NYT Games: Wordle & Crossword

Too many bugs. Many days I have to start the app, restore purchases, close the app, then reopen it just to play. Often I have to do this multiple times, my record is ten. I know my phone is a low end model, but still... I did report this bug months ago but got no reply. I was very busy yesterday in an area with poor signal, I checked to make sure I had done the puzzles to maintain my streaks, they were ticked. Played today and my streaks are gone as it says I didn't play yesterday. I'm done.

- Iain Walker · v6.31.0

The app itself has gotten pretty ok but it has been bugging out and making my times ridiculously short if I don't finish it in one go. Feels like cheating. The crossword, has gone downhill over the past years. The archive goes back pretty far and that's where there is gold.

- David Kaplan · v6.39.0

every year i have account subscription issues that takes me hours to resolve

- Eddy P · v6.39.0

There appears to be no way to turn off the auto renewal of payments. Sneaky. I would rather they shut off my access and make me resubscribe. They know people will forget & will probably just keep it rather than cancel (yes, I got a reminder - only 1). I won't forget to cancel next time. Never paying NYT again. Certainly not worth $50.

- Nancy Aschmies · v6.39.0

This rating is primarily due to UI/UX. As the number of games in the app has proliferated, users need to be able to customize their view; in the current deployment, usage of limited screen real estate is suboptimal. For months now, there's been an undismissable banner for a social mode I will never use. Today, wordle and connections were above the crossword. In terms of app performance, there is often significant latency opening the crossword.

- Margot Feuerstein · v6.39.0

All games are locked until you pay. Cannot check it out. Uninstalled.

- Level Six

Good games but frequently says "offline" when it's definitely not. Badly designed client-side architecture

- Nic Farhi · v6.39.0

Genuinely one of the best apps i have. it helped me get off social media. But its only good if you have the subscription unfortunately

- Amy Pretorius · v6.39.0

Great game to play with friends and is Ad free and without the annoying gimmicks you find on other similar classic word game apps. The pay off for using this NY times game is that it doesn't use the Oxford English dictionary and has annoying (incorrect) US spelling and ism.

- Emily Beavan · v6.39.0

Love the challenge

- Sheryl Walker · v6.39.0

if you're going to keep rearranging the games on the home screen with every update, at least add the ability to customize the order based on a user's own preferences. incredibly annoying UX to keep moving things around!!

- stefanie · v6.39.0

Good luck trying to figure out how to cancel this subscription

- Ron Shoram · v6.39.0

Wordle doesn't open

- Eric Sanford · v6.39.0

since when was the spelling bee locked behind the subscription? i feel like the week y'all unlocked the crosswords was just a ploy to lock another game without people noticing. Tiles used to be free to play as well. I'm so tired of money hungry businesses slowly hiding things behind a paywall to avoid backlash from their own actions. You already get the ad revenue.

- Megan B · v6.39.0

I start the day playing these games.

- Patsy Stowell · v6.39.0

I love this app. except I just got a new phone and even though I've been a subscriber for years of this app I doesn't transfer stats. Those thousands of puzzles you solved? didn't happen. all of a sudden there is an add on the spelling bee advertising 75% off of (I dunno th link appears and disappears as you're playing making the screen jump around) INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING!

- Mikey Kostans · v6.39.0

Where have the gold star for solving crosswords without cheating gone? That was the fun of a challenge. A crossword done properly is different than with robot help.

- Elena Valvasori · v6.29.0

they killed the app by making all of the OG games paid for I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually put wordle behind a paywall

- Matthew Rollison · v6.32.0

not letting me remove friends

- Mel Roberts · v6.39.0

A staple of my morning now

- Dave Thomas · v6.39.0

Not free for crossword puzzles.

- Brandon Whitman

I love the brain workout, but suddenly the app is no longer compatible with my Fire Tablet 🤭 What's up with that?

- Michi Boo · v6.39.0

I paid $49.99 for a one year subscription to NYT games last August. My renewal offer came and its $249.99 for a year. That is insane!

- CHOO · v6.39.0

best boox puzzles

- Wes Sewell · v6.39.0

really enjoy the daily challenges. great simple interface too

- Wayne Enright · v6.39.0

Quite fun but many of the words would never appear in the Oxford English Dictionary.

- Clifford Baylis · v6.38.0

have to buy a subscription to play

- Kendra Schroeder · v6.39.0

The puzzles are great, but I am really struggling with the lack of functionality in supporting different keyboard layouts. The app appears to use an in-app keyboard that can only display the QWERTY layout, which means that I have to painfully hunt-and-peck each letter. Accessing the crossword puzzle through a mobile browser somehow suppresses the on-screen system keyboard, so the only way for me to play crossword puzzles comfortably is on a desktop computer.

- Jennifer Glover · v6.39.0

Great brain games that are better than scrolling.

- Karina Gates · v6.39.0

😡

- Leonora Dishman · v6.35.0

propa right mate

- John Gibes · v6.38.0

best ever daily games

- Jose Dias · v6.39.0

I'd give it five stars if it were less US-centric - clues regarding college football mascots, etc, which are impossible for non-Amiricans to guess - but it's only to me expected given that it's a US based media outlet.

- Karen Karn

Pips is trash. Bring back the Mini.

- Megan Ronquillo · v6.38.0

It's a really fun game and has a lot of varieties to choose from, I also recommend doing this order. 1) Wordle 2) Connections 3) Strands After this order, I do songless from the Lessgames website, I definitely recommend you these games and they are super fun!!! But the problem is, can you update the app to play offline anywhere you are. Thank You NYT Games 😁😁

- Timur Graur · v6.38.0

Fully subscription based, That's just fully stupid

- Ahmad Wase · v6.39.0

A dark mode in crossplay would be nice.

- Null Zero · v6.38.0

used to be good. shame so much is pay walled now.

- Jack Heyes · v6.38.0

The NYT games is the part of my morning routine I look forward to!

