Preview in new tabSome news leaves us without words.Wordle — the addictive, five-letter puzzle phenom of this year — is being taken over by the New York Times for “an undisclosed price in the low seven figures,” the newspaper and Brooklyn-based creator Josh Wardle announced Monday afternoon.The “Wheel of Fortune”-esque online game — in which players have six guesses to determine one new word each day — will be transitioning to the paper’s website and will reportedly remain free to play.“The game has gotten bigger than I imagined,” Wardle said, adding that he was “thrilled” with the move.
A timetable for the changeover was not released. “I’d be lying if I said [running Wordle] hasn’t been a little overwhelming,” Wardle continued in making his announcement on social media.
Opened to the world last October, Wordle was initially made as a gift to Wardle’s partner, Palak Shah, and was originally intended to only be shared between them, according to an interview he did with the Times earlier this month.“It’s not trying to do anything shady with your data or your eyeballs.
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