Newsletter 119

Christmas just passed by, and the end of the year is quickly approaching.

As 2025 draws to a close, we’d like everyone to know that we couldn’t have come this far without all of you being here.

Because of you playing and tagging along with us, our team was able to:

• Give players the feature to save streaks and scores across devices on Mathler, Crosswordle and Sumplete

• Launch Pair Down, the newest addition to our game selection

• Release archives for both Crosswordle and Sumplete (with more to come)

• Get 16,000+ subscribers to this very newsletter

• Partner up with the AARP—an all-around entertainment and informational website for retired Americans

• Make 76 current podcast episodes (and counting)

• Make more content to brighten up your day!

Thank you so much for your support, and we hope that we’ll all continue to have fun together in 2026 and beyond!

Top 5 brainy insights for 2025

(The cream of this year’s crop!)

KenKen was the most popular alternative math puzzle to Mathler among the number puzzle players! We also interviewed the man behind its success in the Western world. Check it out!

Semantle shook things up with a lot of word game players due to its difficulty. It’s so hard that there were days no one could guess the daily word, said the creator.

Duotrigordle became a crowd favorite for the hardcore Wordle® players with its ridiculous 32-board puzzle.

And among our weekly web game picks, Out of Order’s quirky and visually-appealing puzzles reign supreme!

For last week’s trivia, the answer is… Boston, MA. Yup, we’re not kidding. From 1659 to 1681, Christmas was banned in Boston.

This week’s trivia question will be:

This will be our final newsletter for 2025.

No big fanfare, no flashy handouts.

From our team, to you who’s read this long and this far, with all our hearts…

Thank you.

That’s all for this year. See you in 2026!

The Hey, Good Game Team