herd about the new kid in town?? the new yorker’s SHUFFALO launches today! it’s a daily anagramming game from the devious brain of @adamwagner.bsky.social that I think word nerds are really going to enjoy. this was a treat and a wild ride to bring to the world and I’m so stoked it’s here!!!

new name, new bovid, same great gameplay. Anigrams is now The New Yorker's: SHUFFALO!!!

Solve the puzzle that made wordplay columnist Sam Corbin say- "How much wordplay can one person take? A lot, in this puzzle’s estimation."

In 2022 I launched Anigrams, and in 2024 Order Up. Building/running my own daily puzzles has been one of the great creative joys of my life. As of today, both games are now paused. I can't say more yet, but stay tuned for an exciting update. Excited to share what's next :)

I just wish the intersection between media and technology had protected bike lanes

back in the times today with a little something something

this one's partly for all you lovers and dreamers out there, and partly just for me

what was your favorite super bowl ad? mine's the one hidden in Phil(ad)elphia Eagles -- aptly the only NFL team with this property

Old MacDonald had a cow, because running a farm is really stressful and sometimes it just breaks you

the droid names R2(D2) and (C3)PO both contain a letter followed by its scrabble score

I don't know why everyone keeps comparing me to Quasimodo but I have a hunch

(glinda voice): puzzle goes great with parade! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

I promise my puzzles will never feature ads. ...Except this one.

top ten games my 3yo has invented ranked by how much they raise my blood pressure: 10 The running and laughing game 9 Rippy Yippie 8 Garbage crib 7 Stair jump blast off 6 Splash (bath game) 5 Shoot the bad guys 4 We're the bad guys 3 window bang bang 2 Did I wipe 1 Boing KABOOM

when you're done solving today's Order Up, you should really go look up the other word for "Long Hundred" because it will absolutely make your day

what has more strings, a guitar or a sitar? and I've heard of Bo Diddley but what is a Diddley Bow? puzzle it out in today's Order Up orderup.games

Trying something a little different for today's Order Up. Can you figure out what's going on with this theme?

What has more steps, the Eiffel Tower or the instruction booklet for the LEGO Eiffel Tower? If that question piqued your curiosity even a little bit, this is the game for you orderup.games

I know I'm not supposed to read the comments but sometimes the comments are really positive! Big thanks to Nick Vogel for playing on his channel!

a puzzle like today's comes along once in a blue moon... but how often is a blue moon anyway? figure it out in today's Order Up!

you might think as the person who made the game that I should really remember the answers but alas! Order Up 3 2/5 ⬇️ 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 ⚪ 🟢

If the 2010s were Peak TV, the 2020s are Peak Puzzle... and I'm so excited to add a new one to the mix. Introducing my new daily puzzle game, Order Up! Can you put a list in order based on a hidden theme? Give it a play and let me know what you think! orderup.games

might mess around and launch a new daily puzzle game tomorrow...

If you're not sold on this puzzle from the name alone we can't be friends

my 9 month old Homer Simpsoned himself with a basket (put his weight down on one end, the other end flipped up and bonked him in the face). You can't teach that kind of clumsiness, that's just elite god given talent. thank your dad's genetics, kid

beyond ecstatic to have my first-ever Monday puzzle in the new york times!

you can tell a mounta(i)n l(i)on is a predator by how close together its i's are

this is the complete set of socks in my 2yo's drawer. how is this even possible

ah the irony of buying rain pants at REI, stuffing them in my backpack, and immediately hopping on a bike share with a sopping wet seat

I promise the extremely relevant 🐐in today's Anigrams was not planned and I apologize to all my fellow bay area people for any pain it may have caused 😭

salt and vinegar chips being visually indistinguishable from original chips should be illegal

the fact that bees die when they sting and they only do it as a sacrifice to protect the hive is so pixar-coded... how have they not gotten on that yet??? the fact that the Bee Movie is all we have is such a travesty

my barber has six different pairs of scissors but the thing that cut the deepest was when he said "i assume you want me to fix your eyebrows"

pop quiz: if my 2yo loudly demands his cheese and screams if you ask him to specify what kind, do you give him (A) ricotta in a bowl (B) a slice of mozzarella or (C) cheddar sticks if, like me, you said A, B, or C, you would be wrong. apparently the answer is his camera

Asked the 2yo "can you help me?" and in the most innocent voice possible he shoots back "you can help you!" so anyway I know my new work slack reply for 2024

no spoilers but

Most versions of "The ants go marching" rhyme "seven-by-seven" with "pray to heaven" but the one that just came on went "the little one stopped to play with Kevin" and... I love it? Who is Kevin? Never mentioned before. Is he another ant? a human boy? suddenly this song has LORE

I'm a mirror-imager when it comes to gesturing "there's schmutz on your face". my wife is a 180-rotationer. but I know this about her so I just 180-gestured about sauce on her lip. but she knows this about me so she wiped on her mirror image side. real gift of the magi situation

whenever I flip the lever to open the bath drain, my kiddo flips it closed. so tonight I double flipped it, and he instantly flipped it a third time, opening it. I just wabbit seasoned my own child. I duck seasoned my boy

toddler logic is truly a beautiful thing. just walked into the kitchen to see my 2yo had found the electric nail file and was using it to sand the wood under his placemat. Asked "what are you doing?" and he said "I'm mowing the table!" asked and answered

we're only ten days into winter and we've already blown through both of the two most popular winter holidays. I hope we'll be more responsible with our holiday management next year

i feel like FX's marketing team doesn't do nearly enough with the fact that Fargo characters always have incredible names. If it were me I would simply plaster wild postings across every major market in America saying "Sam Spruell is Ole Munch"

as a jew I have only recently come to realize how strange it was that my dad used to have us put out cookies on christmas eve for "Hanukklaus"

becoming obsessed with a new hobby three days before traveling for the holidays has big planting-the-seeds-for-season-4-in-the-season-3-finale energy

my 2yo has realized he can prolong bedtime by sitting on the potty for as long as possible which really gives new meaning to the phrase stall tactic

Eating Cheerios with oat milk seems like it shouldn't be kosher

-🚨MY FIRST EVER THEMELESS CROSSWORD!!!🚨 -I had SO MUCH FUN making this with @xws.bsky.social -Hope you love it!!! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

did my toddler make this puzzle

between Hanukkah menorahs, shabbat candles, and me not letting my 2yo eat his own toes for lunch today, it really has been a week of meltdowns

it feels wrong that the letter L bends to the Right