Bored during class? All done with your work? Spend your time with the academic games that New York Times provides! There is obviously the most common game, which is wordle, and it keeps your mind activated and alert. For this game, you guess five letter words and are given yellow tiles if that letter is present in the word of the day just in a different spot, and you get a green tile if that letter is in the correct spot. You have 24 hours to solve the word and you get six guesses.
The second most common game is connections. This game you are given 16 words and you have to put them into categories but the trick is you have to guess the categories. For this game you get 4 mistakes as well as 24 hours to solve it.
There are 6 other games that a person not subscribed to the website can play daily, and if you subscribe you get the privilege of completing the large crossword. Another game that New York Times provides is the “mini” which is a smaller version of the crossword. The most popular three games listed above are fun to challenge yourself but are also awesome to race your friends and fellow classmates.
On March 4th, New York Times released a new game called “strands.” For this game you are given a clue and you have to complete a word search with words that follow that clue. If you get stuck you can find random words throughout the word search for a hint. Three words is equivalent to a hint. For example a couple days ago had the clue “outside interests” and one of the words in the search was “forecast.” There are around 8 words to find in game per day. Now that you are well informed on the basis of the New York Times game, open a new tab and begin a race or test yourself, Saint Joe!
