NYT Crossword/Wordle

The NYT recently changed their Daily Mini crossword to subscription.

And it kind of pisses me off!

Not seeing a difference.

If I’d gone with my gut, I’d have had a second consecutive Wordle 3 today.

The lock means it is subscription

Suggestion online is to try a browser, not the app.

I have an NYT subscription through work, but even in an incognito browser, it still comes up for me.

didn’t work

I am using a PC, no NYT subscription. I googled wordle, clicked the NYT link that was #1 and got a screen that offered sign in, pay and play, clicked play and went straight to the game.

yes me too I’m not paying for it

If you get back in, post your percentage. I missed three within the course of a couple of weeks a while back and mine went down to 97%.

Wordle itself works fine.

The problem is the Daily Mini crossword.

The thing that annoys me with Mini is it’s on a different schedule. Wordle and Connections become available at midnight. IDK when Mini switches.

Yeah, going into an incognito browser, I see Mini seems to require a subscription now.

Never tracked my stats because I don’t do it that often. Off the top, I’d guess the shape of my stats would be similar to yours (except I don’t recall ever getting in two).

GF got a one a while back.

My Connections % is less impressive. 68%. That game seems to have easy and hard streaks.

If I ever got it in one, I think I might quickly go out and buy a lottery ticket.

Edit: Thank your gf for the Manhunt recommendation. I’m into it now.

I got i in one once.
My starting word used to be “abide” and that was the word for the day.

They must have different groups making up the puzzles, they vary a lot in difficulty and some of the stuff looks like older or younger people are involved. This last week we’ve had some tough ones.

You have the same % as me, but that’s an impressive number of threes.

It’s a wild story.

The only issue I’ve ever had with Wordle is on a two or three occasions my winning streak has been reset to one when I haven’t missed one in 100 days or more. And it’s not because I failed to play. Not a big deal, just a mystery. The other stats are spot-on, 98% and quite a bit of change.