Tracy and I had an absolute BLAST repping New York Times Games on tonight’s episode of Watch What Happens Live! !!

(Tracy deftly answered the important Q’s while I slurped my manhattan — we make a good team.)

Thanks for having us Andy Cohen , and keep up all the puzzlin’ 💪🔥

It was such a joy to meet with Danielle Wiley Danielle Wiley on the Art of Sway podcast! swaygroup.com/influence-and-… there’s even a custom mini in honor of this episode.

Meet the prestigious members of the Blue Team for our 2023 War of the Words!: Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty, Wordle editor Tracy Bennett & WSJ language columnist and Scripps National Spelling Bee judge Ben Zimmer. Buy a ticket and watch 'em sweat May 6: bit.ly/409lpJd #WaroftheWords #WordNerds

Today’s Wordle Review nytimes.com/2023/03/20/cro…

After 365 daily episodes, Trevor and Dillon’s Wordle-based gameshow is ending tomorrow 😢

But check out today’s extremely special episode where New York Times Wordle editor Tracy Bennett joins the show to go head-to-head with us in a 3-player Wordle battle: youtu.be/X6erMdHX6n4

Fiesta Bowl is insane!

Total lexical randomness is my default and preference, no worries. November included some modest testing of an expansion concept. Weird flex, maybe? But not an ongoing one.

Eye on the ball

SQUAAAAAAAADDDD 🔥🔥

All smiles talking puzzle submissions, had to capture the moment! Some big yeses in this batch ...

Sporting parting swag and welcome swag, complete with Math Reviews orange and Gray Lady gray notebooks and pens. “I would stet” was my MR catchphrase... but I think that’s gonna change

open.spotify.com/track/0vGqGmTD… song from Daniel’s self-made album. His grandmother’s poem set to music.

I just got asked of I qualify for the senior discount #firsttimeforeverything

It always warmed my heart that RBG and Scalia were friends. I hope she is up in heaven wondering where he is

May we learn from her example. May we be strong to match her strength. May we fight powerfully for what we believe in. May we carry on her legacy. #Tzaddik #RBGRevolution #RuthBaderGinsburg

No No No.

This osage orange was a gift from an ex MR copy editor who also solves crossword puzzles. One of many perfect gifts I received today.

I left the Twitterverse some time ago. But okay, lemme try this again. I’m back! Thanks for all the love and encouragement for the new gig. I can’t wait to get started!

WATCH: Nebojsa Popovic scores his fifth goal of the season to give U-M the early lead on Rutgers! One of the prettiest displays of soccer you'll see all season. #GoBlue

Get yer queer-charity-benefiting Queer Qrosswords here! If you like crosswords, and/or queers. :) queerqrosswords.com (I picked NCLR – National Center for Lesbian Rights to give to.)

Scouring this grid for Gooding Jr Line...