Wordle now bans some ‘offensive’ words — but not all of them
nypost.comwasn’t mired in enough Wordle controversy, the publication has removed certain “offensive” words from the viral word game — while still allowing players to guess certain others.
The move came after the Times acquired the digital puzzle from creator Josh Wardle in January for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.“Offensive words will always be omitted from consideration,” a Times representative told Polygon in an email.Per the policy, NSFW terms such as “slave,” “whore,” “b—-h” and “sluts” are no longer accepted by the game, in which players are allowed six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day, Newsweek reported.
In the event that players input an aforementioned dirty word, Wordle flashes a message that read “Not in word list” and prompts them to try a different SFW answer.It’s yet unclear why the Times imposed a vulgar vocab moratorium on Wordle, although Polygon speculated that they wanted the game to reflect their largely profanity-free publication.
Not to mention that obscenities aren’t accepted by the company’s other brain-teaser, Spelling Bee.However, it appears that not every dirty Wordle is covered by the ban: As of Friday afternoon, players could input both “f–ks” and “c–t” into Wordle, Polygon reported.
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