Wordle players think the New York Times made the game harder, but here’s why they’re wrong

Nope.

If you’re like me — a hardcore Wordle player who also writes a lot about the word game — then you’ve noticed some of the words lately feel like they’ve been tougher.

They’ve involved some “U” words, and HUMOR took a while. I won’t say anything about Monday’s solution, but let’s say when “Wordle” is trending on Twitter, it’s usually a sign of the struggle.

But while it feels like the increase of word difficulty coincided with the game migrating over to the New York Times’ site after the paper acquired it, I’m here to debunk that.

Let me explain (and show you how a lot of people think this is a thing):