Tag: Wordle

The New York Times acquires Wordle

The hit puzzler is moving to a new website.

The New York Times Company (NYT) has bought the wildly popular puzzler Wordle.

Josh Wardle, the creator of Wordle, agreed to sell the game for an undisclosed price around “low-seven figures,” according to NYT. Wordle will remain free “initially” for all players, though the company did not clarify for how long.

“It has been incredible to watch a game bring so much joy to so many, and I feel so grateful for the personal stories some of you have shared with me,” Wardle said  on Twitter. “If you’ve followed along with the story of Wordle, you’ll know that NTY games play a big part in its original and so this step feels very natural to me.”

Wardle mentions that Wordle  will move to NTY’s  site and will be free-to-play for everyone.

Despite Wordle’s rising popularity, this wasn’t the biggest acquisition within the video game industry. Sony picked-up Destiny  studio  Bungie for $3.6 billion, though the company will still make multiplatform titles. Amazingly, that figure pales compared to the $12.7 billion  Take-Two spent on Zynga  or  Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. 

January was apparently the month of acquisitions if all of this is anything to go by, and it’s hard to imagine deals will get much wilder than all of this. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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‘Not Wordle’ is the latest meme to make fun of all those multicolored squares on Twitter

Another Wordle meme is sweeping the nation.

Wordle continues to be the once-a-day word guessing game so many people are playing, and it’s made its way into the zeitgeist and then some.

There’s a Wordle Google Easter Egg now, so many knockoffs of the game (including an NHL name-themed version), and every day on Twitter, you can see people posting their results, good or bad.

That’s led to so many memes and jokes with multicolored squares peppering Twitter and other social media sites, and on Thursday night, “Not Wordle” was trending with a new meme that seems to involve using squares to make funny pictures.

Here’s a roundup:

Gordle, the hockey version of Wordle, is a must-play for any NHL fan

Add Gordle to the list of fun Wordle knockoffs!

By now, you’re probably familiar with Wordle, the once-a-day word guessing game that has captured the hearts of many on social media.

There are also a whole bunch of really awesome and hilarious Wordle alternatives out there for anyone looking to get their fix before the next word drops. But did you know there’s a hockey version of Wordle, called Gordle, that’s perfect for any Wordle-loving NHL fan?

Instead of guessing words, Gordle is about guessing the last names of hockey players. Five-lettered last names, to be precise, much like Wordle with five-lettered words. First conceived on a podcast, Gordle has taken off in a big way in hockey circles for being a fun, but surprisingly challenging knockoff of Wordle.

Why is it so difficult? In Gordle, you can only guess five-letter last names of hockey players, meaning you can’t just enter random words to get you closer to the answer.

Sadly, that means no best starting words to help you here! Just you and your knowledge of hockey players past and present against the world. Now go forth and enjoy your newest obsession as you wait for the next Wordle to drop!

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Wordle now has its very own Google Easter Egg

Wordle has truly gone mainstream.

I will never tire of Google Easter Eggs or Google Doodle games. So simple, yet so amusing and effective.

This one is a pretty simple and subtle one, and Wordle fans will find it amusing: Simply Google the word “Wordle” and look up at the lefthand corner that would normally show the daily Google Doodle.

Yep. That’s right! It’s a tribute to the game, with the animation “guessing” the word GOOGLE (six letters instead of the normal five in the game, but whatever!). Very cute, and a sign the world can’t get enough of the once-a-day word guessing game that’s all over social media.

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7 Wordle knockoffs you can play while you wait for the next Wordle

Some games to pass the time.

Yes, we’re all still obsessed with Wordle, the once-a-day word guessing game that has everyone posting their results — good or bad — on social media every day.

But it’s only available to play once a day (which might partially explain our obsession, since we all wait in anticipation for the next one). And that’s where I’d like to help you out.

Some people around the internet have created some Wordle knockoffs that you can play to pass the time. So we’ve collected a few for you to try out as the clock ticks down until midnight, starting with one that has grabbed a bunch of headlines:

8 awesome Wordle starting words that players of the game swear by

Let’s help you win some Wordle.

Wordle fans continue to play the once-a-day word guessing game and post their results to social media every day, and one thing I’ve noticed is the question that we’ve explored a couple of times now.

What is the perfect first word to open with to give you the optimal chance at winning?

I’ve seen some people claim their perfect first word gets them the win every time. Some folks change it up. So I’ve decided to put together a bunch of different theories that you can use to try out in order to find your best opening move. Here they are:

Wordle memes and jokes with multi-colored squares are everywhere, and they are GREAT

M-E-M-E-S.

Wordle is officially everywhere, particularly every day on Twitter with those little recaps with green and yellow squares that either shows solidarity with your fellow once-a-day word guessers, or it annoys you if you’re not a fan.

Which means we’ve reached a saturation point: The memes are here. And those, too, are popping up on social media, mostly making fun of the multi-colored squares, but there are also some commenting on when people play the game — I’m an early morning guy, for what it’s worth — and other stuff.

So here’s a collection of jokes and memes, which are very funny:

Wordle fans everywhere have discovered the perfect FOUR-vowel opening word to use

This is the way.

Friends and fellow Wordle fanatics, this is my mea culpa.

A few days ago, I wrote about the first-word strategy for Wordle, the once-a-day word guessing game that combines the game Mastermind with crossword puzzle solving that has swept the internet (and has irked some people with all those green and yellow box-filled tweets).

WARNING: Before we go on, if you want to keep blissfully playing the game your way, stop reading. Otherwise? Read on!

I thought I had found the perfect word to kick off the guessing — WEIRD, or any other two-vowel word. Since then, I have heard from many fans who have even better words to start with.

And … there’s one that blew my mind.

Here’s the first-word strategy that will help you win Wordle every single time

The answer to all your WORDLE worries.

Like many of you, I’m COMPLETELY obsessed with Wordle, the one-a-day word guessing game that’s a combination of Mastermind and a crossword puzzle that’s sweeping the internet.

And I think I’ve discovered the correct opening strategy, so much so that I had to share it with the world.

WARNING: If you want to keep blissfully playing the game your way, stop reading and go see if there’s a new Wordle. Otherwise? Read on!

The concept of the game is to start off with a guess of a five-letter word and see what letters are either correct and in the wrong spot or are correct and in the RIGHT spot. You want to open with a word that will help you not waste one of your six guesses, right?

So here’s what I’ve been doing since I started playing: I open with one word and one word only: WEIRD.

Why WEIRD? Because it has two vowels and what I think of as a commonly used consonant in “D.” That way, either I eliminate one or two vowels or — like in certain puzzles, I get two vowels right off the bat.

There are only five vowels (sorry, “Y,” for this purpose, you’re not as useful). One turn tells you SO much.

It doesn’t have to be WEIRD, either. I shared this idea with my For The Win colleagues and Blake Schuster informed me he leads with HEALS, which I think might be even better with an “S” revealing if you’ve got a plural.

The point is: Always start with a two-vowel word. Boom. You’ll never lose a Wordle game again.

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Wordle, the viral word guessing game, explained

Wordle is the new sensation sweeping the internet.

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you confused as to why you are seeing your friends on social media post colored squares with no explanation? We’re here to help.

Wordle is set to be 2021’s last viral trend, if Twitter is anything to go by anyway. Over the past few weeks or so, you may have seen your friends on social media posting a bunch of different colored squares and boasting about their limitless vocabulary. That’s because a new game called Wordle has taken social media by storm.

But what is Wordle exactly? How can you play it? And what do those colored squares mean? Here’s everything you need to know about Wordle.