NYT Mini Crossword Answers & Hints
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The NYT Mini is The New York Times’ bite-size crossword — 5×5 Sunday through Friday and 7×7 on Saturdays — in NYT Games. We provide subtle hints and today’s answers.
Click a square to reveal its letter. Get hints below.
Looking for today’s NYT Mini Crossword answers or just need a gentle nudge? You’ve come to the right place. Above, you’ll find an interactive board showing the latest New York Times Mini grid for the date you’ve selected, along with tools to reveal letters, check full entries and browse the Mini archive.
At The Word Finder, we aim to be your daily NYT Mini companion. Whether you’re trying to keep a long streak alive or just warming up before the full NYT Crossword, you can use this page to get hints, see today’s Mini answers and review previous puzzles so you can track how your solving has improved over time.
What is the NYT Mini Crossword?
The NYT Mini Crossword launched alongside NYT Games in 2014 and quickly became the app’s daily warm‑up. It’s a compact 5×5 Sunday through Friday, with a larger 7×7 on Saturdays — often edited (and frequently constructed) by Joel Fagliano. The goal is approachability: clean cluing, snappy vocabulary and a solve that fits into a minute or two.
Because the format is small, Minis rarely carry heavy themes; instead, they rely on crisp clues and lively fill. Every letter typically crosses, so a single foothold can unlock big chunks of the grid.
How our NYT Mini solver works
Stuck on a clue? Our NYT Mini solver tool helps you find the right word without giving away the fun.
You can choose to reveal one letter, the whole word, or — if you still want to maintain a level of challenge — open the drop‑down for a specific clue and choose a hint for some additional, lightly cryptic help. It’s designed so you stay in control of how much assistance you get on each puzzle.
Why use The Word Finder for NYT Mini crossword help?
Because we’re not just a solver — we aim to be your daily crossword companion.
At The Word Finder, we track clues and puzzles across many of the world’s top crossword publishers. From the NYT Mini, Midi and Daily Crossword to the Guardian Quick and Cryptic, the LA Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Mirror, Universal and more, our database is built to help you jump straight to today’s answers.
We update puzzles as new grids go live, archive clues by date and organise everything so you can quickly navigate to the exact crossword and day you’re working on.
Explore more quick daily crosswords
Enjoy the NYT Mini and want another bite‑size challenge? Try these other mini / quick-format pages:
Crossherd answers | Play Crossherd
Washington Post Mini / Mini Meta answers | Play Washington Post Crosswords
Want a bigger grid next? Try the NYT Midi or the NYT Crossword.
Prefer other major dailies? See LA Times Daily, Washington Post Daily, WSJ and Universal.
Frequently asked questions about NYT Mini Crossword
The NYT Mini Crossword is a daily, bite‑size puzzle from The New York Times. Most days use a 5×5 grid, with a slightly larger 7×7 on Saturdays. It is designed to be solved in just a couple of minutes as a quick warm‑up.
You can find up‑to‑date NYT Mini Crossword hints and answers on this page at The Word Finder. We post daily solutions, plus gentle nudges that help you move forward without immediately spoiling the entire grid.
We aim to update our NYT Mini Crossword hints and answers every day, shortly after the puzzle goes live in NYT Games. If a day looks missing, it usually means we are still processing that puzzle’s data.
Yes. All of our NYT Mini Crossword hints, explanations and answer keys on The Word Finder are free to use for solvers at any skill level.
Absolutely. Using hints and then reading the finished grid is a great way to learn new words, spot common clue patterns and understand how short entries are clued. Over time you will rely less on help as your instincts improve.
Start by filling in other easy clues to gain crossing letters. If you are still stuck, use our NYT Mini hints to reveal a letter or check a full answer. Often one or two key letters are enough to unlock the entry.
The Word Finder tracks NYT Mini clues by date and lets you reveal letters, a single answer or the whole grid. We also link to help for the NYT Daily and NYT Midi, plus other major publishers, so you can keep all of your crossword solving in one place.
Yes. You can browse our NYT Mini archive using the date selector on the page. If a specific date is missing, you are welcome to reach out so we know which puzzles solvers are most interested in.
The easiest way is to bookmark this page and return each day after you have played the new NYT Mini. We keep the most recent puzzle front and centre so you can jump straight to today’s hints and solutions.
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