| Hints | |
| HT | Show the Hint Table. |
| TL | Show the Two Letter List. |
| BT | If the puzzle is a Bingo show the min/max list. |
| 1 | Display a random entry from the Hint Table. |
| 2 | Display a random entry from the Two Letter List. |
| 51 | Display a random entry from the Hint Table of 5+ letter words. |
| 52 | Display a random entry from the Two Letter List of 5+ letter words. |
| # | How many words remain? |
| #5 | How many words of length 5 remain? |
| #>4 | How many words of length greater than 4 remain? |
| #B | How many words beginning with B remain? |
Definitions | |
| DP | Define pangrams |
| DR | Define a random word |
| DA5 | Define A5 words |
| DGR | Define GR words |
| D5 | Define words that are at least 5 letters long |
| OC | Toggle showing only clues or both clues and definitions. |
| The above commands will skip words that have been found. The one below will define any word - in the puzzle or not. | |
| D <word> ... | Define the words |
| Q (or ?) | Define the last word that was found |
Revealing Letters | |
| V1P | Show the first letter of the pangrams |
| V3A5 | Show the first 3 letters of A5 words |
| V4GR | Show the first 4 letters of GR words |
| E3P | Show the 2 first and 1 last letter of the pangrams |
| E3A5 | Show 2 first and 1 last letters of A5 words |
| E4GR | Show 2 first and 2 last letters of GR words |
Information | |
| I | Show the puzzle statistics - # words, # points, # pangrams, bingo? Also the names of people who provided clues. |
| R | Show the point rankings from Beginner to Good to Great to Queen Bee. Also how many more points to the next rank. |
| R% | Same as R but showing percentages as well. |
| PG | How many more points to Genius? |
| TOP | Show the screen names of people who have achieved the ranks of Queen Bee down to Good Start for today's puzzle. Also shown are the number of hints they needed. If someone achieved GN4L or GOTN this is noted. Bingo achievements are shown for Bingo puzzles. |
| ST | Toggle the status between numeric and graphical. |
| SC | Show the sequence of found words and scores. |
| S <word> | Which dates did the word appear in an NYT puzzle? |
| SL | Show which found words use the same letters. |
| CL | Which dates did you provide clues for the NYT puzzle? |
| LG | Show the log of your activity on the day of the NYT puzzle. |
| AC | Show a stacked bar graph of activity on the day of the NYT puzzle. |
| F | Toggle Forum mode. |
Word Lists | |
| WL | Toggle showing the word lists |
| WL <which> | Show only selected word lists. <which> is one or more of P, D, L, B, and S for Puzzle, Donut, Lexicon, Bonus, and Stash. A for all words. |
| W | Show the found words in the order they were found |
| F7 | What other NYT puzzles use the same 7 letters? |
| FT | Which found words are appearing in an NYT puzzle for the first time? |
| FT <word> | When did the word appear for the first time in an NYT puzzle? |
| W4 | Show found words of length 4 |
| W> | Show found words in order of increasing length |
| W>4 | Show found words of length greater than 4 |
| W< | Show found words in order of decreasing length |
| W<7 | Show found words of length less than 7 |
| W <prefix> | Show found words beginning with prefix |
| W/<pattern> | Show found words matching the pattern |
| W!/<pattern> | Show found words that do not match the pattern |
| 1W | Show the found words in 1 column |
The Stash | |
| SW <word> ... | Add the words to the Stash. |
| SWA | Add all of the found puzzle words to the Stash. |
| SA5 | Add the 5+ letter words in the Stash to the puzzle. |
| SA | Add the all of the words in the Stash to the puzzle. |
| SA XX | Add the words containing XX in the Stash to the puzzle. |
Bonus, Donut, and Lexicon Words | |
| BN | Toggle Bonus mode. |
| DN | Toggle Donut mode. |
| CW | Show the tallies of who found extra words |
| OW | Show bonus, donut, and lexicon words that were found only by you. |
| BOA | Show your Bonus words in order by the additional letter. |
| B> | Show your Bonus words in order of increasing length. |
| The following can not be used on the day of the puzzle. | |
| BW | Show everyone's Bonus words in alphabetical order. |
| DW | Show everyone's Donut words in alphabetical order. |
| LW | Show everyone's Lexicon words in alphabetical order. |
| NBW | Show everyone's Bonus words in order of how many people found them. |
| NDW | Show everyone's Donut words in order of how many people found them. |
| NLW | Show everyone's Lexicon words in order of how many people found them. |
| ABW | Show everyone's Bonus words in order of the additional letter. |
Identity | |
| SN | Display your public screen name. |
| SN <name> | Change your public screen name. |
| ID | Display your private identity string. |
| ID <string> | Change your private identity string. |
Managing the List of Puzzles | |
| L | List your current puzzles. |
| DL | Download .csv files of the puzzles you played – for safe-keeping. |
| T | Play today's NYT puzzle. |
| Y | Play yesterday's NYT puzzle. |
| -5 | Play the NYT puzzle from 5 days ago. |
| NR | Play a random NYT puzzle. |
| NRB | Play a random NYT puzzle that has a Bingo. |
| mm/dd/yy | Play the NYT puzzle from the given date - May 9, 2018 to today. |
| mm/dd | Play the NYT puzzle from the current year mm/dd. |
| dd | Play the NYT puzzle from the current month dd. |
| N | Move to the next puzzle in the list. |
| P | Move to the previous puzzle in the list. |
| P<num> | Move to puzzle #num in the list. |
| X | Remove the current puzzle from the list. |
| X 3,5,9-11 | Remove the itemized puzzles from the list. |
| XA | Remove all but today's NYT puzzle. |
Community Puzzles | |
| LCP | List the 5 latest community puzzles. LCP 10 will list 10. |
| LCP <pattern> | List the community puzzles created by names that match the pattern. |
| RCP | List recommended community puzzles. |
| CP<num> | Play community puzzle <num> |
| YCP | List the community puzzles you created. |
| XCP<num> | Delete one of your community puzzles. |
Colors | |
| CO X | Set a preset color A-G. |
| CO | Display a table of current colors. |
| CO # color ... | Change numbered area colors |
| SCO <scheme> | Save your colors in a scheme name. |
| CO <scheme> | Set your color scheme. |
| LCO | List all of your color schemes. |
| XCO <scheme> | Delete the named color scheme. |
Miscellaneous | |
| MO | Toggle mobile mode - useful when playing on an iPad or tablet. |
| -<word> | Remove the word from the found list. |
| LM <mins> | Limit your play to <mins> more minutes. |
| LM | How much time remains? |
| PA | Pause the self-imposed time limit. |
| H | Toggle the presentation of the 7 letters from Honeycomb to Inline. |
| HE | Toggle the header. |
| IM | Toggle the showing of images (for Amazing, Genius, and Queen Bee) in the numeric status. |
| C Y | Clear the puzzle and start afresh. The Extra words are left in place. |
| C YA | Clear all words from the puzzle and start afresh. |
| G Y | Give up and show the words you have not yet found. |
| G YP | Give up and enter the words you have not yet found. |