- Jennifer Murray · v6.38.0

A great puzzle app that has been losing features over time. I loved it, and was about to drop money on the subscription because of how generous they were. The removal of the Mini from free play was a kick in the face, and I now refuse to pay if NYT doesn't want to treat its userbase well. Latest "bonus" where the crosswords were open was great, but just a reminder of what they keep taking away and putting behind a paywall.

- James Clark (Zombieskittles) · v6.38.0

It forces you to use the onscreen touchscreen keyboard if you use a laptop. You cannot use the physical keyboard if you use the app. This makes completing the crossword significantly harder, especially if you are going for time. I hope this gets addressed.

- Staphany Lu · v6.38.0

it's fun when it is free

- Ray/Deb Gross · v6.38.0

cool

- kyle de waal · v6.38.0

I wish there was an option to play offline.

- Jay Civelli · v6.38.0

awesome games, short and great for expanding your vocab

- Paola Rios Schaaf · v6.38.0

I do Wordle every day. It's a great start to my day

- Katie Tinker · v6.38.0

Not having an offline feature is a bit weird?

- Stefan K · v6.38.0

Glitches for moto g54. When you load ap screen has some sort of screen noise. Mess of colors. Nothing legible

- Lorenzo Wong · v6.38.0

free the mini!!!!

- MartlinkDiamond · v6.38.0

Nice selection of games but subscription required for full selection.

- Nicholas Brett · v6.38.0

It just ended my 305 day streak for no decernable reason, despite me never missing a day. So that's the last straw with this buggy mess of an app and its randomly obtuse puzzles full of obscure knowledge that no one under the age 105 would know, and then the next day with its 1st grade level stuff. I don't know who this is for, and I only used it to connect with a loved one, but I'm just angry when I use it most of the time. Also, whoever makes Connections might be dumb as dirt and/or evil.

- Jesse Malpz · v5.66.0

we do these everyday!!

- Rebecca Stephens · v4.63.0

if the app closes before I complete the puzzle it resets. sometimes it just restarts on its own. I am a paid subscriber, their support told me to update my version. I'd like that working version NOW please

- Jean Gordon · v6.37.1

I think like EVERONE else. cant start the day without finishing Wordle.

- Amy Merrill · v6.37.1

the games are stimulating and the community behind them keeps them light and doable for a range of audiences

- Fig Russon-Jorgensen · v6.36.1

Too many Subscriptions pls delete all them NYT and bring back Zorse and Digits or I'll cast a spell on you guys DON'T MAKE ME DO IT but good games tho i wish there was a "Casual" mode for playing it infinitely and an Extra hard difficulty and i wish no subscriptions on Letter Boxed or Tiles and like add 4 more games or so and make the game playable offline pls

- Francis

love this app!

- Georgia Perry · v6.37.1

Horrendous app vocabulary. Allows double and triple letters. Bot is cheating like crazy. Disappointing.

- Vitaly Nazarov · v6.37.1

Ditch the keyboard We have those built in, and we use them every day, and they are familiar, and usable. yours is not. You competitively time us, and then slightly shift letters to make typing difficult. Are you gaming our intelligence, or our hand eye coordination?

- Philip Edwards · v6.36.1

there is no better all in one gaming app

- Munira Baghdadi · v6.37.1

why do over 300 companies need access to my data, I'm just trying to do a crossword I paid for. also why can't we download the day's puzzles and play offline? greedy, greedy stuff

- Paul Bassett · v6.36.1

fun, but not free

- no sir · v6.36.1

Connections and Wordle aren't opening anymore. Why don't you fix the app?

- Wafa Rashid · v6.37.1

I have enjoyed playing but, the games won't load. I uninstalled the game and reinstalled and the games still will not load. when this issue is fixed,I will change my rating. I subscribe and have the latest update.

- Kerri Allen · v6.36.1

Great games.

- Kim Potter · v6.37.0

Very good games. Wish they would be included in the Google Play Pass.

- Sven R · v6.36.1

Please fix the 300ms input delay. It should be a simple setting in whatever framework you built your app with.

- Thomas Kaldahl · v6.36.1

The game works well but not on the Samsung Fold 8 - either screen. please fix.

- R Alvarado · v6.37.0

Free games everyday is nice, I especially enjoy the "Wordle" game more than others. I don't know who makes the "Connections" game, but I would fight them without hesitation, and I never punched anybody in my whole life. The rest of the app is great tho 👍

- Jaypetto21 · v6.36.1

gud

- Rick Eshbach · v6.36.1

US spellings why not UK as well..

- David Hill · v6.37.0

The pricing model and locked games have gotten to feel too greedy

- Blake S.

So we'll set up and always enjoyable.

- Donna Flickinger · v6.36.1

you have to pay for subscription in order to do anything at all in this game

- HellDescent · v6.36.1

A good app for word games but it is relatively buggy. Sometimes when I start it, the app says I am offline despite being connected to wifi, but when I close and reopen the app, it resets to the correct connection status. Great puzzles and games, but the few annoying bugs knock off a star. Edit: I updated the app and the issue was entirely resolved.

- Griffin Yee · v6.36.1

when signed up I selected "Games" for my subscription. It was not until today I realized I have been charged $25/month for about 4 months, after saying that a resolution was never even tried to be reached from their end, a response of "if you want you money that bad take it up with your bank" was uncalled for. it's principal not so much money. As a business owner with a Cust. Service Dept. that is not a way to speak to anyone. I will never use this again after years of using my old account.

- Shawn st.aubin · v6.36.1

It's productive time pass with inbuilt learning. It's challenging and absorbing but keeps you mentally alert

- Rez A · v6.36.1

awesome daily games

- Brandon Oshiro · v6.36.1

nice options, but sometimes glitchy.

- Steve E G · v6.35.0

Excellent app, I play every morning. Needs a new Spangram First badge after 200 please

- Darren Baldock · v6.36.1

legitimately have to subscribe to play games

- Hunter Lamb

Low rating because the app’s subscription prompts feel sneaky and intrusive. When I tap a game, the Play button appears in the center of the screen, but right as I go to tap it, the button shifts upward and a Subscribe button appears where the Play button had been. I have accidentally tapped Subscribe because of this, and it feels like a dark pattern rather than a normal app design choice. The app constantly pushes subscriptions in other ways, detracting from the whole experience.

