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◆ Daily games desk

Today’s hints, today’s answers — refreshed every morning by the puzzles desk.

Same URL every day, fresh content underneath. Wordle, Connections, Strands, Hurdle, Quordle and more — built for readers who hit Google looking for today’s answer at 7 a.m. sharp.

Mini Crossword coverToday’s answer
The New York TimesFri, May 8

Mini Crossword

Fast 5x5 crossword, clue-by-clue.

The Mini Crossword is the New York Times' quick daily grid: a few across clues, a few down clues, and enough crossings to make a short solve feel sharp. TECHi keeps one clean page for today's answers, one for yesterday, and one evergreen rules page.

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◆ More daily games

Pick a game, jump straight to today’s answer.

◆ How the puzzles desk works

Built for the 7 a.m. Google moment.

Same URL, fresh content

Bookmark once. Editors refresh the answer in place every morning so Google sees stable URLs with new modifiedTime signals — better for ranking, better for you.

Hints before answers

Every "today" page leads with a difficulty read, then progressive hints, then the answer behind a reveal. Spoiler-safe by default.

Yesterday & how to play

Each game ships three permanent pages — today, yesterday, and an evergreen tutorial. Land on the one that matches your search intent.