Version History
Here you can find the changelog of NYT Games: Word Games & Sudoku since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-22.
The latest version is 5.3.0 and it was updated on soft112.com on 19 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 5.3.0
posted on 2024-04-15
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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version 4.69.0
posted on 2024-03-25
This version contains additional Spelling Bee stats to help you keep an eye on your progress. Track puzzles played, pangrams found and more.
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nytgames@nytimes.com
version 4.68.0
posted on 2024-03-12
Refreshed look. Ready to play. Now you can find games and explore packs and archives in one place.
This version also contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
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version 4.64.0
posted on 2024-02-21
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#funfact
The 66th Grammy Awards turned out to be a big night for women, including an artist who made history with her fourth album of the year win. This artist's last name has been clued in a crossword as "Bird that can spend up to 10 months in the air without landing." Do you have the answer? Answer: SWIFT
version 4.63.0
posted on 2024-01-29
#FunFact
It’s entertainment awards season! Who says you can’t win them all?
Can you guess the answer to the following clue from 2011? “Winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and three Golden Globes”.
Answer: CHER
version 4.57.1
posted on 2023-12-06
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
If you reach Genius in Spelling Bee on October 31, you will reveal Beeatrice’s special Halloween hat.
version 4.56.0
posted on 2023-11-01
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
The following clues have appeared in the Daily Crossword, all with the same answer. What is it?
“October décor”
“Symbol of harvest time”
“Symbol of fall”
Answer: PUMPKIN
version 4.55.0
posted on 2023-10-10
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
We just released our 100th Connections puzzle.
Have you played our newest game yet? Open that app and head to “More Games” to start solving.
version 4.54.0
posted on 2023-10-02
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
It’s that time of year! The following clues have appeared in the Daily Crossword, all with the same answer. What is it?”
“Subside”
“Occur”
“Spill”
“Eden event”
Answer: FALL
version 4.53.0
posted on 2023-09-21
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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Our newest word game, Connections, is now in the app. Play today’s puzzle to group words that share a common thread.
version 4.52.0
posted on 2023-08-31
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
We’re happy to share that we have fixed two issues in this version.
Updates include:
* A fix for a bug where the font size changed for crossword clues.
* A fix for a bug where blocked or removed friends remained visible in the friends list on The Mini Crossword leaderboard.
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version 4.51.1
posted on 2023-08-23
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
July is here! Can you solve these Independence Day-inspired clues?
“Bested at Nathan’s on July 4, e.g.”
“4th order?”
“Fourth of July earful”
“Stick around on July 4?”
Answers: OUTATE, FIREWORKS, SWEET CORN, SPARKLER
version 4.50.1
posted on 2023-06-26
You can now pick a date and view your Mini Crossword leaderboard status on previous puzzles! This version also includes a previous fix for the issue making it difficult for select players to access their subscription to NYT Games via the app.
#FunFact
June 21 is the summer solstice! Some past clues in the Daily Crossword have included “It never occurs above the Arctic Circle during the summer solstice,” and “Like the day of the summer solstice”.
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version 4.49.1
posted on 2023-06-23
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
Updates include:
*A fix for the bug making it difficult for select players to access their subscription to NYT Games via the app
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version 4.49.0
posted on 2023-06-12
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
#FunFact
June has been a clue 17 times since Will Shortz began editing The Crossword.
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version 4.48.4
posted on 2023-05-22
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
Updates include:
* Fixes to the bug that prevented select players from accessing Vertex.
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version 4.47.0
posted on 2023-05-08
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
Updates include:
* Fixes to the bug that prevented select players from accessing Wordplay through the app.
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#FunFact
May 14 is Mother’s Day. In recognition, here are some clues from the Daily Crossword that feature “mom”:
“Forgetfulness experienced by soon-to-be moms, informally”
“Like kids, but not mom or dad?:
“"Mom" for a day, say”
version 4.45.0
posted on 2023-04-05
The New York Times Crossword app is now the New York Times Games app!
This version also contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly.
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#FunFact
March marches on. Can you solve these clues for words associated with “March”?
“Storied loser in an upset”
“Day after Pi Day, e.g.”
“Theme in "Hamlet"”
“Novel that begins “Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents””
Answers: HARE, IDES, MADNESS, LITTLE WOMEN
version 4.44.3
posted on 2023-03-09
This version includes Sudoku. Now you can play the numbers game, plus Spelling Bee, Wordle, The Crossword and The Mini Crossword in the app.
This version also contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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version 4.44.1
posted on 2023-03-01
This version includes Sudoku. Now you can play the numbers game, plus Spelling Bee, Wordle, The Crossword and The Mini Crossword in the app.
This version also contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
Updates include:
* Fixes to the bug that prevented select players from accessing Vertex and Tiles.
