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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
WAXY is the longest word whose letters (by alphabetic position) follow the Fibonacci recurrence relation
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23 + 1 = 24
1 + 24 = 25
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Made a really hard Sporcle quiz www.sporcle.com/games/BanjoZ...
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World of Wordplay
Can you name the only country in the world that fits each wordplay description?
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Evan Birnholz @evanbirnholz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The dictionary discovers what crossword constructors nowadays call "double-doubles." (More here at this blog post by @aaronson.bsky.social: aaronson.org/blog/square-...)
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Square Theory
The story starts in Crosscord, the crossword Discord server. Over 5,000 users strong, the server has emerged as a central hub for the online crossword community, a buzzing, sometimes overwhelming, som...
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I visited every European microstate. Here's how you can too aaronson.org/blog/how-to-...
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How to Visit Every European Microstate
So you’re in third grade. You’re looking at a map of Europe, and you notice something peculiar sandwiched between France and Spain, like a pea between two mattresses. Somehow, there’s a tiny country t...
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
i made a crossword
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My Square Theory talk from @puzzmo.com's Crossword Con is now available to watch! youtu.be/iEa_Arn9pH0
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Crossword Con 2026 - Square Theory (Adam Aaronson)
YouTube video by puzzmo
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Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 06/04/2026
Today is the last day to buy in-person Crossword Con tickets! Join us in NYC for some great talks and a panel featuring representatives from companies that buy and license indie games made by people like you! 🌷 Link to tix, schedule, speaker & panelist info all here: www.crosswordcon.com
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Crossword Con
Crossword Con is a half-day conference about crossword puzzles
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I made a crossword
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Got a certain Saturday crossword #nytxw
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Your annual reminder that I made a website called New Year Zone that counts down to the new year in all 38 time zones If nothing else, it works pretty great for syncing your actual countdown at your new year's gathering
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Just in the nick of time, here's my list of the best albums of 2025! #1 is a perfect little gem that I haven't seen on any year-end list. Can't stop coming back to it aaronson.org/full-moon-al...
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John Lieb @boswords.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The constructor roster for the Boswords 2026 Winter Wondersolve is set, and we are excited to be presenting four puzzles by the wonderful folks listed below on Sunday afternoon, February 1. Registration opens Friday, January 2.
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
They can't keep getting away with this
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Here's a crossword
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My thoughts on Elon's Grokipedia as a Wikipedia editor, and—because Grokipedia has copied nearly verbatim many of my Wikipedia pages—inadvertently, a Grokipedia editor. (a thread)
Wikipedia page for Oatmeal raisin cookieGrokipedia page for Oatmeal raisin cookie
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I'm giving a talk here! Come see me talk about Square Theory with some never-before-presented twists
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I'm giving a talk here! Come see me talk about Square Theory with some never-before-presented twists
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Got a puzzle triple header today - Crossword for @nytimes.com - Crossword for @billboard.com (kicking off Latin week) - Alphadots for @bloomberg.com (where all 7 puzzles this week will be by me)
Billboard crosswordBloomberg Alphadots
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Here's a crossword I made #nytxw
NYT crossword from Monday, Oct 20 by Adam Aaronson
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This one's for the all the numerologyheads www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
My second crossword for @billboard.com! Taylor Swift week continues apace
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Had a blast at the inaugural WikiGameJam this past weekend hosted by @wikimediafoundation.org @wikimedianyc.bsky.social! Great crowd of creative tech + wiki + game people, and a great chance to lock in on a project (which won the "Most Likely to Keep Me Coming Back for More" award!)
Kevin Payravi introducing the game jamMe presenting my game Mind Palace
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
NEW NEWS: I'm making music-themed crosswords for @billboard.com! Solve the inaugural one, constructed by me and inspired by a certain album that dropped today: www.billboard.com/p/billboard-...
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 09/09/2025
🎉 new release today: fill harmonics is a weird music machine thing made from the bones of crossword puzzles. put it together with my pal @natanlast.bsky.social read more: parkerhiggins.net/2025/09/fill... and play around with it: fillharmonics.com
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Fill Harmonics, the crossword puzzle music machine
Today I’m releasing Fill Harmonics, a music machine that takes its rules and styling from the world of crossword puzzles. The name is a pun: in crossword lingo, “fill” is the stuff that goes into the ...
