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Crossplay vs Scrabble: Board, Tiles and Rules Compared

Sep 24

Board Games

Crossplay vs Scrabble: Board, Tiles and Rules Compared

Naomi Bruwer · September 24, 2026

Crossplay plays like Scrabble but scores differently.. The New York Times game uses the standard North American Scrabble word list,...

Jul 29

Fonts

Aesthetic Fonts and Fancy Text: How They Actually Work (and When Not to Use Them)

Naomi Bruwer · July 29, 2026

Here is the thing nobody mentions in the “aesthetic fonts” posts: they are not fonts. That sounds like a technicality....

What Is Word500? The Wordle Spin-Off That Hides Which Letters Are Right

Jul 27

Words

What Is Word500? The Wordle Spin-Off That Hides Which Letters Are Right

Naomi Bruwer · July 27, 2026

If Wordle has started to feel too easy, Word500 will fix that fast. It looks like Wordle at a glance:...

Are Puzzles Good for Your Brain? What the Evidence Actually Says

Jul 20

Board Games

Are Puzzles Good for Your Brain? What the Evidence Actually Says

Naomi Bruwer · July 20, 2026

Short answer: yes, but not in the way the headlines promise. Puzzles are linked to sharper thinking, and there is...

10 Daily Games to Play After You Finish Wordle

Jul 13

LinkedIn Games

10 Daily Games to Play After You Finish Wordle

Naomi Bruwer · July 13, 2026

You solved today’s Wordle in four, and you’re left feeling a bit empty. The daily-games habit is easy to feed,...

The Most Common Letters in English and how to use them in Word Games

Jul 10

Grammar

The Most Common Letters in English and how to use them in Word Games

Naomi Bruwer · July 10, 2026

Not all letters pull their weight. In ordinary English, a small group of letters does most of the work while...

Why Cursive Is Making a Comeback (and Where to Use It Online)

Jul 8

Fonts

Why Cursive Is Making a Comeback (and Where to Use It Online)

Naomi Bruwer · July 8, 2026

Cursive spent a decade looking like a skill on its way out. Schools dropped it from the timetable, keyboards took...

Jun 30

Words

The Longest Words in English (and Why They’re So Hard to Spell)

Naomi Bruwer · June 30, 2026

Some English words run long because the language borrowed a stack of Greek and Latin parts and bolted them together....

Stackdown Strategy Guide: How to Solve Without Hints

Jun 26

Puzzles

Stackdown Strategy Guide: How to Solve Without Hints

Naomi Bruwer · June 26, 2026

If you’ve played Stackdown for a few weeks and you’ve started caring about your star score, you’ve already discovered the...

How to Play NYT Crossplay: Complete Strategy Guide

Jun 23

Board Games

How to Play NYT Crossplay: Complete Strategy Guide

Naomi Bruwer · June 23, 2026

NYT Crossplay launched 21 January 2026. It’s the New York Times’ first 2-player word game. Four months in, the shape...

Word Chums: The History of the Word Game Built by the Makers of Age of Empires

Jun 22

Board Games

Word Chums: The History of the Word Game Built by the Makers of Age of Empires

Naomi Bruwer · June 22, 2026

Word Chums has been on the App Store since 2012, which makes it one of the longer-running word games on...

Have You Heard of Stackdown? A Word Game from the Creators of Waffle

Jun 18

Puzzles

Have You Heard of Stackdown? A Word Game from the Creators of Waffle

Naomi Bruwer · June 18, 2026

Stackdown has been growing in popularity, and we’ve noticed. The game launched in mid-March 2025 from Waffle Studio, the small...

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Crossplay vs Scrabble: Board, Tiles and Rules Compared

Aesthetic Fonts and Fancy Text: How They Actually Work (and When Not to Use Them)

What Is Word500? The Wordle Spin-Off That Hides Which Letters Are Right

Are Puzzles Good for Your Brain? What the Evidence Actually Says

10 Daily Games to Play After You Finish Wordle

The Most Common Letters in English and how to use them in Word Games

Why Cursive Is Making a Comeback (and Where to Use It Online)

The Longest Words in English (and Why They’re So Hard to Spell)

Stackdown Strategy Guide: How to Solve Without Hints

How to Play NYT Crossplay: Complete Strategy Guide

Word Chums: The History of the Word Game Built by the Makers of Age of Empires

Have You Heard of Stackdown? A Word Game from the Creators of Waffle

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