- Brian Knapp · v6.36.1

have to subscribe just to play, DONT GET THIS

- Ebany Jones · v6.36.1

I really enjoy the review on my Wordle guesses and seeing how they stack up to others.

- Wendy Moore · v6.36.1

It's ok. But it's very very very American. I'm on a free trial, no way I'll pay for this. I mean, Ricechex? Really,come on NYT, use real English and not made up American food names. I like wordle but that's it.

- Matthew Black · v6.36.1

Stop the bs where the subscription button pops up a second later below the play button. I know what the app is trying to do, trying to make me "accidentally" navigate to the subscription page. It's funny the first time but it's infuriating when I'm just trying to unwind and do a quick wordle on my down time. Seriously, stop doing this.

- Nikhil Jalla · v6.36.1

Really good app.

- Emily Capel · v6.36.1

wakes my brain every morning

- Lynne Jett · v6.36.1

it keeps pestering me to rate it. I have already declined many times so here it is. 1 star please let me play wordle in peace.

- Alex Noons · v6.36.1

I played and wanna play again but it doesn't let me 😒

- SteliotFo Naidraug · v6.36.1

Folks it's crashing on Xiaomi 17. Answering support response: - The phone is brand new and I installed the latest version from play store, so that's the updatest it can be :) - The app wont even open, so no way to report an error.

- Mohsen Bahman · v6.36.1

Great games but nightmare to cancel subscription. Both today's and historical games made available through subscription and enjoyable\challenging to play. my only negative, and a major one, is unable to cancel subscription - PayPal \google payments\NYT - infuriating

- Andy Jordan

No free crosswords? There are a few free games but the main reason I downloaded this was to play crossword and it's behind a paywall. I can play one round of Wordle and a couple others games but if you are not paying per month you are very limited.

- Paul

horrible game

- Alek Wawrzyniak

love wordle

- Craig P · v6.36.1

Getting a bit too American

- Tony Williams · v6.36.1

fun :D

- lisa green · v6.36.1

Fab little app to get the brain working on a morning! I've paid for the full access as I absolutely adore the 'tiles' game and connections 😊

- Bex Max · v6.36.1

They should restrict this app to the USA. How on Earth are people supposed to work out answers to Connections that are so heavily Americanised? Good game but not worth playing if you're not American. If you offer it globally then make the game global. Impossible to play for me but if you're from the USA, fill your boots 👍

- Martin Collins · v4.49.0

I don't need a pop up on how the games work every time I open the app, and there isn't a clear way to stop them from appearing.

- Kevin Huber · v6.35.0

games arent bad but man does it eat battery fast

- Randall Stephens · v6.35.0

purple connections 🤬

- Donald · v6.35.0

Totally addicted to Wordle and Connections. The kids and I have a chat group called NYT, dedicated to posting our daily scores

- Debra Melchert · v6.35.0

Best way to spend 5 minutes of your day

- Kelsey Echelbarger · v6.35.0

the new adverts have lost it a star but the basoc games are fun distractions while waiting

- J Boxx · v6.35.0

I bought a 24.99 subscription for NYTGames here. on my account it says I have no subscription even though I have paid. I can play them on my phone but I can't access them through the web. so I want my 24.99 back so I can purchase my subscription the proper way, straight through the NYT website. Do NOT purchase any subscription through the app

- Hannah · v6.35.0

Love the Spelling Bee, fairly gets your brain thinking!

- Barry Cochlan · v6.35.0

Can't log in with my subscription but logged in on the news app. Latter complains about no connection but logs me in and serves pages. This app says nothing, recognizes an incorrect password, accepts the correct one but doesn't acknowledge the login or allow me to play games

- Brian D · v6.35.0

3$ a month??? When it's enough? Is this your primary source of income? Why not 50¢? Why anything at all???

- Luka Koprivica · v6.35.0

The app is free... to purchase only. Putting ads, daily restrictions AND a paywall if you want to progress is pretty misleading when you present the app as free.

- Madi T

Love them. Especially when I score high or win outright.

- Ruth Joy Møller (Ben-Adir) · v6.35.0

the free games are awesome. There are even some free crosswords.

- Arlo Ames · v6.35.0

fun one

- Linda Tieman · v6.35.0

challenging

- Kandy Pham · v6.35.0

Love it!

- TABITHA CHRISTMAS · v6.35.0

good daily brain stretch

- Lost Asura · v6.35.0

on free version, ads block analysis.

- Dan · v6.35.0

crashes my phone at random. when I open it there's a fully glitched screen and I can't even use the home button. I have to lock the screen, sometimes repeatedly to get out of the app at all. you can only play like 3 games for free anyway. edit: it is updated to the latest version, and I can't even access the app to report a bug, nor can I take a screenshot of the issue. just a plank blue page when I try to load the app. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling as well.

- Holly G · v6.35.0

an amazing app

- Caleb (Alear)

fun daily challenges that keep me close to friends by sharing stats. connections is the best 👌

- Christine Kealey · v6.35.0

I like the morning games they recommend but some of these are pay-to-win

- Gary McQuay

i paid for this but google is blocking access

- Mary Lentine · v6.25.2

Half of the puzzles are locked behind a paywall, I hate the connections puzzle as they often have to cheat using word-pairs, non-english words, and literal non-words. The spelling be is "how many words can you find" but you're limited to 3 and it doesn't tell you that. Overall, you're better off finding other game apps that do each puzzle type separately. I'm not willing to pay for puzzles that are only "hard" because the creators cheat.

- Bryan Perras · v6.35.0

Good but it doesn't sync well so streaks don't get proper credit for the Midi

- Jason M · v6.35.0

brilliant games

- graham mckenzie · v6.35.0

l love Wordle. lt is a true challenge!

- Donna Lee Mager · v6.35.0

Checking bot analysis goes to a bright white screen briefly, even in dark mode. Super annoying, needs to be fixed.

