Guides & Data Studies
Evergreen strategy guides and original data studies for Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Strands, and the Mini Crossword.
Strategy Guides
Wordle Tips & Strategy
A repeatable three-guess plan, how to read yellows and greens, and the traps that quietly cost you streaks.
Connections Tips & Strategy
How to spot decoy words, recognize category archetypes, and protect your four mistakes.
Spelling Bee Tips & Strategy
Pangram-hunting tactics, prefix/suffix mining, and what it actually takes to reach Genius.
Strands Tips & Strategy
Anchor on the spangram, earn hints on purpose, and scan the board like a perfect packing puzzle.
Mini Crossword Tips & Strategy
Speed-solving techniques: gimmes first, crossing cascades, and the crosswordese worth memorizing.
NYT Capture Hints & Strategy
The three rules that decide every level and a backward-from-the-King method for finding the solution without brute force.
Data Studies
Original analyses built from published puzzle data — not opinions.
NYT Connections by the Numbers
What 1,191 past puzzles show about each color: which category types make purple purple, how it has shifted since 2023, and the words that turn up in every color.
The Hardest Wordle Words
A data-driven ranking of the Wordle answers that broke the most streaks — and why they were so hard.
Best Wordle Starting Words
Openers ranked by letter coverage and expected information, with the math behind CRANE vs. SLATE vs. ADIEU.
Wordle Answer Statistics
Letter frequencies, positions, repeats, and patterns across every Wordle answer ever published.