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The New York Times Buys Word Guessing Game "Wordle"

posted by janrinok on Wednesday February 02 2022, @04:45AM   

takyon writes:

'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.

Also at CNN.

See also: The New York Times Buys Wordle
The Sudden Rise of Wordle
Wordle buyout by New York Times draws backlash from fans

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• Re:here Re:here (Score: 3, Interesting) by acid andy on Wednesday February 02 2022, @04:56PM (1 child)

  by acid andy (1683) on Wednesday February 02 2022, @04:56PM (#1218019) Homepage Journal

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• Re:here (Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 02 2022, @05:59PM

  by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday February 02 2022, @05:59PM (#1218038) Journal

  Haha, thanks! I was recovering from some pretty major surgery and it's kind of nice to know y'all missed me!

  Those reports weren't as far off as I would have preferred!

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