New in macOS 14.5 is the Scoreboard found in each puzzle feed. Here you can see your current streak—the number of consecutive days you’ve solved the daily puzzle—and your longest streak. The Scoreboard also provides statistics for each puzzle type—the number of puzzles solved, for example.

Choose the feed for a puzzle type to view the Scoreboard.

Conditions that affect stats and streaks include the following:

• If you use the Reveal command to show all or a portion of a puzzle, the puzzle won’t count toward your stats, and completing the puzzle won’t start or continue a streak.

• Puzzles you complete on a device with macOS 14.5, iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, or later, count toward your stats—your puzzle playing history on older versions doesn’t count.

• After you open the News app on a device with macOS 14.5, iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, or later, any daily puzzles you complete on a device with an earlier version of the OS are added to your streak. For example, if you complete Monday’s crossword and Tuesday’s crossword on your Mac with macOS 14.5, and then solve Wednesday’s crossword on your iPad with iPadOS 17.4, your streak is extended.

• Users in the continental U.S. and Canada must complete a puzzle within 24 hours of its publication for it to count toward a streak. Users in Alaska and Hawaii get an extra hour or two; they must complete the day’s puzzle before midnight local time.