A few years after selling Wordle to the New York Times, creator Josh Wardle has returned with a new word game - albeit one that's quite a bit trickier. Wardle and a team of collaborators have just released Parseword, a game that tries to make cryptic crosswords easier to understand. "Cryptics are beautiful and rich puzzles but are notoriously hard to learn," the site's about page explains. "We wanted to make a game that captures the joy of solving cryptics while making them more accessible to everyone."

In a profile in the New Yorker, Wardle explained that he struggled with viral success of Wordle and the attention that followed, but he fou …

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Netflix is getting into the daily puzzle games trend in a big new way. As part of a bunch of games announcements, the company revealed it would be releasing a new daily puzzle games app called Netflix Puzzled that will feature a bunch of puzzles themed around Netflix's biggest franchises.

"Get ready for a plethora of daily puzzles featuring Netflix favorites such as Stranger Things, Squid Game, KPop Demon Hunters, Bridgerton, and Emily in Paris," according to a description from a Netflix blog post. "You'll find classics like sudoku, fresh takes on old favorites like crosswords and word searches, and more."

The app is "coming soon" to iOS a …

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If you've ever wanted to make your own Wordle puzzle to challenge (or annoy) your family and friends, The New York Times has announced an official tool that lets you do that.

If you have an All Access or Games subscription, you can make a 4-7 letter puzzle with the NYT's Wordle creation tool. (You'll be able to add an optional clue if you want to give the people you share your puzzle a bit of help.) When you've made the puzzle, you'll get a unique URL you can share with others, and they don't need to have a subscription to be able to play it.

The creation tool is available in the NYT Games mobile app and on mobile and desktop web. With the …

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Jimmy Fallon is helping make Wordle into a television series, Deadline reports. NBC is piloting the Wordle game show with the help of Fallon's production company, and the show is currently filming in the UK. Savannah Guthrie will host.

Around when Wordle really started to blow up, Jimmy Fallon once spent a whole segment of The Tonight Show solving a puzzle in front of his audience. (The segment aired right before The New York Times bought Wordle from creator Josh Wardle in early 2022.) Fingers crossed this TV show isn't just one person muddling through a puzzle like Fallon did - I got frustrated watching the segment because I just wanted t …

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Ever since the New York Times acquired Wordle and went all-in on games, there's been something of a slow-brewing arms race in the space. The Times continues to release new games, and it's now up against intriguing competitors like Puzzmo, Netflix, The Atlantic, and even LinkedIn, while established games like Words With Friends have adjusted their offerings in response. Also in that mix is Apple News Plus, which just launched a game that's a bit like Wordle crossed with emoji.

It's called simply Emoji Game, and each day you're presented with three phrases, which have some letters filled in, but are mostly blank. There's a partial hint as to …

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Daily puzzle games are seemingly everywhere right now, and starting today, you'll be able to add a new stop to your puzzle rotation: The Atlantic.

The publication is launching a new hub for its growing game offerings, including already available games like Bracket City and Caleb's Inferno Crossword Puzzle, as well as some new puzzles. You'll be able to access the hub on both the web and in The Atlantic's app.

Caleb Madison, The Atlantic's director of games, gave The Verge a demo of most of the games available in the hub ahead of today's launch:

• Bracket City, which The Atlantic licensed earlier this year, requires you to solve clues neste …

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