If you enjoy playing NYT Games but don’t have a subscription to revisit older puzzles, here’s some good news! The New York Times has launched a limited-time Fall Harvest promotion in its Games app, offering eight selected archived puzzles for free.
The NYT Games Fall Harvest collection includes:
- Two Wordle,
- Two Connections,
- Two Minis,
- One Strands, and
- One Midi.
The Fall Harvest event is now live and is available through November 18, 2026. So, if you want to give them a go, you have a little over a week to catch up!
What Is the NYT Games Fall Harvest Event?
The Fall Harvest event is a special promotional event featuring eight puzzles picked from the NYT Games archives. Unlike regular archived puzzles that require a subscription, these select puzzles are available for free to everyone during the promotional period.
There are five different game formats in the Fall Harvest event. Here’s a look at all eight selections and their original publication dates:
| Game | Archive Date |
|---|---|
| Wordle | November 24, 2022 |
| Connections | October 9, 2023 |
| The Mini | November 24, 2022 |
| Strands | October 26, 2025 |
| The Midi | June 22, 2026 |
| Wordle | March 16, 2023 |
| The Mini | February 22, 2024 |
| Connections | July 28, 2026 |
This gives players a chance to revisit older challenges or try puzzles they might have missed the first time around. And with five different formats to choose from, there’s a little something for everyone!
Note: Fall Harvest is an in-app promotion, so don’t waste time looking for these puzzles on the NYT Games website. You’ll need to download the NYT Games app on iPhone or Android to find and access the promotional collection.
How to Play NYT Fall Harvest Puzzles for Free?
Getting started is pretty straightforward. You just open the NYT Games app and look for the Fall Harvest pop-up. It displays all eight archived puzzles, and you can select the one you want to play. If you miss the pop-up, you can find the ‘Puzzle Collection’ section with archive games on the home screen.
You don’t need a premium subscription to access these selected puzzles. However, keep in mind that this is a limited-time promotion, and the archive games will only be available through November 18, 2026.
This isn’t the first time NYT Games has experimented with promotional puzzle collections, either. Back in September 2026, it introduced NYT Bonus Puzzles, a weekly collection of fresh variations on familiar NYT Games.
While the initial NYT Bonus Puzzles starter set was available for free for everyone, subsequent weekly releases became part of the NYT Games and All Access subscription offerings.
This Fall Harvest event gives everyone a chance to revisit selected archived puzzles without paying for a subscription. I’ve already started working through the collection, and it’s been fun revisiting some of these older puzzles. Since the promotion event is only available through November 18, I’d suggest checking it out while you can!
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