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As you may have heard, the Nintendo Switch 2 launched this week. The main attraction at launch is obviously Mario Kart World, but there's another launch title I haven't heard many of my gaming compatriots talk about. So, I want to put the spotlight on a lesser-known racing game for a little bit.

Fast Fusion, from developer Shin'en, has an interesting history. It's the third game in a series that started on Wii U with Fast Racing Neo, got a little more shine with the launch of the original Switch under the name Fast RMX, and is now back to show off what the Switch 2 is capable of with Fast Fusion. Almost nobody I know has ever played these games, but I've loved all three of them.

I'll get into what makes Fusion as fun as it is in a second, but the main thing you should know is that it's just $15. If that isn't enough to sell you, keep reading.

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In case the name didn't tip you off already, Fast Fusion is a racing game. Not only that, but it's a futuristic sci-fi arcade racer, the kind of game that was very popular in my childhood, but has fallen well out of favor in the years since. Part of this is because Nintendo refuses to properly revive F-Zero, but hey, the best one of those is on the Switch 2 GameCube app. Baby steps!

Fast Fusion does a pretty good job of carrying on that legacy, though. It's one of the fastest racing games I've ever played, straight up. You constantly feel like you're just on the edge of losing control and careening into the stratosphere, but the vehicle handling is quite tight and responsive, ensuring that any misadventures off the track are usually your fault. Amusingly, you can also perform a pretty high vertical jump at any time, which comes in handy for collecting the items that fill your boost meter sometimes.

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A returning feature from previous games in the series is the concept of color-switching. At any time, your car is either blue or orange, and you can change from one to the other with the press of a button. Boost pads on the ground will be (you guessed it) either blue or orange, so you need to be the right color when you drive on one, or else you'll just slow down. It's a really simple little trick that adds a nice layer of strategy to what is otherwise a game about going as fast as possible at all times.

New to Fusion is a, well, fusion mechanic. I admittedly haven't spent a ton of time with this part of the game yet, but you can choose any two vehicles from the game's roster and physically fuse them together to create a new beast with better stats. I don't yet know if this is actually a game-changer or just a neat gimmick, but it's unique, if nothing else.

Fast Fusion has classic split-screen local multiplayer, but unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the only way to play it online is via the new GameShare feature on Switch 2. This is actually pretty cool; as long as one person in a friend group owns the game, they can virtually share it with a few other folks and race each other remotely without anyone needing to download anything or pay any money. It's kind of a magic trick, but I just wish there were traditional online matchmaking, too.

But, also, it's $14.99 at Nintendo, GameStop, and Best Buy. It'd be unfair to expect a gigantic suite of features for that price. All I know is that I really like Fast Fusion and you should try to find some time for it in between sessions of Mario Kart World.

So, you’ve just picked yourself up a Samsung Galaxy S25. Congratulations! The series is dominating lists of the best Android phones of 2025 (so far), and that includes the just-released Galaxy S25 Edge, which is surprisingly decent. In any case, you read the headline, and we all know why you’re here, and that’s to get some tips and tricks on setting up your new phone. 

In general, phone setup is personal. You have your apps and potentially even games, along with your favorite wallpaper and likely some Bluetooth devices to set up. However, phones are set up to throw everything they can in your face as quickly as possible to show off all their cool features. Many of those are unnecessary for day-to-day use, and you probably don’t need them. 

So, below are the most crucial things I did when I set up my Galaxy S25 Ultra. Hopefully, they help you as much as they helped me. For the most part, taking these steps won’t do much for battery life or performance. What they will do is free up some storage space, get rid of stuff you don’t want clogging up your screens, and keep things clean. 

Customize or disable Now Brief The Now Brief isn't quite ready for primetime. Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

Now Brief is a neat idea, but its execution isn’t quite there yet. It’s an AI feature that takes things like your media, sports likes, Google Maps directions, Samsung Health, and other information and creates briefs that give you an overview of the day. The feature is polarizing since it can either be super useful or simply in the way. 

Every possible piece of information that Now Brief can show is enabled by default, so you’ll likely want to at least customize it, or you may want to turn it off entirely. The good news is that doing either one takes you to the same spot. Here’s how to find Now Brief on your Galaxy S25. 

