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Quartet is the four-groups game in Crux: sixteen words, four hidden themes, four mistakes allowed. There is a new wall every day, the same for every player, and it sits next to a ton of other daily word games. Crux is free on iPhone and iPad and shows no ads. It is made by Pizzart Pte. Ltd. and is not affiliated with The New York Times.

The four-group puzzle

• Quartet

  Sixteen Words. The wall holds sixteen words and four hidden themes. Pick Four. Tap four words that share a theme, then submit them. One Away. If you miss by a single tile, we'll whisper one away. You have four mistakes total.

More daily word games to play after it

• Heat Cue

  Heat Cue. Find the hidden noun. You have unlimited guesses. Hotter Or Colder. Each guess scores from zero to one hundred. Higher is closer in meaning. Best Match. Your strongest guess sticks. Compare new ones against it.

• Letter Swap

  Almost Solved. The words are nearly right. Swap two letters to fix them. Tap Two Tiles. Tap one letter, then another. They trade places. Limited Swaps. The swap budget shows up top. Spend fewer to earn a star. Or Drag It. Drag one tile onto another and let go. They trade places. Stars Preview. The star row shows your rating live. Fewer swaps means more stars.

• Quick Crossword

  Quick Crossword. Fill the small grid, one clue at a time. Tap And Type. Tap a square to type. Tap it again to switch across or down. Letters Cross. Every square serves two clues, so a fill helps the other direction too.

• Word Flow

  Read The Theme. A mostly empty grid with single letters along each word path. Draw The Line. Drag from letter to letter in order to spell a theme word. Fill The Board. Paths bend but never cross. Connect every word to clear it.

• Room 5×6

  Five Letters. Guess a five letter word using the keys below. Six Tries. Each guess teaches you something new about the word. Read The Colors. Green is right spot. Amber is right letter, wrong spot.

Tips for a four-group wall

• Read all sixteen words before you tap anything. The first group you see is often the decoy.
• Look for a word that fits two themes. It usually decides which group the others belong to.
• Solve the group you are surest of first: every correct four makes the rest of the wall smaller.
• Shuffle when your eye gets stuck on the same pattern.

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