- Jake Sanchard · v6.35.0

Fun to pass the time.

- Rick Pena · v6.35.0

it is very good, intresting and innovative game .I am very much fond of it

- Ramesh Chawla · v6.35.0

Tablet version doesn't work at all

- Dilland Wavra · v6.35.0

I love my daily wordle!

- Sherryd Shares · v6.35.0

fabulous choice of games that are just the right challenge.

- Janis Johnston · v6.35.0

I bought the app for Wordle and it's great

- Kerri Bridges · v6.35.0

I'm addicted to these daily games!

- Cathy Nash · v6.35.0

Downloaded the app, logged in, and all of my stats and streaks were erased.

- Andrew P. · v6.35.0

amazing selection of games👌🏾, beats scrolling through social media

- Motolani Oyeyemi · v6.35.0

uhhmm.. so like two stars.. yeah so like I installed it, it didn't load and kept switching the direction of my screen, I restarted by tablet, I force stopped the app, I cleared it's data and storage, an everything. still didn't do anything. I genuinely was so excited to use this app but it just isn't working.

- Avril Barley

It still has great games and it's getting better all the time. Personally, I like the stats and badges added to the games.

- Elise Henry · v6.35.0

Requires subscription. 7 day free trial after which it's $5.99/mo. There are plenty of free apps!

- B T · v6.35.0

good fun

- Dillon · v6.35.0

absolutely love this app

- Isa Iglesias · v6.35.0

I look forward to these games everyday. They are great for keeping my mind active.

- Dianne Doyle · v6.35.0

My husband and I compete on this app everyday. I find it keeps my mind sharp and makes us both boast about how many words and panagrams we have.

- Sue James · v6.35.0

Hope there's a chance to add more games to this one.

- Naufal Muhammad Haiqal · v6.35.0

used to be 5 stars until wordle started re-using previous solutions

- Andrew Cranley · v6.35.0

When I reported an issue with the app recently, I got a prompt and courteous reply from staff. The bug was reported to developers, who fixed it a few days later. Good work! Update: the app now has ads and is gradually restricting more content for non-paying users. As this continues, my rating will decrease accordingly.

- Joe Hails · v6.29.0

badges don't light up correctly when viewing stats after the game. today in connections I got 'perfect puzzle' and 'purple first'. it did increment and give me the badge for purple first but it was grayed out. perfect purple was lit up correctly. it also lit up the reverse rainbow one, but I did not get that today.

- Jacob Smith (WilyHawk) · v6.35.0

great fun

- Pat · v6.35.0

I play multiple games almost every day!! Love this app ❤️

- Karen Ellis · v6.35.0

They make it difficult to unsubscribe. Just another greedy corporate app that gives you the run around when you try to cancel. DON'T SUBSCRIBE. Take me off this app.

- Benjamin Hetchler · v6.35.0

Good

My therapy

- Fourthman · v6.31.0

Only computer games I enjoy

Daily games for me. I enjoy them all but currently keep my wordle and strand streaks going. I only pay for NYT games so I can relax and enjoy the challenges. I put up with ads on other games I play.

- nan17 · v6.31.0

PLEASE fix Pibs.

Love the puzzles except someone thought it would be a good idea to put the dominoes on Pibs at the lowest point of the screen it can go. And so every single time you try to grab a domino from the bottom row, it swipes out of the app/closes it. This is so annoying DEAR GOD.

- Gluegun6 · v6.31.0

Love it, but…

The only reason I’m reviewing this at this moment and giving only 4 stars is b/c I want to put it out there that for the past month or so, whenever I do the Midi, the app crashes on me. (I’m normally playing on my iPad) Can this be addressed?

- DNF0330 · v6.31.0

bad update

It’s very annoying that the link to the wordplay column now opens it in the Games app instead of the NYT app. Now if I want to look at the column and the puzzle, I can’t just swipe back and forth between the two apps—I have to close out of one to view the other. If I want to go back to the word play column, I’ve then lost my place.

- vnncfnmnb · v6.31.0

Good games

The games are good

- Danlarkin1 · v6.31.0

Won’t stop asking for a review

I’m hoping that by typing this it’ll stop harassing me

- The VinMan 98 · v6.31.0

Gud puzzles

Fun

- Nairesiai · v6.31.0

Can’t play with older update

Can’t play because you want a full updated version. I’m not getting a new phone just to play. Let me know when you decide to fix the issue that everyone has mentioned to you multiple times. Again .. now months later you still haven’t fixed it. I’m not understanding why this is still an issue

- breasdfggghh · v6.4.0

Crash

My only complaint is that the app crashes whenever I play the midi crossword. All of the other crosswords work just fine.

- NickT7087 · v6.31.0

Please stop asking me to rate this

It crashes and that’s very annoying

- Kfleming1970 · v6.31.0

Woke!

Last two words were QUEER and UNITY

- lbn9015 · v6.31.0

It was a great app until they dropped iOS 17

I have been using the New York Times games app for four or five years now, but apparently they don’t want me anymore. For some reason they’ve dropped iOS 17 support, and rather than just let it be buggy there is a pop-up that completely prevents using the app. Highway robbery, taking our money for a subscription for services not rendered

- Alexander in NY · v6.4.0

Just use apple default keyboard

The crossword keyboard is just a tad bit different compared to the apple keyboard that weve been using for more than a decade. It causes misclicks and misspellings often.

- Jrgl90 · v6.31.0

Great puzzles!

Great puzzles!

- C0lumbano · v6.31.0

Love the games, the UI/UX needs some cleanup

To get from the crossword comments section to the main menu of this app I have to do the following in this order: - swipe down from the top of the screen - tap a left arrow button in the bottom left of the screen - tap a check button in the top right of the screen - tap a down arrow button in the top left of the screen Could be more consistent considering I just want to go “back” four times. Also, please make dark mode consistent throughout the app so that my mistake of opening spelling bee later than I ought to doesn’t wake the room with the bright yellow light of the game’s title screen.

