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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

TENFOLD -- so ten letter answers are folded into two 5-letter halves. For example, British dessert similar to a cannoli is a BRANDY SNAP -- imagine taking the back half of that phrase (YSNAP) and folding it underneath the front half, you end up with BRAND on top of PANSY!

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

The clue you need for that one is 59A, but the real key to the puzzle is at 25D

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jasper davidoff @pocketsquar.es · 03/11/2025

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!!!

newyorker.com

Play Shuffalo: Monday, November 3, 2025

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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 :)

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

back in the times today with a little something something

The Crossword
Thursday April 10
by Adam Wagner

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I set it up so both directions are valid every day! When you make your first guess the game checks which direction has more correct answers and gives out greens based on that direction.

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Yesss so glad you had fun with it!!!

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

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

orderup.games

Order Up: a daily puzzle game

Put a list of items in order based on a daily theme

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

It actually counts as correct in either order! In fact when you hit submit the first time, the game checks which direction has more correct answers and gives out greens based on that direction

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

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

orderup.games

Order Up: a daily puzzle game

Put a list of items in order based on a hidden theme

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

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!

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

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!

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

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

orderup.games

Order Up: a daily puzzle game

Put a list of items in order based on a hidden theme

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 31/03/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

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 😭

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

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

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Adam Wagner @adamwagner.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

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"

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