An unofficial extension adding features to classic NY Times games.

Latest Version

Version

0.4

Update

December 31, 2023

Size

193KiB

Developer

Puzzle Pal Extension

An unofficial extension adding additional features to NY Times games.

Crossword Features
1. TV Mode for the NY Times Crossword -- Struggling to see the crossword while sharing it on a bigger screen or just hoping to remove all the clutter from the page and focus on the puzzle? TV Mode lets the crossword fill the page and increases the size of the clues.
2. Find unsolved puzzles -- Is your solve rate bothering you, but you just can't find which puzzle you started and didn't finish? On your crossword stats page, you'll now have a button that can help find the puzzles you need to solve! [this feature is a work in progress]

Other features
1. Spelling Bee Controller Support -- Adds multi-controller support to the Spelling Bee, connect a standard controller to your computer and use the joystick to select letters!

Highlight letters with your left joystick and use 'A' to select the highlighted letter. Submit words with the right trigger. Use the 'B' button as a backspace and the 'X' button to shuffle the letters around.

Full controls
- Highlight letters -- left joystick -- Use the left joystick to highlight letters
- Add highlighted letter to a guess -- 'A' button -- Use the 'A' button to add a selected letter to the guess, if no letter is highlighted this will select the center letter.
- Backspace/Remove letters from a guess -- 'B' button -- Use the 'B' button to remove the most recent letter from your guess!
- Submit a word/guess -- Right trigger -- Use right trigger to submit your guess!
- Shuffle tiles -- 'X' button -- Use the 'X' button to shuffle the letters around and gain a new perspective.

Source Manifest.json

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