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

A simple brain teaser is causing a stir online. The puzzle asks for the total number of people based on men, wives, and ...

Mercury and Jupiter are in alignment today, putting perspective and logic in tandem with creativity and ideation. This is the ...

A new brain teaser challenges readers to determine the direction of a moving school bus. The puzzle, set in the US, requires logical deduction. Hints ...

Overview NYT Mini Crossword offers a quick, fun daily puzzle that tests memory, logic, and trivia knowledge.December 2, 2025, ...

Puzzle Mania, the annual print section, takes a village to grow it from a kernel of an idea to the extravaganza it is today.

The Games editor shows us how all of the pieces fell into place. By Ian Livengood Ian Livengood is a puzzle editor at The Times. In addition to editing Pips, he constructs and edits crosswords. When I ...

Fans of Wordle, Connections and more can get ready for a new game from The New York Times: Pips. Pips is the first-ever original logic puzzle from the Times, the newspaper said in a press release. In ...

Apple is introducing a new reason to upgrade to its subscription news offering, Apple News+: more games. On Thursday, the company announced the addition of the Emoji Game, an original title that will ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

Brain teasers have long been a favourite pastime for those who enjoy challenging their logic and reasoning skills. These puzzles, whether mathematical, linguistic, or observational, are designed to ...

Bottom line: More and more AI companies say their models can reason. Two recent studies say otherwise. When asked to show their logic, most models flub the task – proving they're not reasoning so much ...