- thomastryon · v6.31.0

Great

Great

- FKrebs4 · v6.31.0

Glitchy

1) every time I complete a crossword it asks me to review the app 2) the sudoku game when clicking on hint will not close the side bar 3) on all games, there are like four different locations to close the previous screen. Bottom left, top right, top left - keep them consistent!!

- megaroo102 · v6.31.0

Expensive, Share More Scores!

I have two qualms when it comes to these highly addictive and fun word games. First, I think the subscription is so ridiculously expensive. I’d rather play a flat rate up front over a monthly fee. Second, please update the app so that you can share more scores with friends!! I want to be able to share my Strands scores with friends please!! If you add that feature, I think I can stomach the subscription cost.

- issaacecil · v6.31.0

Puzzles are good, app flaky

For an app developed by the New York Times, it is surprisingly poor to use on the subway. Each tiny wordle or spelling bee puzzle requires a new, slow download. If you’re underground and have spotty reception, this is bad! The actual puzzle content should fit in a tiny JSON blob. Why not just ensure that every puzzle on the homepage is playable by preloading them all in the background? Baffling

- yowzadave · v6.31.0

It sucks

It sucks so bad

- Bob aka LeBron James · v6.31.0

Keeps aborting

While working the midi puzzle daily, the app crashes and closes. It will do this a couple or three times before I finish the puzzle.

- rebelorr · v6.31.0

NYT games are brilliant

Love the crossword

- adiclemente · v6.31.0

Buggy

Seriously, how hard could it be to get Spelling Bee to accept the first character you type when you open the app? Yet the behavior keeps flipping back and forth to miss the first letter or not.

- Sintactic · v6.31.0

Annoying unnecessary forced updates

We are just trying to enjoy NYT Games, why are you constantly forcing updates?

- jbs418 · v6.31.0

stop shoving the subscription in my face

i cant use the connections bot in the app. once you click on it, there is a pop-up for the subscription that has no close button. i just wanted to see how i did on todays connections compared to others. this does not make me want to play the games daily, and especially doesn’t make me want to subscribe.

- starlightmak · v6.31.0

Friend invite link isn’t working

Love this app but can’t invite friends, the link it generates is broken

- helloann_ro · v6.31.0

Good

Great

- Sgt Pepper’s Rubber Revolver · v6.31.0

Love it!

A little too much, probably..

- LalaBell47 · v6.31.0

They now have a pop up ad for the family plan every. single. day.

Sometimes more than once a day, it's so annoying I don't want it.

- FiveFiveNine · v6.31.0

I how many reviews do you need.

I liked it better when it didn’t bug me for reviews and I am still waiting on a pips archive.

- Smt999999 · v6.30.0

Keeps glitching

After most recent update, the app quits for no reason in the middle of the midi on both iPhone and iPad.

- yknot86 · v6.30.0

Always a great way to start day!

What would I do without these puzzles?

- gombiebear · v6.30.0

iOS problem 😟

Me and my grandma have used this app for the last 2-3 years. I absolutely love crosswords but now am unable to play because of the new iOS requirement. My device is older and is only on iOS 15 and may not be able to update to iOS 18. I am highly disapointed and wont be able to play this highly engaging game anymore.

- Ivy Rickman · v4.63.0

Annoyed

I like nytimes games fine, but if you keep pestering for a review with an obnoxious popup every time I use the app, I will be forced to review you at one star.

- 💅 GrlEgrl · v6.30.0

Why does Sudoku reset at different times from the other games????

I LOVE THIS APP, but why in the world do the Sudoku games expire before the day ends? All other games reset at 12am local time, EXCEPT for Sudoku. Make it make sense!!Once this changes to be more logical, I will give this app 5 stars.

- JacquiVillarreal · v6.30.0

App crashes daily

And this is the only place to leave feedback. NYT appears not to value customer contact.

- Paul "The" Masson · v6.30.0

Israel ✅

Good game

- AnnieAltman1 · v6.30.0

NYT Crosswords

Love the daily crosswords!

- Carolemg54 · v6.30.0

Get this

What better way to start your day than have your brain wake up to fun puzzles.

- BrianH615 · v6.30.0

Great App

Writing this review so the app stops asking me to rate the app. The 5 stars is so the ease of use and availability of different puzzles. But I really hate being forced into writing a rating so I stop getting the pop up.

- Rookie875 · v6.30.0

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- MS11218 · v6.30.0

The highest standard

If only every section of the paper were as consistently well edited….

- Minimurph · v6.30.0

NYT Games

Love these games - keeping my 77 yo brain sharp !!! 😎

- Candy's Games · v6.30.0

Stop asking me to rate (x33)

Every. Single. Crossword. (Each rating with be one-star. I will sum up the number of times I was asked)

- iGreeley · v6.30.0

stop with the eating prompts

every single time i finish a puzzle. if i wanted to rate it, i would have already.

- anj222 · v6.30.0

Link to crossword blog post can’t be opened externally anymore

The wordplay blog used to be able to be opened in Safari or the official New York Times app. Now, that ability has been removed! And it’s maddening to try to go back and forth from the blog post to the puzzle now.

- JKJ000089 · v6.30.0

Love it!! Spelling Bee is buggy though

The NYT games are the perfect little daily games to engage my brain and are good fun for me for a few minutes before I continue with my day. However, the spelling bee only allows me to play for about 10 seconds or less most of the time and requires me to close the app out before I continue with anything else on the app. In other words, there’s no way to exit out of the spelling bee after the game is finished unless you close out the app entirely. I have the free version, so I’m not sure if premium/unlimited users are having the same issues. These issues are consistent for me, though. Otherwise, love the games!

- bfr.01 · v6.30.0

My Favorite Game app

I absolutely LOVE the games in the Ap. My favorite game of all time has to be Connections. I could write a short book on how to play it! It takes some practice to get used to playing it without mistakes, but it’s so worth it if you’re a words person and love puzzles. (They like to try to trick you, and give you “Red Herrings” just like in their crossword puzzles. It’s so much fun, and it’s like a workout for my brain. (Yet takes me into a kind of deep meditative trance at the same time.) So it’s so relaxing and yet also tires me out before I go to bed. The only thing I absolutely have been hating is, I’ll be doing a harder crossword puzzle-right in the middle of filling in the answer to a hard clue and it’ll force close. Yesterday it force closed on me ten times. It got so annoying I nearly gave up. That was just a bad experience.

