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Today's Wordle answer might be easy if you read detective books back in the day.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

Today's NYT Wordle puzzle shouldn't be difficult to solve if you're a tough cookie.

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition features two categories with a regionally specific team focus.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight


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Happy Thursday and welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over



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The author is a millionaire who struggled with friendships at first.

This essay is part of Lonely at the Top, a series that examines the link between wealth and loneliness.

I grew up in a modest household in Hawaii — first-gen, middle class. We were the kind of family where you're taught to save every penny and keep your head down. The kind where we never ordered soda on the


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Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, saw average delays of 31 minutes due to understaffing.
  • Transport Secretary Sean Duffy said 53% of flight delays in the US are being caused by staffing issues.
  • That's compared to around 5% before the government shutdown, which began last week.
  • Airports around the US have seen delays as more air traffic controllers call

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Donald Trump returned to TikTok on Monday by telling young Americans they "owe him big." Why? "I saved TikTok," the president said in his first post on the social platform since the 2024 election.

In September, after many ban deadline extensions, Trump signed an executive order that facilitates the sale of Chinese-owned TikTok to American investors. In the president's post-signing TikTok post



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Maelin Mejias behind the counter at Summit Diner with her boss, Jim Greberis, behind her on the phone.
  • Maelin Mejias has been working the same diner for 14 years and still enjoys it.
  • Partly because her coworkers and boss at Summit Diner treat her like family.
  • When she broke her tibia and couldn't walk for years, her boss went out of his way to help.

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Ghosting is spooky but unfortunately common. From romantic interests to prospective job opportunities, people online lament about never hearing back from the one person they want to hear from the most.

But what if they do?

Not only is ghosting seemingly ubiquitous in today's society of online connections



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Stephen King has been posting a lot about politics lately.

Earlier in the week, the author gave a blunt response to White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller's post about "leftwing terrorism", and now he's turned his attention to President Donald Trump sending National Guard troops into Democrat-run cities.


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