• Open the Settings menu

• Find the Lock screen and AOD section and click it

• Tap Now bar

• To disable Now Brief, toggle the Now Brief setting off

This setting also controls the live notifications, which is something I left on because I get big, beautiful notifications when there is a Cleveland Guardians game about to start. If you want to customize those — and I recommend you do — you should do so while you’re here.

Uninstall your bloatware You can always add the apps again later. Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

This process has been fairly simple for a while now, but people are still a little skittish about trying it. The good news is that you can’t uninstall anything that’ll break your phone, and if you make a mistake, you can always re-download the app either on the Google Play Store or on Samsung’s Galaxy Store. Feel better? Great, let’s get to it. 

To find a list of all your apps, do the following:

• Open the Settings menu

• Scroll down to the Apps section and tap it

You’ll be met with a list of all the apps installed on your phone. Browse the list, and when you find an app you don’t want, tap on it. When the next screen pops up, click the Uninstall button with the trash can icon and confirm. The app will disappear from your phone. Some apps may have a Disable button instead that performs mostly the same function. It’ll still disappear from your app drawer. 

Alternatively, you can always pop open your app drawer, long-press any app you don’t want, and click the Uninstall or Disable button there as well. This is easier to get to than the Settings menu version, but ergonomically, the Settings menu method is nicer.

Create custom wallpapers with AI Wondering how to disable Galaxy AI? Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

Here's a neat feature made possible by Galaxy AI. You can create custom wallpapers for your new smartphone background. Here's how to do it:

• Long press a blank space on the home screen and select Wallpaper and style

• From there, select Change wallpapers and then Create with AI

• Finally, select the Generative option

Once there, you can select a template and then change some of the keywords to generate different images based on your preferences. It’s not as cool as full-blown AI image generators, but you can get some pretty cool wallpapers this way for free.

Customize your app drawer This simple change makes your everday experience better. Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

Speaking of your app drawer, a lot of folks don’t know how to use Samsung’s app drawer, so we’ll give you a quick primer on that. There are a few neat little options hidden here that can make your experience better, or at least more predictable. Let’s start with sorting. You can have the app drawer set to a custom order or have it sorted alphabetically. Here’s how to see or change that. 

• From the home screen, open the app drawer

• Click the 3-dot menu button in the bottom right corner

• Tap Sort

• Select Custom order or Alphabetical order.

Now that’s done, let’s look at some other settings. One thing I’ve noticed that annoys a lot of people, including me, is when I install a new app and it's automatically added to my home screen. So, let’s fix that.

• From the home screen, open the app drawer

• Click the 3-dot menu button again

• This time, click Settings

• Find the Add new apps to the Home screen selection and toggle it off

• Note, new apps still appear in the app drawer, but they will no longer be automatically added to the home screen

While you’re in there, you can customize the app drawer even further by changing the icon sizes, grid sizes, and more. You can even change it to where you have no app drawer and all the apps appear on your home screens à la the iPhone. Take a peek around there and set things to your specifications. 

Try Light Performance mode Baseline performance may be overkill for most users. Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

The Galaxy S25 is a powerhouse, and for gamers, that’s great. However, it may be a bit much if all you do is jam to music or scroll social media. This isn’t something I personally do, but if you don’t play mobile games or do anything intense like video editing, you can squeeze some extra battery life out of your phone with one setting. 

Here’s how to enable it:

• Open the Settings menu

• Find the Device care option and tap it

• Find the Performance profile and change it to Light

While you’re in that part of the Settings, you should note the Maintenance mode option. Should you ever need to get your Galaxy S25 repaired, you can put it in maintenance mode. This will hide your photos, messages, accounts, and apps from the tech so they can’t sift through your data. 

Enable or disable Galaxy AI features Learn how to disable Galaxy AI on your S25 smartphone. Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

Yes, a lot of people refer to Galaxy AI as a gimmick. However, it is a part of the phone you paid for, so you might as well try it out.

You can find nearly all of the Galaxy AI features in the Settings menu under the Galaxy AI section. Not only can you tick the features off at your leisure, but each section shows you how each Galaxy AI setting works in case you want to try it. We do recommend keeping the Live Translate feature enabled, though, since it’s genuinely awesome. 