Have feedback? Email us at nytgames@nytimes.com
version 4.30.0
posted on 2022-04-04
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
Happy Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year was February 1. To commemorate the occasion, Zhouqin Burnikel created a puzzle featuring New Year celebrations from around the world: SPRING FESTIVAL (2/1), SOLLAL (2/1), NOWRUZ (3/21), SONGKRAN (4/13) and
ROSH HASHANAH (9/25).
version 4.28.0
posted on 2022-03-02
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
December 25 is Christmas! Some Christmas-related entries that have appeared in the daily Crossword include MALL SANTA (“Worker always seen with a beard”), REINDEER (“Package deliverers of the present day?”), XMAS (“Short winter holiday?”) and ELF (“One with a pole position?”).
version 4.26.0
posted on 2021-12-15
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
Daylight Saving Time ends on November 7. DAYLIGHT SAVINGS has appeared in the Crossword twice in the Shortz era, clued as “Dracula’s least favorite time?” and “Summer time.” DST, on the other hand, has appeared 87 times, clued as “Something to fall back from: Abbr.,” “Something you might lose a little sleep over?: Abbr.” and “Occasion to do a late shift?: Abbr.”
version 4.25.1
posted on 2021-11-18
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
Happy Halloween! GHOST has appeared in the daily Crossword 24 times in the Shortz era, clued as everything from “Classic Halloween costume,” “Popular word game,” “Hamlet’s father, e.g.” and the tricky “Dead man walking?”
version 4.23.0
posted on 2021-10-21
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
Star Trek Day was on September 8. STAR TREK was once clued as “TV show with the most spinoffs, according to the Guinness Book”; this record has since been surpassed by Japan’s “Ultraman” series (which has never been clued as such in the Crossword).
version 4.21.0
posted on 2021-09-07
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
FACT: This new version will keep your games running smoothly!
FACT: FACT has appeared in the daily Crossword 40 times in the Shortz era, clued as “There are 336 dimples on a typical golf ball, for instance,” “You’d better believe it!” and “It’s not fancy.”
version 4.20.0
posted on 2021-08-10
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFact
July 17th is National Emoji Day! EMOJI made its debut in the daily Crossword in 2014, and has appeared 18 times since. Some tricky clues have included “Face of modern technology,” “Icon of the small screen?,” and “Bit of graphic language?” A puzzle from Feb. 9, 2020, had a theme that clued famous films using only emojis! The puzzle’s title was, aptly, “The Emoji Movie.”
version 4.18.0
posted on 2021-07-20
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
June 20th is the first day of summer! SUMMER has appeared as an answer in the daily puzzle seven times in the Shortz era. It's been clued straightforwardly as “One of the four seasons” in a Tuesday puzzle; examples of trickier later-week clues include the devilish "6-9 months?" and “Time to burn?,” which both ran on Fridays.
version 4.17.0
posted on 2021-06-23
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
Happy Pride Month! Recent Pride-related entries in the daily Crossword include PRIDE PARADE, PRIDE MONTH, GAY PRIDE and RAINBOW FLAG. A rainbow flag-themed puzzle ran in June 2018; its grid was 17x13 squares, and contained six themed rows that each represented a colored stripe in the flag. A stunning feat of construction!
version 4.16.0
posted on 2021-06-09
This version contains a fix for incorrect streak counts and more improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
Eid al-Fitr was on March 13, marking the end of Ramadan. RAMADAN has appeared as an answer in the daily Crossword eight times in the Shortz era; it’s also appeared in the Crossword’s clues 15 times during that period, for entries like EID and FAST.
version 4.15.1
posted on 2021-05-25
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
Happy Earth Day! The entry GREEN has appeared in the daily Crossword 25 times in the Shortz era. From 1995 to 2002, it was clued to mean “environmentally conscious” only three times out of its 13 appearances, or about 23 percent. Since 2007, it’s become the preferred definition, accounting for 50 percent of GREEN’s total appearances (six out of 12). Earth Day is April 22
version 4.14.0
posted on 2021-04-14
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
As of April 7, Will Shortz has edited 10,000 puzzles since joining The New York Times as Crossword editor in November 1993.
version 4.13.0
posted on 2021-03-31
This version contains improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
April is National Pecan Month. PECAN has appeared as an answer in the Daily Crossword 41 times in the Shortz era.
version 4.9.0
posted on 2021-03-23
This version contains bug fixes to keep you keep solving smoothly, on top of some foundational groundwork for future improvements to the games you love to play.
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#FunFacts
The most popular answer for all Shortz-era crosswords is ERA. It has appeared more than 600 times to date, or once in every 16 puzzles!
version 4.8.0
posted on 2021-02-08
We’ve added a new way to navigate to our other games. Try your hand at Spelling Bee, unwind with Tiles, decode digits to master Sudoku or connect the dots to reveal hidden images with Vertex. Let us know what you think by sending us an email at nytgames@nytimes.com.
#FunFacts
Believe it or not, “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” appeared once as a full answer in the New York Times Crossword. It was written across 14 squares: one syllable (“SU,” “PER,” “CAL,” etc.) in each.
version 4.7.0
posted on 2021-01-22
This version contains bug fixes and improvements to keep you solving smoothly!
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#FunFacts
So far in 2020, more than 1,900 new answers have appeared in the Crossword. Some have already appeared more than once since, including: MINDBLOWN, MEETCUTE, WAKANDA, GLAMPING and HATEWATCH.
version 4.5.0
posted on 2021-01-04
This version contains more fixes for bugs reported in Spelling Bee.
