Terms and Conditions: NYT Wordle Event #4

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE AGES 18 OR OLDER AT TIME OF ENTRY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW.

1. Sponsor: The New York Times Company, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 (“Sponsor”).

2. Eligibility: The 2026 Wordle Summer Concert Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older or the age of majority in their state of residence (which is nineteen (19) in Alabama, Nebraska, twenty-one (21) in Mississippi, and eighteen (18) in all other states) as of the date of entry (the “Entrant”). Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. Employees of Sponsor, NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“Prize Supplier”), its affiliate companies, as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Participation constitutes Entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Giveaway. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

3. Entry Period: Submissions open at 10 a.m. E.T. on August 11, 2026, and ends at 10 a.m. E.T. on August 13, 2026 (the “Giveaway Period”). To be eligible, submissions must be received during the Giveaway Period. Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Giveaway. Sponsor is not responsible for entries that are late, lost, stolen, misdirected, nondeliverable or illegible due to any reason whatsoever.

4. Alternate Method of Entry (AMOE): To enter the Giveaway without the landing page, send an email with the puzzle answer of your desired show and complete name, telephone number, email address and date of birth in the body of the email, and "2026 Wordle Summer Concert Giveaway - Raye" in the subject line of the email to MSQ@nytimes.com, to be received during the Giveaway Period (defined below). Released Parties and their affiliates are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, mutilated, misdirected Entries, or Entries not received in time for the random drawing. All submissions must be received by 10AM ET on August 13, 2026, or will be Void.

Limit one (1) entry per person. All entries become the property of Sponsor. They will not be returned or acknowledged. Entries are void if they are in whole or in part incomplete, illegible, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error, or obtained through fraud or theft.

5. Prize Drawing: Five (5) potential winners will be selected by the Sponsor per puzzle on or about August 17, 2026. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. A purchase or payment of any kind will not increase the chance of winning. The potential winners will be sent an email and such notification will direct them on how to redeem the prize. Winners will be randomly selected by the New York Times Games team and its authorized representatives. Winners will be notified on or about August 17, 2026 by email. Age verification and identification may be required, upon NYT, or NYT representative request. Subject to compliance with Official Rules. If any potential winner cannot be contacted within one (1) calendar days (24 hours) of first notification attempt, if any notification is returned as undeliverable, or if any potential winner rejects his/her/their prize, or in the event of noncompliance with the Official Rules and requirements, such prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate (time-permitting). Upon prize forfeiture, no compensation will be given. If a potential winner cannot be contacted, the potential winner forfeits the prize. Potential winners must continue to comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. In the event that a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.

6. Prize and Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): Five (5) prizes will be awarded to randomly selected Entrants for each puzzle. Each winner will receive two (2) tickets (for the winner and one guest) to the corresponding concert’s VIP viewing section. PRIZE DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING, OR TRANSPORTATION. The ARV of the prize is $0.00. Any and all applicable taxes and all fees and expenses related to acceptance and use of the prize not specifically stated herein are the sole responsibility of the prize winner. Prize is nontransferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason.

7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies and NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal Media, LLC, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Giveaway or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

8. Prize Disclaimer: Prize Supplier is a prize furnisher only and is not a sponsor or administrator of this Giveaway. The prize is awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied, by Sponsor or Prize Supplier. Released Parties expressly disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Prize Supplier's trademarks, service marks, and logos are the property of the Prize Supplier. This Giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with the Prize Supplier Entrants are providing their information to the Sponsor and not to the Prize Supplier.

9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Giveaway, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Giveaway, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, without prior notice. In the event Sponsor is prevented from awarding the prize or continuing with the Giveaway as contemplated herein by any event beyond its control, including but not limited to fire, flood, natural or man-made epidemic of health of other means, earthquake, explosion, labor dispute or strike, act of God or public enemy, satellite or equipment failure, riot or civil disturbance, terrorist threat or activity, war (declared or undeclared) or any federal state or local government law, order, or regulation, public health crisis, order of any court or jurisdiction, or other cause not reasonably within Sponsor’s control (each a “Force Majeure” event or occurrence), then subject to any governmental approval which may be required, Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Giveaway. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

10. Limitation of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Entrants or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Giveaway; (2) technical failures of any kind; (3) unauthorized intervention in any part of the Giveaway; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Giveaway or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen entries; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from Entrant’s participation in the Giveaway or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an Entrant’s entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, Entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Giveaway, provided that, if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Giveaway, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this contest including, but not limited to, errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection and announcement of winners, or the distribution of any prize. The Released Parties: (1) make no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning any prize; (2) disclaim any implied warranty; and (3) are not liable for injury, loss, or damage of any kind resulting from the acceptance or use of any prize, travel related thereto or from participation in this Giveaway. By entering this Giveaway, Entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and all decisions of the judging organization. If any activity relating to any prize is canceled or postponed for any reason, the balance of that prize will be awarded in full satisfaction of prize award.

11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Giveaway or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the appropriate New York State Court located in New York County, New York; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Giveaway, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will Entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and Entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Giveaway, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

12. Entrant’s Personal Information: By entering the Giveaway, Entrant agrees Sponsor may contact him/her via direct message and email regarding the Giveaway. Except as noted in these rules, personal information collected from Entrant shall be used by the Sponsor only for the purpose of administration of the Giveaway, and will not be re-used, sold or shared in any manner by Sponsor or any third parties unless Entrant has elected to receive additional information and promotional material from Sponsor or a third party. By entering the Giveaway, Entrant agrees to be subject to The New York Times’s Privacy Policy and CA Notice of Financial Incentives.

13. Winner List: The winner’s name can be obtained by emailing MSQ@nytimes.com with the subject line “2026 Wordle Summer Concert Giveaway Winner Request.” Requests must be received within four (4) weeks after the end of the Entry Period.