Customize your power button Personally, I recommend using your flashlight. Credit: Joe Hindy / Mashable

This is an awesome feature and one of the first things I did on my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. Go to the Settings, then Advanced features > Side button. You can tune the double-press and long-press functionality. Personally, I go with a flashlight for a double press. If you use a digital assistant like Google or Bixby, you can leave long-press as is. If you don’t, you can change it to bring up the power menu if you want.

Do NOT disable RAM Plus

You may see a bunch of folks on Reddit suggest this. Don’t do it. For starters, RAM Plus (or functionality like it) has been in Android for years. Secondly, even if you turn it off, the OS still uses it anyway. For best results, the general consensus is to set RAM Plus to half of your RAM total. For most Galaxy S25 owners, that’s 6GB.

You can find the RAM Plus settings under Settings > Device Care > Memory.

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There are tons of other ways to customize your phone, but most of them include choosing things like keyboards, wallpapers, apps, and other such things, where there is no easy answer for any one person. Some people like Samsung’s keyboard, while others prefer Gboard, and yet others prefer SwiftKey. However, the tips and tricks above should help most people get the best experience out of their new Galaxy S25 phones. 

The Ring Nebula is a well-known space icon shaped like a doughnut about 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. 

But astronomers think it's been holding a secret that only the penetrating gaze of the James Webb Space Telescope, a joint project of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, could reveal. Using Webb's infrared-sensing MIRI instrument, scientists got a clear sightline to the small but scorching star at its center. 

The shriveled core — a white dwarf — is all that remains of the star on its deathbed, having molted its outermost layers. When researchers zoomed in, they got a surprise. Surrounding the withering star was a disk of dust, much like the kind found around new stars that are in their prime planet-birthing years. It was kind of like seeing a pregnant octogenarian in a nursing home. 

This is just the second time scientists have observed such a disk around a star at the end of its life. And though they can't actually see baby planets in their nebula images, they are now wondering if these space environments could trigger a second generation of planets, long after the original brood of worlds formed around the star. 

The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal, is "raising questions about their nature, formation, longevity, and potentially a second phase of planet formation," the authors wrote. 

SEE ALSO: Spectacular Webb telescope image shows a stellar death like never before The James Webb Space Telescope provides a clear view of the central white dwarf creating the Ring Nebula in the left image. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Raghvendra Sahai et al.

Unlike giant stars that explode into a supernova and collapse into a black hole when their time is up, a medium star gradually runs out of nuclear fuel and suffers a more prolonged death. These stars, like our midsize sun in perhaps 5 billion years, decline into so-called planetary nebulas, a confusing misnomer for the phenomenon because they have more to do with aging stars than planets. 

Scientists have discovered a few thousand planetary nebulas in the Milky Way. Those include the Ring Nebula, aka NGC 6720 and Messier 57. With Webb, the researchers could see a compact dust cloud around the central white dwarf creating it. 

"These are first seen as the gas-and-dust-rich planet-forming disks in young stellar objects, and are an integral part of the star formation process itself," the authors wrote. "Remarkably, dusty disks or disk-like structures manifest themselves again as these stars reach the ends of their lives."

Such a rare sighting is believed to have happened once before, when astronomers got a look at the Southern Ring Nebula with Webb, at wavelengths far beyond what people can see with their eyes. In the first images, astronomers were amazed to spot the true source of the nebula, said Karl Gordon, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.

"We knew this was a binary star (beforehand), but we effectively didn't really see much of the actual star that produced the nebula," he said during a 2022 news conference. "But now in MIRI, this star glows red because it has dust around it." 

The James Webb Space Telescope spots a dusty disk around the central white dwarf powering the Ring Nebula. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez illustration

The dust cloud around the Ring Nebula is composed of tiny grains of amorphous silicate, a glass-like substance, according to the new paper. These particles are miniscule, perhaps less than one-thousandth the thickness of a human hair. The cloud itself stretches thousands of times wider than the distance between the Earth and the sun. 

