Updated October 23, 2026

When today's NYT puzzles are done

What NYT Games itself offers past the daily puzzle, and free Gamefinity games that keep going, sorted by the NYT puzzle they sit beside.

Play Wordlock

Wordlock cover art: A padlock built from green, yellow and grey letter tiles swings open in a sunny mountain valley.

Anagram Blitz cover art: Seven cream letter tiles whirl around a glowing hourglass under a starry midnight sky above the rooftops.

Letter Grid cover art: A 4×4 grid of stone letter tiles in a jungle cenote, the word LEAP traced across it in glowing aqua.

Word Search Rush cover art: A word search on a café table with MAP, STAR and GLOW marked in yellow, pink and blue highlighter.

Each NYT puzzle comes once a day, so a quick solver can finish the lot before breakfast. There are two ways to keep going: the NYT's own archives, which come with a subscription, or free games on Gamefinity that deal a new board every time you press Play. This page covers both, grouped by the NYT puzzle you have just finished.

What NYT Games itself offers

Past puzzles are the main thing a Games subscription adds: NYT says it holds more than 10,000 of them. As of October 2026 the standard US price was $6 every four weeks or $50 a year, and a Games Family plan for four people cost $10 every four weeks or $80 a year. Offers change, so the NYT's own subscription page has the current price.

Wordle archive: every puzzle back to June 19, 2021, for subscribers.
Connections archive: every puzzle back to June 12, 2023.
Strands archive: every puzzle back to March 4, 2024.
Crossword archive: daily puzzles back to 1993, and the Mini back to 2014.
Spelling Bee: the full game, plus past puzzles and their answers.
Tiles: a Zen Mode that refills the board for endless play; Tiles has been for subscribers only since late August 2025.

After Wordle

If you play Wordle

Wordlock

Five-letter words and color clues, in a different game: no guess limit, a clock that each solve tops up, and fresh random words on every run, as many runs as you like.

Endless2–3 minPhone + desktop

Play Wordlock

After Spelling Bee

If you play Spelling Bee

Anagram Blitz

A new rack of seven letters every round, each hiding exactly one seven-letter word. Rounds last 90 seconds, so three in a row fit easily into the time after the Bee.

Play any time90 secPhone + desktop

Play Anagram Blitz

After Strands

If you play Strands

Letter Grid

A fresh 4×4 grid every round. Drag through touching letters for 90 seconds; a seven-letter find scores twelve times as much as a three-letter one.

Play any time90 secPhone + desktop

Play Letter Grid

For the word-search side of Strands

Word Search Rush

Three new grids every run, each bigger and trickier than the one before, and two minutes to clear the lot. Play again as often as you like and chase a faster clear.

Play any timeUp to 2 minPhone + desktop

Play Word Search Rush

After Sudoku

If you play Sudoku

Sudoku Sprint

Endless 6×6 grids, and no limit on runs. Each grid has a single solution you can reach without guessing, and the clock gives back time for every grid you finish.

Endless2–4 minPhone + desktop

Play Sudoku Sprint

After Tiles

If you play Tiles

Mahjong Minute

Board after board of mahjong solitaire with no clock, from two layers up to five, until you run out of free pairs and shuffles. It is free to play, while Tiles and its Zen Mode need a subscription.

EndlessNo clockPhone + desktop

Play Mahjong Minute

After Connections

Connections' word-meaning side

Synonym Sprint

Not a grouping puzzle, and nothing on Gamefinity is. What it offers is word meanings at speed: find the one synonym among the planets, again and again, until a wrong pick or an empty clock ends the run.

Endless30 sec–2 minPhone + desktop

Play Synonym Sprint

For people who love a good phrase

Phrase puzzle for word people

Vowel Stealer

Over 900 sayings with their vowels removed, dealt one after another until your five hearts are gone. It is not a crossword, but it suits anyone who likes filling in letters they can almost hear.

Endless1–2 minPhone + desktop

Play Vowel Stealer

Questions

Is there an unlimited Wordle?

Not from NYT. Wordle is one puzzle a day, and as of October 2026 subscribers can also play its archive back to June 19, 2021. On Gamefinity, Wordlock is a separate five-letter game with no daily limit; it is not Wordle.

How much does an NYT Games subscription cost?

As of October 2026 the standard US price was $6 every four weeks or $50 a year. Games access also comes with the All Access and Home Delivery plans. Prices and offers change, so check the NYT's subscription page before you sign up.