I have done Wordle, Spelling Bee, Connections, Mini and regular crossword every day since retiring in April. I feel like my brain is sharper now from the daily workout.

I like how the crossword gets progressively harder throughout the week. On Monday I like how I whiz through it which is nice for the start of the week.

I really liked Spelling Bee at first but not as much now. I didn't realize there was a Queen Bee at first. I have now gotten it a few times. I make myself play to the Amazing or Genius level before quitting and I spend too much time on it.

Anonymous wrote:WaPo mini is better. You can spend 10 minutes solving and somehow it will still congratulate you for solving it in 45seconds

I'm the idiot that can't do connections. I have yet to take longer than 2:38 on the mini.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else feel like connections was really difficult when it first came out, then seemed to get really easy, and now seems a bit harder again?

Yes, I noticed this.

Yes! I have a years-long winning streak for the crossword puzzle!

I also do Connections, Wordle, and Spelling Bee daily. Sometimes I’ll do Sudoku, and I’m not a huge fan of Tiles or Letter Boxed.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm just stupid but I find connections very difficult

My DS19 has a hard time with connections sometimes because the cultural references aren’t pertinent to his generation.

I usually do Wordle and Connections when I have my 2 am perimenopausal wake up.

I used to be good at Sudoku in my 20s but now can only do the easy one without help. It’s like my brain forgot the strategies.

I wake up and do Wordle, Knotwords (different app), mini, letter boxed, and connections. I usually start (and sometimes finish) spelling bee. I try to get to Genius without "cheating" (I will use the hints to see how many start with each pair of letters), and then usually use the the comments to get to queen bee. I do Wordle and Knotwords first because they are the ones that have streaks to maintain.

At some point later in the day I do vertex and the easy and medium sudukos.

I usually do the crossword at some point Mon-Weds.

WaPo mini is better. You can spend 10 minutes solving and somehow it will still congratulate you for solving it in 45seconds

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm just stupid but I find connections very difficult

Brains work in different ways. Connections works for me, but Spelling Bee doesn't at all.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I'm just stupid but I find connections very difficult

Some are more difficult than others. Sometimes the purple category in particular is rubbish.

Wordle, Bee, Connections, back to the Bee.

WaPo has a newish one called Keyword.

Every morning routine!

Maybe I'm just stupid but I find connections very difficult

I do Connections, the others don't do much for me.

Anonymous wrote:I do those same three too, but first Wordle, then Connections, then Mini.

+1

Every morning with my coffee.

I love Spelling Bee, but don't play every day. It depends on how much free time I have. I've been queen bee 3 or 4 times. Once you get it, it can take over until you get it again.

Daily I play Wordle, Connections and Mini