- LaurieMay88 · v6.30.0

Times Puzzles

Excellent

- Jackomup · v6.30.0

Stop asking me to review the app!

Only leaving this to stop the pop-up requests.

- Dreadfive · v6.30.0

Nagging and crashing

After latest update crashes at least once every puzzle, and begs me to leave a review after every crossword. Loved the app up until recently, then it started review begging (something the App Store should put a stop to). Now the constant crashes, if I could give it 0 stars I would. Horrible behavior from an app that wants you to spend more than $50 a year to use.

- AnnoyedPuzzler · v6.30.0

Love it but…

I will rate this 1 star every time I get asked to rate it in app until you stop asking me. Otherwise, 5 stars.

- asnoel · v6.30.0

Two problems in the newest version

Before the latest upgrade I would have given it five stars. Two things bug me now: 1. It asks for a review every time you complete the daily crossword. 2. Hints don’t open in the NUT app, so it’s hard to go back and forth if it’s a particularly tough puzzle. You always have to scroll through everything you’ve already read.

- Xabbur · v6.30.0

Great games but also a subscription

I still get play plenty of games (like Wordle, Connections, Strings, etc.) they offer but wish the Mini was still free to play!

- DeeeeeJayyyy · v6.30.0

Good Puzzles But

I love the puzzles, but there are two things which should be changed. First, streaks should restore if you play the historical puzzle. I was on an international flight and lost several steaks because I couldn’t play the puzzles that day. Second, for connections, please add the ability to drag and move the boxes around to organize before you submit.

- Deanhoudini · v6.30.0

not upgrading my iPad just to update it to play…

not upgrading my iPad just to update it to play…

- J-ash5678 · v6.2.0

Finished game won’t close

Last version and this version the game won’t X out after completing. Must close app and reopen each game.

- RMJRYOST · v6.30.0

Learning

The spelling bee and the wordle is fun and helps grow kid’s minds.

- Kiera the bera · v6.30.0

No longer able to play

My subscription on Ipad was renewed and ten days later the upgraded version is no longer playable. So fifty dollars wasted. The old iPads do not upgrade to the version now required, as you must certainly know by now. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THIS? Many subscribers do not have the means to run out and buy new devices.

- Sawtheoriginal · v5.40.0

Keeps crashing

App keeps crashing every five minutes. It’s annoying.

- Ec1215 · v6.30.0

Yo! WHY?

Has stopped working on older iPads that can not upgrade to latest iOS! WHY?

- quietviolin · v4.63.0

App broken again

Keeps crashing since last update. Please fix.

- Most Disappointed · v6.30.0

None better

Title says it all

- Pvt. Bombzilla · v6.30.0

My daily obsession

Overall I love this app but you desperately need new tilesets. I haven’t seen a new one since I started playing.

- RockerDiva · v6.30.0

Every day.

Love it. It’s been my morning ritual for over a decade. Full of uncanny connections with daily life. Thank you, Will and friends.

- Star Beast of Skagway · v6.30.0

Why does NYT games have subscriptions?

I really love this game but why do we need to pay the subscription just so we can play the rest of the games and the archives of games! It’s ridiculous! So can you please make all the games and the archives free so that we don’t need to pay that pesky subscription anymore?

- Mathematician #1 · v6.30.0

Weird Connections

The “Connections“ game has become too difficult to understand which connections the author was thinking of when there are multiple connections. Some categories are just obscure. I don’t enjoy it anymore.

- Drogersla · v6.30.0

Dumb Word

Today’s word in Wordle was Emoji and that is really dumb.

- haroldbobarrett · v6.30.0

New crashes

Crashes in Midi often since last update

- Djs06179325 · v6.30.0

is good

IS GOOD

- Crossword-gawd · v6.30.0

Stop asking me to rate

I rated 5s but it keeps prompting me so now I’m on ones

- JBDIII · v6.30.0

Suggestion

I have a suggestion for the statistics tab on Wordle. Under “guess distribution,” it would be great if users could tap each guess # and view the puzzles which took them that # of guesses.

- nicklesmcnickname · v6.30.0

NYT Games is my everything

I love it

- NYTFan❤️ · v6.30.0

Terrible offline support

The lack of pre caching today's games while a phone is connected to wifi so they can be played reliably while on the train is unacceptable. Sudoku will not load in the brief connection available in a crowded NYC subway station. This app is made by a company based in a city where people take trains that don't have cell service in the tunnels. If you care about readers in your namesake city either fix the app or the trains. The games are pretty good tho. I'd suggest a UI change for sudoku that allows a number to be entered by a tap followed by a second tap on a number pad that pops up centered on the cell. A hard answer as opposed to a candidate should be a long press on the number or a mode switch. The location of the auto candidate mode switch should be moved to a menu. The current location is at risk of fat finger errors from the bottom row of numbers.

- Hopefully nick not taken · v6.30.0

Friend invite link never works

Figured it out from a Reddit thread, but you guys have got to fix that.

- blisha Aell · v6.30.0

Keeps asking me to write a review

Annoying

- Kevvvvinnnnnn · v6.30.0

Crashes constantly

The vibe coding has caught up to you! Seriously this is a crossword app how are you crashing

- o-h-m-111 · v6.30.0

Crashing

The past two days the crossword apps crash while I am using them. Thoughts?

- Grandma Lainie · v6.30.0

Dang Updates

I really, really hate updates, and this one confirms why. After being FORCED to update, it crashes all the time, which is quite annoying. Please fix this as it used to be my favorite puzzle app.

- Happyplayer 3 · v6.30.0

Glitch in Crosswords

There’s been a glitch in crosswords and wordle that hasn’t been fixed since the last several updates. When a puzzle is complete, it doesn’t let me view my work. In fact the X at top right to close doesn’t work either. Please fix this, I need to admire my work !

