Comment by lelanthran
7 hours ago
I do wordle, strands and, when available (once a week) I do the midi.
Wordle and strands together usually take less than 5m. The midi ranges from 3m30 (my best time) to ~12m (my worst).
Not done Letterbox, Pips and Tiles, but I figured that all their puzzles are at the same level of difficulty.
It's interesting, to me, that (from my reading of the paper, which was very quick) they they consider it hard/easy based on a sort of brute-force attempt to find all the answers.
Letter boxed is quite difficult if you want to do it in 2 words (which should always be possible), often taking me well over an hour. But they accept you 'winning' with 3-4 or sometimes 5 words. It's my favourite game as a non-native English speaker since knowledge of other languages is extremely helpful for optimal solutions. Especially as I speak French, Dutch, German and studied Latin and ancient Greek, don't think Swahili or Mandarin would help much.
What's the midi? Or do you mean the Mini (Crossword)?
> What's the midi? Or do you mean the Mini (Crossword)?
There's 3x sizeof of crosswords
1. Large Standard New York Times one (subscriber only) 2. Mini (subscriber only) 3. Midi - which is in-between the large and the mini.
Once a week, the Midi is available to non-subcribers for free. A link comes in via email if you are signed up for their games.