Wordle bought by New York Times, will remain free to play for now
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Wordle will now be integrated into New York Times’ games play. The game creator announced the new development on Twitter today.
The popular web-based vocabulary game Wordle has now been purchased by The New York Times. Wordle will now be integrated into the New York Times’ games play. The game creator announced the new development on Twitter today. Wordle has become increasingly popular on Twitter with people sharing their Wordle scores on their profiles every day. A bot too was invented to ruin the game for some, but it was soon blocked by Twitter.
If you don’t know what Wordle is, it is a puzzle that requires you to select the word of the day. Every day you are supposed to guess a word. To guess the words using the cues, you will get six chances. Each guess must be a valid 5-letter word. Hit the enter button to submit. After each guess, the colour of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was to the word.
.Announcing Wordle’s acquisition, creator Josh Wardle posted on Twitter, “I am incredibly pleased to announce that I've reached an agreement with The New York Times for them to take over running Wordle going forward. If you've followed along with the story of Wordle, you'll know that NYT games play a big part in its origins and so this step feels very natural to me. I've long admired the NYT's approach to their games and the respect with which they treat their players. Their values are aligned with mine on these matters and I'm thrilled that they will be stewards of the game moving forward.”
Read the letter by Josh Wardle below:
Wardle mentioned that the game would be initially free for new and existing users. However, he hinted that the wins and streaks of users will be preserved.
The game was created by Josh Wardle, a software engineer for his wife who was addicted to word games like spelling games, crossword. "I wanted to come up with a game that she would enjoy," he told The New York Times. The game was made public in October 2021 and soon became the most played game on the Internet. It is a web-based game which also works on some Android smartphones.
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