The researchers noticed something else intriguing at the center of the nebula. The white dwarf's brightness keeps changing. That might be a clue that another star is lurking in the shadows nearby, perhaps a small-but-feisty red dwarf star. While scientists haven’t directly spotted the buddy yet, they can infer it's there from patterns in the nebula.

The study could help confirm earlier findings that suggested the star had two companions — one far in the outskirts of the system and another nearby. A close star could explain the strange arcs and rings seen around the nebula. 

Wes Anderson has such a distinct style across his films, from The Royal Tenenbaums to The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Moonrise Kingdom, up to and including his latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, that many have tried to mimic his aesthetic online.

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Wes Anderson Palettes on Tumblr focused on the colors the celebrated American filmmaker favors. On Instagram, Accidentally Wes Anderson highlights locations in the real world that seem to fit perfectly into Anderson's filmic universe. And in 2023, TikTokkers made a trend of framing themselves as a character in an Anderson film.

But what does Anderson make of all this? Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Or is it flattening the art of his films into a superficial trend?

Wes Anderson responds to social media imitations of his aesthetic. Wes Anderson on the set of "The Phoenician Scheme." Credit: Do Minh / TPS Productions / Focus Features

While interviewing Anderson about The Phoenician Scheme, I asked what he makes of the online fervor around his films' looks. I specifically mentioned Accidentally Wes Anderson, as Focus Features teamed up with the Instagram account for a pair of advanced screenings of The Phoenician Scheme.

Of that account, Anderson said, "Well, the Accidentally people, they tend to [post] landscapes and objects and things. And they're all these kind of great pictures. I see them, and I get it. I understand the connection, and I'm interested. I'd like to visit this place or that place. They're just good."

However, he's less fond of other attempts at capturing his style. "If it's somebody who's imitating me [and my work], but making the people just stoic, dead expression," he said, "I don't feel that's what I do. I wouldn't print [that] take, right?"

Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in "The Phoenician Scheme." Credit: Courtesy of TPS Productions / Focus Features

Anderson went onto explain he's not very online, saying, "I'm on, like, Wikipedia, and I do a ton of emails. I mean, we do so much work by emails, but I don't have any social media. And if somebody tells me, look at this thing [on social media] —  I can't even. It doesn't even tell me how to get into that. I don't have any password." His awareness of the online memes and accounts about his work is something he is mostly aware of because of friends sending him screenshots.

Still, he mused about such fan reactions, "But then I think, 'Well, what is it that I'm doing that makes you think that's what I like?' But I get, I understand. There are things that maybe if you reduce them a little bit? But whatever it is, mostly it's nice to have people be interested.

"If somebody's inspired to make something because of something I made, I like that. Because I've been inspired to make things by things other people have made. That's my main reaction, and beyond that, my main reaction is, I never look at any of this stuff."

The Phoenician Scheme is now playing in theaters everywhere. 

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With no World Cup, European Championships, or Copa America this summer, we were starting to panic at the prospect of no top-quality football until the start of domestic seasons. But we needn't have worried, because there is a lot to watch right now.

If you can find time between watching all 63 games from the FIFA Club World Cup, the Concacaf Gold Cup should provide plenty of big moments. The likes of Mexico, Canada, and the United States will be battling it out for the trophy. We're expecting a really entertaining tournament, and you can follow all the action without spending anything.

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What is the Concacaf Gold Cup?

The Concacaf Gold Cup is a tournament for national football teams from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two years. The only national teams to have won the tournament are Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The defending champions are Mexico.

Canada and the United States will host the tournament in 2025.

When is the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup?

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup is the 18th edition of the competition. This year's tournament takes place from June 14 to July 6.

How to watch the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup for free

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup is available to live stream for free on YouTube.

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England fans will expect to comfortably beat Andorra in their upcoming World Cup qualification fixture, but there's always a small chance of an upset. Sure, any team with the likes of Harry Kane and Declan Rice should smash Andorra, but weirder things have happened.

If you want to watch Andorra vs. England in World Cup qualifiers for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Andorra vs. England?

Andorra vs. England in World Cup qualifiers starts at 5 p.m. BST on June 7. This fixture takes place at the RCDE Stadium.

