Puzzle games often advertise themselves as being about logic, but many eventually fall back on pattern recognition, trial and ...

Today's NYT Strands puzzle might look simple at first glance, but don't be fooled, as it's full of sneaky connections and ...

Flex your math muscles with this weekend’s brain teaser. Play now ...

The New York Times continues to grow the popularity of its daily puzzle lineup with Connections, a word game that challenges players to uncover hidden links between seemingly unrelated words. The May ...

After spending years watching Sudoku players race through number grids, Yoshinao Anpuku now hopes more of them will begin looking beyond Sudoku itself. The president of Tokyo-based Nikoli, the ...

You don't typically put Sherlock Holmes, P.G. Wodehouse, and Wallace and Gromit in the same thought — unless you're Pascal ...

From a first-of-its-kind fantasy prediction market game to iconic TIME cover puzzles, TIME Games delivers daily experiences for readers worldwide ...

If you’re a fan of logic puzzles (and cats), I’ve got the perfect game for you. Released on Steam last week, Einstein’s Cats is a simple but adorable game all about sorting cats into containers. Like ...

Here are 10 other puzzle games you can play now. You can play Connections on any web browser but you need a New York Times subscription (which starts at $1 a week) to play. Strands is another New York ...

Mobile puzzle games in 2026 have reached a point where phone and tablet players get far more than match-three distractions or short brain teasers. The category now has language mysteries, panel-based ...

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