Enlarge / The New York Times is buying Wordle. (credit: Wordle) The New York Times announced today that its Games division would be purchasing Wordle—everyone’s favorite five-letter-word guessing game and emoji-square generator—for a number in the “low-seven figures.” The sale caps a meteoric rise for the simple game. It rode word-of-mouth recommendations and glowing media […]
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Wordle players trying to avoid foreknowledge associated with tomorrow’s puzzle solution. (credit: Adam Drobiec / EyeEm) If you’re one of the many, many people hooked on Wordle —and especially if you’re someone who likes to share your spoiler-free results publicly each day—we have a word of warning for you. There […]
Wordle! may have no relation to the viral hit Wordle, but it’s enjoying a spike of popularity just the same. Last week, we wrote about the legal status of a spate of shameless Wordle clones that briefly clogged the iOS App Store with attempts to cash in on the trendy web game. Today, we get […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) My favorite gaming discovery from the end of 2021 is probably Wordle—even though I had to decipher a cryptic social media puzzle to figure out what this popular new game actually was. As 2021 came to a close and I bundled up beneath blankets due to an apparent omicron infection, I […]