I flere år har jeg nu, ikke hver dag, men regelmæssigt, forlystet mig med mini-spillene på New York Times hjemmeside.
Det startede med Spelling Bee, hvor man kunne komme et stykke ad veje uden at subskribere, så opdagede jeg Wordle, Conneztions, Strands og Tiles.
De fire har jeg holdt af at løse de seneste tre et halvt år, og jeg brugte endda Wordle til min A-Z Challenge i år. Men nu er det slut. Tiles, The Mini Crossword og Letter Boxed er fra for et par dage siden kun for abonnenter.
Ja, Wordle, Strands og Connections er stadig gratis, men jeg gider ikke lege med dem længere.
Jeg sluttede min serie af spil hos New York Times med nogle rigtig fine resultater. Tiles løst med det laveste antal træk nogensinde, nemlig 31, Wordle løst på tre gæt, Strands "perfect" og Connections med kun et forkert gæt.
Det, jeg nok mest kommer til at savne, er WordLit.
Nok engang gør grådighed verden til et lidt mere farveløst og trist sted at være.
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As many of you have probably noticed, MotherOwl loves word puzzles, rebuses and all this (only not Sudoku).
For several years now, I have been entertaining myself -- not every day, but regularly -- with the mini-games on the New York Times website.
It started with Spelling Bee, where you could get a little way without subscribing, then I discovered Wordle, Conneztions, Strands and Tiles.
I have enjoyed solving these four for the past three and a half years, I even based this year's A-Z Challenge on Wordle, but now it's over. Tiles, The Mini Crossword and Letter Boxed are only for subscribers as of a fweek or so ago - for me it was September 1st. I know that Wordle, Strands and Connections are still free to play, but for how long? For me making Tiles pay to play was the last straw.
I ended my series of games at the New York Times with some really good results. Tiles solved with the lowest number of moves ever, 31, Wordle solved in three guesses, Strands ‘perfect’ and Connections with only one wrong guess.
What I will probably miss the most is WordLit.
Once again greed is making the world a bit less fun to live in.
Now you have to pay? How dare they! It seems unfair after so many free years.
SvarSletEven more so as NYT after what others say, promised that those games would always be free to play.
SletI have not played Tiles but I might have tried it if I knew about it. So sad. I haven't tried WordLit but that's a great idea.
SvarSletI don't even bother signing up to play Wordle at NYT. But I mostly play the games at Merriam-Webster website which requires no account signup or payment. Who knows, maybe that will change later.
Have a lovely day.