle reset?Midnight in your local time zone, plus when Clue Cache publishes its hints. What time does Connections reset?Midnight in your local time zone, plus when Clue Cache publishes its hints. What time does Strands reset?Midnight in your local time zone, plus when Clue Cache publishes its hints. What time does the Mini Crossword reset?The evening before, at 10:00 PM Eastern, plus when Clue Cache publishes its page. What time does Spelling Bee reset?3:00 AM Eastern, the same moment for everyone, plus when Clue Cache publishes its hints. What time does Pips reset?Midnight in your local time zone, plus when Clue Cache publishes its hints.

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