Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, Slate is debuting Pears, a brand-new word game to freshen up your puzzle routine. It’s fast. It’s fun. And it’s got a ...

Wordle has grown to be one of the most popular words games since Josh Wardle launched it in 2021. The game asks players to figure out a five-letter word in six or fewer guesses (we have a two-step ...

NYT Games says more than 11bn puzzles were solved on its platform in 2025. Crossplay is a turn-based word game where players build words on a shared board to score points. Matches are decided once all ...

Words With Friends is expanding. What was once just a popular way to play unofficial multiplayer Scrabble on mobile has now become a larger hub for other daily word games. “Words With Friends has ...

CBS and Zynga are teaming up to bring "Survivor" into the hands of fans with a multi-title mobile game partnership tied to the debut of the show's landmark 50th season. The collaboration marks the ...

It’s not all that often that word games are bobbing near the top of the Steam charts. Word Play has been hovering near the top of the Popular New Releases since it was launched earlier this month and ...

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