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#FunFacts
HIVE has appeared in the Crossword 50 times in the Shortz era. The most common clue is "busy place," but here are some alliterative alternatives: "comb container," "queen's quarters" and "honeycombed home."
version 3.3.2
posted on 2020-12-01
We've added a new game for subscribers! Play Spelling Bee every day with a Crossword subscription.
We've also fixed an issue affecting users on Android 6 and 7 devices.
#FunFacts
What's a seven-letter word for a wordsmith's feat? PANGRAM has appeared in the Crossword 3 times.
version 3.1.0
posted on 2020-11-10
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 3.1.0:
Updates to our code to keep the app running smoothly.
#FunFacts
DATA has appeared in the Crossword 115 times in the past 26 years, often clued as "facts and figures." Other references have changed over time:
- Disk contents
- Flash drive filler
- It may be stored on the cloud
- What your phone uses up when you're not on Wi-Fi
version N/A
posted on 2020-06-29
You want to solve the Crossword. We want to help! We’ve been updating our code and fixing some bugs, including improving the experience on smaller devices.
#FunFacts
The most common three-letter answer in The New York Times Crossword is ERA, with nearly 1,500 appearances.
version N/A
posted on 2020-05-15
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 3.0.1 (668):
More updates of our code and a rebus bug fixed to keep you solving smoothly.
#FunFact: With your Google Play Crossword subscription you can link your NYT account in app, then use those same credentials and access more games at nytimes.com/games
version 2.4.1
posted on 2020-05-07
This release fixes an issue with subscribers seeing the unsubscribed experience after logging in. If you are encountering difficulties, please log out and log back in to correct the issue.
version 2.4.0
posted on 2020-04-09
You want to solve the Crossword. We want to help! We’ve been updating our code and fixing some bugs to keep you solving smoothly.
#FunFact The New York Times Crossword has published contributors from ages 13 to 100.
version 2.2.0
posted on 2020-02-06
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 2.2.0:
We fixed a bug related to night mode solving on tablets.
#FunFact December 21st is National Crossword Day - why the 21st? The first crossword puzzle appeared in New York World magazine on December 21st, 1913. The crossword did not appear in The New York Times until February 15, 1942.
version 2.1.1
posted on 2019-12-23
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 2.1.1
Now you can turn on night mode for the puzzle solving screen! After you open a puzzle, tap on the settings icon to switch to night mode. Turning on night mode will darken your screen for a more comfortable evening solving experience.
#FunFact: NIGHT and MODE are both common answers (33 and 48 occurrences), but they never related to one another in the app until now.
version 2.1.0
posted on 2019-11-12
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 2.1.0
Now you can turn on night mode for the puzzle solving screen! After you open a puzzle, tap on the settings icon to switch to night mode. Turning on night mode will darken your screen for a more comfortable evening solving experience.
#FunFact: NIGHT and MODE are both common answers (33 and 48 occurrences), but they never related to one another in the app until now.
version 2.0.1
posted on 2019-11-04
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 2.0.1
Compete amongst friends around the Mini! We’ve launched personal Mini leaderboards which you can get to from the navigation tabs at the top of the app. These are personal leaderboards, so the only people you will see on your leaderboard are people you invite to join or confirm to add. You can have up to 25 people on your leaderboard. This feature requires you to create a New York Times account.
version 2.0.0
posted on 2019-08-05
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app! Here's what's new in version 2.0.0
Compete amongst friends around the Mini! We’ve launched personal Mini leaderboards which you can get to from the navigation tabs at the top of the app. These are personal leaderboards, so the only people you will see on your leaderboard are people you invite to join or confirm to add. You can have up to 25 people on your leaderboard. This feature requires you to create a New York Times account.
version 1.3.0
posted on 2018-01-11
Thanks for solving with the NYTimes Crossword app. Here's what's new in version 1.3.0 (421)
- You now have until midnight Pacific Time to earn a gold star
- Larger clue text by default
- Always prompt for reveal/reset
- Support captcha within the app that was preventing people from logging in
- Several other bug fixes
#FunFact Did you miss the December 17th Sunday paper that contained this year's Puzzle Mania? You can order a back copy by calling 800-543-5380
version 1.0.3
posted on 2017-01-13
Thanks for continuing to test our new app, here's what's new in version 1.0.3 (215),- Squashed the bug where progress was randomly lost,- Correctly giving out gold stars,- Archive progress now updates when you back out of a puzzle from the archive,- Other minor bug fixes,#Fun Fact We've made progress...on the saving of user progress, even if the answer PROGRESS has not shown up in The New York Times Crossword since 1988,As always, happy solving!
version 1.0.2
posted on 2016-12-19
Thanks for continuing to test our new app, here's what's new in version 1.0.2 (212),- Several updates for tablet layouts,- Other user interface improvements,- Many bugs have been squashed,# Fun Fact: TABLET has only appeared in the New York Times Crossword eight times during the Will Shortz era - and only as an electronic device starting in 2012