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Josh Dzieza @joshdzieza.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack
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Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I made a trombone for HTML Day @htmlenergy.bsky.social aaronson.org/trombone/
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I'm in this! Along with lots of other fun and cool people!
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Waxy.org @waxy.org · 23/07/2025
Adam Aaronson drank every cocktail: or, at least, all 102 listed in the International Bartenders Association's official list aaronson.org/blog/i-dr...
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I Drank Every Cocktail
The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bartending industry has to a canonical list of cocktails, akin to the American Kennel Club’s registry of dog breeds or a jazz musician’s Real Book of standards.
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I drank every cocktail on the IBA official cocktail list, and I wrote some words about it aaronson.org/blog/i-drank...
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I Drank Every Cocktail
The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bar...
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Just a couple of guys who made a crossword. #NYTXW
Michael and I facing each other in a New York City subway carA screenshot of the New York Times Games app showing the Tuesday, July 1 crossword by Adam Aaronson and Michael Garbus
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Made another @newyorker.com crossword. This one's for the bookworms
The Crossword: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
By Adam Aaronson

Today's themed crossword appears in the Fiction issue.
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Borg chart
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Jim Acosta macOS Tahoe 🤝 MACOSTA
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
How it started / how it's going @rickycruz.bsky.social
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New blog post! At the intersection of language and... abstract math aaronson.org/blog/square-...
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Square Theory
The story starts in Crosscord, the crossword Discord server. Over 5,000 users strong, the server has emerged as a central hub for the online crossword community, a buzzing, sometimes overwhelming, som...
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Made my @bloomberg.com Businessweek magazine debut with a stock-flavored word puzzle! Catch it on the last page of the June issue
Ticker Tape puzzle in the Bloomberg Businessweek magazine
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
PUZZLE: Two complementary crossword tournament solving divisions anagram to European capitals. What are they? (no spoilers)
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
New crossword on Aaronson.org! And yeah—it's a "tricky" one aaronson.org/crosswords/b...
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Blues Clues
Bonjour-hi from Montréal! I made this entire puzzle aboard the 11-hour Amtrak ride here from New York City. There’s something about Amtrak rides that get my crossword juices flowing. I guess they put ...
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Helium balloons float because He is risen
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
STATUS: cannot stop listening to the new YHWH Nailgun album (and made a Wikipedia page for it) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_Pounds
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45 Pounds - Wikipedia
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The owner of In-N-Out LYNSI SNYDER has the crazy palindrome YNSISNY hidden in her name
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Went into #ACPT2025 with the sole goal of finishing all the puzzles error-free, so in that sense I won. Placed 3rd alphabetically (my worst yet) and 36th by score (my best yet). So proud to witness @gppasco.bsky.social pull off the back-to-back championship!
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Gonna start an Etsy shop that sells sorting algorithms. They're made to order
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
My new @newyorker.com crossword answers the age-old question: what if crossword, but for nerds? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
The Crossword: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
By Adam Aaronson

Today's themed crossword appears in the Innovation & Tech issue.
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Total appearances of secondary intercardinal direction entries in the New York Times crossword
Circular chart showing each secondary intercardinal direction with its number of appearances. NNE: 548, ENE: 1123, ESE: 889, SSE: 674, SSW: 137, WSW: 29, WNW: 14, NNW: 57
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I realized there wasn't a great website for making custom text-based emoji for Slack or Discord, so I cooked one up last night Here's Emoter: aaronson.org/emoter/
Screenshot of aaronson.org/emoter
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
USC USC 🤝 Being a 1 seed in the women's bracket
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Total appearances of various "Makes sense to me!" entries in the New York Times crossword
Table showing the number of appearances of (OH/OK) (NOW) I (SEE/GET IT) (NOW) entries in the New York Times crossword
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The Beatles in alphabetical order by first name (George, John, Paul, Ringo) are the same as in alphabetical order by last name (Harrison, Lennon, McCartney, Starr)
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
At the intersection of wherever books are sold and wherever you get your podcasts
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