Wordle is now a part of The New York Times. The news publisher announced the acquisition on the first day of the week.
It is arguably the most popular word game today, even more so than the honorable New York Times crossword puzzle. Wordle has sold, according to The New York Times, "in the 7-figure numbers."
Created by Josh Wardle to entertain him and his wife through the pandemic, Wordle is a deceptively simple word game that asks you to guess a daily 5-letter word. The 5 by 6 game grid features 6 rounds. In each and every round, you can guess a word (it has to be a real word). I only play online (no app), it tells you which letters are right and in the right place (a green square), which are right but in the wrong place (yellow square) and which letters don't belong at all (gray square).
As Omicron grew, millions of people linked their daily Wordle scores, which you can share on social media without discovering the puzzle solution.
Wordle captivated gamers with its simplicity and, perhaps, because it was designed by Wardle, a former Silicon Valley worker, to be the opposite of most viral games and social media coming out of el val. Asimismo ha generado incontables falsificaciones y guías de estrategia. Aun hubo una traviesa version not authorized.
The New York Times plans to hold Wordle free for now, but who knows how long that will be. Although you can read a handful of Times articles each month for free, The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is for subscribers only. How long will it be before your daily obsession is behind a paywall?
Wordle's takeover news comes on the heels of other breaking news, the acquisition of Bungie by a portion of Sony for $XNUMX billion US. It's obviously much more essential, but for Wordle enthusiasts, it's the GIANT story.