How to watch Andorra vs. England for free

Andorra vs. England in World Cup qualifiers is available to live stream for free on ITVX.

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The United Rugby Championship final beckons for the Bulls and Sharks. These talented sides will battle it out at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium for a place in the showpiece event. We're expecting a tense contest with nothing left on the field.

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When is Bulls vs. Sharks?

Bulls vs. Sharks in the United Rugby Championship semi final starts at 5:15 p.m. BST on June 7. This fixture takes place at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.

How to watch Bulls vs. Sharks for free

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A place in the United Rugby Championship final is up for grabs as Leinster take on Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium. It's set to be a fascinating battle as Leinster look to put their Champions Cup disappointment behind them.

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When is Leinster vs. Glasgow Warriors?

Leinster vs. Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship semi final starts at 2:45 p.m. BST on June 7. This fixture takes place at the Aviva Stadium.

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Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for today's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for June 7 Here's a hint for today's Connections categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Practiced in a gym

• Green: To create

• Blue: A musical piece

• Purple: Associated with a season

Featured Video For You Connections: How to play and how to win Here are today's Connections categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Tips for working out safely

• Green: Establish

• Blue: Ditty

• Purple: Spring ___

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections #727 is...

What is the answer to Connections today

• Tips for working out safely: BREATHE, HYDRATE, REST, STRETCH

• Establish: FOUND, INSTITUTE, LAUNCH, START

• Ditty: AIR, NUMBER, SONG, STRAIN

• Spring ___: CHICKEN, EQUINOX, FLING, ONION

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for June 7

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Connections.

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferrined pace.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for June 7 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for June 7 NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: I am what I am

The words are people-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are characteristics of a being.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Be Yourself

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• Human

• Individual

• Soul

• Be Yourself

• Someone

• Mortal

• Person

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections today: Hints and answers for June 7 Where did Wordle come from?

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble, music identification game Heardle, and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you guess multiple words at once. 

Wordle eventually became so popular that it was purchased by the New York Times, and TikTok creators even livestream themselves playing.

What's the best Wordle starting word?

The best Wordle starting word is the one that speaks to you. But if you prefer to be strategic in your approach, we have a few ideas to help you pick a word that might help you find the solution faster. One tip is to select a word that includes at least two different vowels, plus some common consonants like S, T, R, or N.

What happened to the Wordle archive?

The entire archive of past Wordle puzzles was originally available for anyone to enjoy whenever they felt like it, but it was later taken down, with the website's creator stating it was done at the request of the New York Times. However, the New York Times then rolled out its own Wordle Archive, available only to NYT Games subscribers.

Is Wordle getting harder?

It might feel like Wordle is getting harder, but it actually isn't any more difficult than when it first began. You can turn on Wordle's Hard Mode if you're after more of a challenge, though.

SEE ALSO: NYT's The Mini crossword answers for June 7, 2025 Here's a subtle hint for today's Wordle answer:

To recycle.

Does today's Wordle answer have a double letter?

The letter E appears twice.

Today's Wordle is a 5-letter word that starts with...

Today's Wordle starts with the letter R.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. The Wordle answer today is...

Get your last guesses in now, because it's your final chance to solve today's Wordle before we reveal the solution.

Drumroll please!

The solution to today's Wordle is...

REUSE.

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be a new Wordle for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for June 7

Reporting by Chance Townsend, Caitlin Welsh, Sam Haysom, Amanda Yeo, Shannon Connellan, Cecily Mauran, Mike Pearl, and Adam Rosenberg contributed to this article.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Wordle.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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To move over.

SEE ALSO: Apple’s new M3 MacBook Air is $300 off at Amazon. And yes, I’m tempted. Hurdle Word 1 answer

SCOOT

Hurdle Word 2 hint

Slow speech.

SEE ALSO: Wordle today: Answer, hints for June 7, 2025 Hurdle Word 2 Answer

DRAWL

Hurdle Word 3 hint

Anxious.

SEE ALSO: NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for June 7 SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for June 7, 2025 Hurdle Word 3 answer

ANTSY

Hurdle Word 4 hint

A leg bone.

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FEMUR

Final Hurdle hint

A criminal.

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FELON

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