Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Gameplay: This week’s puzzle stats inside!

Wordle, Spelling Bee and Strands data for you.
Gameplay

April 23, 2025

Behind the Scenes 🍵

Blue and yellow diagonal lines, each forming an N shape, that meet in the middle.

Strands

Last week's hardest Strands puzzle was BUZZING IN, from Friday, April 11 — 78.05 percent of solvers were able to complete it.

Last week's easiest Strands puzzle was FORE!, from Wednesday, April 16 — 88.74 percent of solvers were able to complete it.

Strands puzzles last week — from April 11 to 17 — were much easier than those from the week before.

Solve today's Strands puzzle.

A purple square divided into four parts, with three white squares spread throughout.

Connections Quandary

Here's the hardest category from Monday, April 14. What connects these four things? See the answer in the P.S.

The words actor, car, director and president in separate gray boxes on a purple background.

Solve today's Connections puzzle.

A square divided into nine parts, with half the squares shaded green.

Wordle Weekly Recap

Hardest word: STOOD, from Thursday, April 17

Average guesses: 4.36, with 21.21 percent of players solving in three or fewer

Easiest word: CREST, from Monday, April 14

Average guesses: 3.57, with 49.81 percent of players solving in three or fewer

The Wordle answers last week — from April 11 to 17 — were much easier than those from the week before.

Solve today's Wordle.

A cartoon of a bee.

Spelling Bee Hive

Overall, the Spelling Bee hives last week — from April 11 to 17 — were a bit harder than those from the week before. Of our subscribers who played last week, 38.78 percent hit Genius at least once.

Last week's hardest puzzle: Saturday, April 12, had the hardest pangram, with only 23.54 percent of users finding it.

Saturday's pangram: LIFEBLOOD

Letter set: B D E F I L O

Solve today's Spelling Bee.

Letter Boxed

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P.S. The answer to the Connections Quandary is that they are all things "Ford" might refer to.

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