- Ceelouha · v6.30.0

Update Issues

I am unable to update the game on one of my devices (iPad). After selecting the update button, it continues the process and then returns to the update screen (to repeat)? I enjoy this app and I play it daily. I am also a subscriber. I have also noticed other users with this problem. Please fix or provide the previous version for older IPad users. In addition, I have done all updates to my IOS for this device. Thank you.

- KimisChem3 · v4.63.0

Too expensive

Most of them are enjoyable, especially compared to reading the actual news. The US beginning to resemble Tsarist Russia, except a minority of the serfs are still literate.

- Also incognito · v6.30.0

Cannot use without an unavailable iOS update. I just erupted my subscription. Time for a refund.

The title says it all. Fix it or refund.

- My cat says wow · v6.4.0

NYT Games

Great games, I play every day.

- Berryheidi · v6.30.0

update :(

Would be a five star review, but I hate how wordplay is now embedded in the app. I liked switching back and forth between the column and the puzzle and now that’s impossible.

- cm1653 · v6.30.0

Wordle 5th birthday party

Loss of subscriber. Requiring a forced update for 2 new badges in wordle is the dumbest thing ever. Deleted & unsubscribed. Would choose 0/5 stars.

- titleistJM · v6.30.0

Update issues

I agree with many others that the unavailability of the update is an issue on older iPads. I can’t believe your IT department hasn’t figured out a way around this. I’ve learned how to play then through web access but can’t see all my badges. Figure it our please.

- 2Bangerts · v6.4.0

1 star for forcing me to update

1 star for forcing me to update

- Nahawk · v6.30.0

New bug - can’t view completed crosswords!

Love the assortment of games, but in recent weeks, I can no longer view competed crosswords. I’m immediately taken to the “Congrats!” page with no way to X it out and return to view the completed puzzle. Very frustrating.

- wsicjtidbduvt · v6.30.0

Subscribe to Play 🤩

I now cannot do anything on the app without being smacked by advertisements. The games no longer work after I updated because they’re blocked behind a pop up telling me to pay money. I held off updating because they have only made the app worse/ more cheap every time I update.

- Ballbaggery.net · v6.30.0

Less review requests please

I wish this app wouldn’t ask me to rate it every time I solve a puzzle. It’s fine, but the constant request to review is excessive.

- Edwin Zuniga · v6.30.0

Money hungry losers

Putting almost everything behind a paywall is so stupid. Why would I spend money to do a crossword?? Here soon i’m sure the wordle and connections will have to be paid for. I don’t care if it’s $1.50 a month or .50¢, it’s pathetic!

- KnzMcy104 · v6.30.0

Requires login

Just deleted the app because it no longer lets you play without logging in. Really disappointing just another company mining for personal information. There’s absolutely zero reason why a login should be required for this app.

- Sparrow1984 · v6.30.0

Fun!

Great games, lots of them. Something for everyone! NYTGames are a part of my every day ❤️

- Fab’s Mamacita · v6.30.0

Stop asking for a rating every time I finish the puzzle

Stop asking for a rating every time I finish the puzzle

- Xabbur · v6.29.1

Annoyances

Remove all the popups; leave me alone, I come to the app to play games (that my subscription paid for), not to have to click away things sliding in front of my face. The constant login animation for Game Center is annoying. I don’t care about Game Center, you should just remove that or have an option to never use it.

- Kevin Grant · v6.29.1

Who Doesn’t Love Wordle?

The Best

- tall and pretty · v6.29.1

Would be a 5..,

They do not update the streak number accurately.

- Zoes Mama · v6.29.1

Dates are wrong

The puzzles all seem to use different clocks and will move to the next day on a whim. It’s 9pm on 6/12 and sudoku says it’s 6/13

- TippedTabby · v6.29.1

Stupid

They should have never put the crossword behind the paywall. Now almost all of the games are behind the paywall. I’ll delete the app if wordle is ever locked. All of the other games are stupid.

- Malconry35 · v6.29.1

Why is this app so needy

Great app. But it asks me every day to rate it. I do, and it still asks - like a needy lover constantly seeking affirmation. I’m hoping that this written review puts the app at ease with our relationship and it gains enough confidence in itself that it will stop asking me every single day to rate it. You’re good, app. Act like it.

- TheRealScoey · v6.29.1

Bug

Games are fun but crossword won’t close with the X in the upper right corner. So whenever you finish you can’t admire your puzzle. I find this almost ruins the fun. Also you have to open a new game to get out of that screen.

- baferd · v6.29.1

forced update

deleted app bc the prompt to update the app made playing with it impossible. fuq forced updates.

- cathyWhoNowHatesFB · v6.29.0

Great way to start the day

The puzzles are a fantastic way to get my brain working in the morning. I look forward to working on them every day.

- dnl117 · v6.29.0

Poor experience on iPad mini 6

This version does not display well in landscape view on iPad mini 6. So frustrating for sudoku or any kind of comments and I can’t go back to a previous version

- CaptainDian · v6.29.0

The X to close a game doesn’t work

Have to force quit the app every time since the X button doesn’t work anymore

- Sulsukr · v6.29.0

Taking off a star for the constant review nagging

Every time I finish a crossword, my first instinct is to tap the back button. But just as I’m tapping, the nag panel pops up and I have to dismiss it before I can go on with my life. So I left a four star rating thinking that would help. Nope, still getting nagged. So now we’re down to three stars and if leaving this review doesn’t stop the pop-ups I’ll be back to give it a one star.

- Neon O'Mad · v6.29.0

Money grab

They are trying to make all the games for a subscription

- Flappy gayyyyy · v6.29.0

Every Update Makes It Worse

Wish you would leave well enough alone. Latest update does not even show month in single archive screen. And you keep un-downloading my archived puzzles. I ‘m addicted and so tolerate the changes but please quit making the user interface less friendly with every update.

