The New York Times kept readers on their toes in 2025, thanks to its stable of popular games. There were more than 11.2 billion puzzles solved on New York Times Games this year, led by 4.2 billion Wordle puzzles solved and 1.6 billion solves in Connections.

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of Atlantic Media Company, in Washington, D.C. She has ...