Rec | DEVELOPING A MAJOR NYT GAMES HABIT

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I’m so cheap and don’t pay for apps (other than this one), but I just got the Games app and am fully hooked! Initially thought I’d only do the crossword, but I fuckin love sudoku and connections, not sure how strands or the tile matching one work at this point but possibilities abound. Highly recommended as a good nervous habit phone/ipad activity that isn’t scrolling.

@tortitude

6d ago

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@bee1000

Strands is just a word search, and the words for which you search are hinted at by the title. One of the things is the theme itself, which runs all the way from top to bottom or left to right. I don’t know why I’m writing this. I’m sure there’s a 30 second video of it lol

6d ago

@tortitude

@BEE1000 hahahh thank you for continuing to teach me things this week!

5d ago

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