- Loraclap · v6.29.0

Asks for review daily

This app requests me to rate every time I finish a puzzle and I’m sick of it

- Olivrrs · v6.29.0

Frustrating to use on the subway

I mostly open this app on the subway but for years the experience when there is intermittent connectivity has been poor and unchanged. I don’t understand why I am able to watch videos on Instagram in between subway stops but this app struggles to get the five letters it needs for today’s Wordle. If you try to open a non-crossword game you’ll get a loading spinner when the connection is poor and have no way to go back (say to play the crosswords, which are the only ones that seem to be available offline). I constantly have to quit this app to try to get it to download Wordle or Connections. I wish it just let me pick which games I would like to have available offline every day.

- Bart Szyszka · v6.29.0

App Keeps Asking For a Review

The app keeps prompting me for a review after every crossword I solve in the archive (and now even after the daily puzzles!), regardless of whether I’ve left a review in the past. If you want my review so badly, I’ll give it to you … one star solely because of this problem. Good day to you.

- Dave50791 · v6.29.0

Puzzles Rock!

Love NYT puzzles and with the app they are always available.

- Marilyn’s Cookies · v6.29.0

Need Pips Archive

Would be better if Pips was also archived

- Moji Dande · v6.29.0

A+

A+

- A · v6.29.0

Crossplay problems

Suddenly stopped allowing me to play or to login.

- Lemon game. · v6.29.0

Customer service doesn’t exist

I’ve been waiting over 20 minutes to speak with customer service about not being able to log in. This has me ready to cancel my subscription and no longer use.

- hdidbdjcj · v6.29.0

Daily Breakfast Activitiy

Love if the daily puzzle(s). Something for everyone—and getting to Queen Bee makes our day!

- SYSOPM · v6.29.0

Ruined the app

The Wordplay column used to be part of the NYT app, allowing one to “tab” back and forth between the Games app and the NYT app to get to the clues. For some unfathomable reason they have now made the column part of the Games app which is annoyingly inconvenient.

- MrKawfy · v6.28.0

No longer works…

I’m not buying a new iPad because NYT games no longer supports my iOS.

- downeaster57 · v6.28.0

Love it

It has been my morning routine for a few years now

- jwoodsonTX · v6.28.0

Crossplay

Need to move the recall button away from the play button

- Yarncacher · v6.28.0

Why?

Every time I finish the daily crossword, this app asks me to rate it. Even when I rated it the day before. So now a one star and a negative review so hopefully it will stop!

- stevewolfe · v6.28.0

Keep having to reinstall

The app gets stuck opening any games. Killing the app doesn’t help and it has to be reinstalled. Unacceptable.

- sereko · v6.28.0

Crashing

It crashes after opening game. Thank goodness I didn’t buy it.

- Puzzler559 · v6.28.0

Recent Bug?

I can’t get through a game recently without an error message! Please fix

- Staciebellsouth · v6.28.0

Removing one game after another

Can’t even play wordle without it crashing now. And my beloved mini is behind a paywall again. I’d have preferred if you never made this free in the first place.

- hungry dinosaur · v6.28.0

Crashes

Keeps crashing after this update

- Nic92!!!! · v6.28.0

Connections is the death of me

Love it. If connections wasn’t the literal definition of rage bait it would be a 5/5

- Str3ss3d · v6.28.0

Is the app down?🧐

So I decided to do spelling bee, but a few seconds later it said, “Please try again later.” So is the app down or is the app down for a reason why?

- #benjiplayz · v6.28.0

Y’all should fix this

Every time I attempt to use the previous version of the app it tries to make me update. In other words, it doesn’t work. Please fix this. When I try to do the puzzle online it is a slog.

- deejfun · v6.4.0

I’d give you five stars if you stop asking

It’s a good app but I’ve submitting ratings 50 times and you never stop asking which is very annoying.

- rcooperman · v6.28.0

Terrible

Bruh u can only play wordle once per day and if u want 2 play anything else, you have to PAY! Terrible! Charging money just play a stupid little game?! 😡

- Isjsndje · v6.28.0

Stop asking me to review!

Asks every single day even though I’ve already reviewed

- dontyouhatepants · v6.28.0

Simply the best

Outstanding year after year.

- coolyhigh · v6.28.0

Good for the Mind

I play these games daily. Really enjoy them.

- GFHS68 · v6.28.0

Free games become paid

My favorite game Tile and several other games used to be free but now are pay to play, I was considering subscription just to play previous Tiles games but it feels so greedy and deceptive to change a free game to paid. Had to delete the app because it just felt yucky.

- Dragon71338 · v6.28.0

Recent changes break usage

The app used to open the wordplay column in the phone browser, which made it easy to switch between the crossword and the column. Now it keeps you in the app, so each return to the column requires multiple taps and reopens the column at the very top. This is a VERY user hostile change.

- Ubermonkey2 · v6.28.0

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Love Games, but they request reviews way too often

- mzakem · v6.28.0

Fix the X

Cannot view completed puzzles because the X doesn’t work. This is only an issue with the crosswords. But it’s been an issue for a while. Not sure why they haven’t fixed it yet.

- Needs continuous sound · v6.28.0

Love the crosswords, but…

I only play the word games. I wish there were more word games.

- katrgator · v6.28.0

What a shame

Decent games, but who wants to subscribe to play them? Fun while it lasted.

- Andrew10649296104 · v6.28.0

Love it but……

Love the game but when I am in a middle of a game it tells me to update but I can’t.

- PrincessALS · v5.42.0

Wordle takes minutes to load

I’ve tried resetting the app, logging off and logging back in, I’ve tried deleting and redownloading the app. The issue is that whenever I want to play Wordle, it takes minutes to load and I often have to open it, go do something else, and hope that it’s loaded when I come back (often it’s not). I’ve tried paying for the subscription, thinking it was the fact that I was a free user. I’ve tried googling and talking to others and no one seems to have this issue. I’ve tried being patient and hoping this “bug” will go away, it’s been months. Please fix this so I can fix my rating.

- BobbyRossIsCool · v6.28.0