August 18, 2026
Why diagonal swipes changed Daily Squares
Locking words to rows and columns made grids feel flat. Here's what opening all eight directions did to the puzzle.
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Tips for solving faster, plus notes on how the puzzles are made.
August 11, 2026
Five strategies for faster word searches
Rare letters, word endings and a fixed scanning order can make a crowded grid easier to scan.
August 4, 2026
What a daily word puzzle actually does for you
Vocabulary, focus and a five-minute ritual: the honest case for playing one puzzle a day.
July 28, 2026
How two years of puzzles are built in advance
Every Daily Squares grid is generated deterministically from the date, with no repeated words for 730 days.