The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

The answers to today's Strands, game #498, are… Although TEACHER was easy to spot – hanging out very visibly in the top left-hand corner – the rest of today's answers posed quite the word search challenge.

Wordle, the brainchild of Josh Wardle, has become a global sensation, challenging players to guess a five-letter word daily. Its simple rules and color-coded feedback—green for correct placement, yellow for correct letter,