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'The New York Times' buys Wordle
The New York Times has acquired Wordle, a simple word guessing game, for an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures, the newspaper announced Monday.
The game, created by Josh Wardle, will initially continue to be free to play.
Wordle, which was released in October 2021, is a daily word puzzle that has soared in popularity, amassing millions of daily players within months.
To play the game, players have six tries to guess a five-letter word. Many users choose to share their results — a grid of green, yellow and black boxes — on social media.
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Conquering Russia should be done steppe by steppe.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Wednesday February 02 2022, @12:16PM
I've not played this game* myself, but it seems that a key part of the experience is sharing your progress with others on social media by showing the sequence of correct/incorrect guesses, without showing which letters you guessed (and spoiling the puzzle for others). Without that element, it feels quite unoriginal.
*Wordle, that is. I've played Mastermind plenty of times in my youth.