If you’re looking for hints and answers for Friday, April 3, 2026 with the theme “Smooth(ie) operator,” read on.

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

TODAY’S WORD — ENCORES (ON-kors: Additional performances demanded by an audience.) Average mark 19 words Time limit 35 minutes Can you find 30 or more words in ENCORES? The list will be published ...

TODAY’S WORD — UNRAVELS (un-RAV-uls: Disengages or separates the threads of.) Average mark 41 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 60 or more words in UNRAVELS? TODAY’S WORD — UNRAVELS: ulna ...

View of a full airplane cabin from the back of the isle - Diy13/Getty Images Everyone wants to be a V.I.P. — except when you're called one by a flight attendant. Flight attendants use a coded secret ...

NYT Games says more than 11bn puzzles were solved on its platform in 2025. Crossplay is a turn-based word game where players build words on a shared board to score points. Matches are decided once all ...

Crossplay, the first of its kind from The Times, pits puzzlers against each other on a shared board. Credit...Jose Flores Supported by By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and ...

Code Vein II for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, and Makaism: Frenzy of the Netherworld for PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases. Get ...

The New York Times is adding a new game to its wheelhouse: “Crossplay,” a two-player word game where participants can build words off one another, earn points and compete to win. The directions are ...

The game will be familiar to Scrabble or Words with Friends players, but the Times is adding a few twists of its own. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor In a significant launch, The New York Times is ...

Netflix greenlit the series "The Dealer" and announced the principal cast for the South Korean show. The series is called “The Dealer,” and Netflix has given a greenlight to the South Korean drama and ...

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured concurrency in the coming year. Oracle’s Java team in 2026 will work toward ...