Who says games are a waste of time? Depending on the genre, they have the capacity to teach you almost anything. In particular, word games offer a unique blend of entertainment and puzzle-solving. And ...

TODAY’S WORD — CHARADES (CHARADES: shuh-RADES: A game in which some players try to guess a word or phrase from the actions of other players.) Average mark 42 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find ...

Josh Wardle, a software engineer based in Brooklyn, created the game for his partner, Palak Shah, who loves word puzzles, and named it Wordle as a play on his last name, according to The New York ...

Connections, the newest game from NYT Games, checks all of the above. The 16-word puzzle opened in beta on June 12 and, on Friday, made its debut on the The New York Times Games app and the “Play” tab ...