The small Internet phenomenon Wordle was bought. The New York Times took on the developer’s pun Josh Wardle caught. Wordle is a kind of mini-puzzle for words, with as few as possible and a maximum of six tries, a word with five letters must be correctly guessed. Incorrect letters are grayed out, correctly placed letters are marked in green, and matching but incorrectly placed letters are yellow. Every day there’s a riddle and as mentioned: It became a phenomenon that attracted many players, but also people who covered the web with many clones. If you want to see this positively, you can mention that there is Wordle in German, because the original, which has now been adopted by the New York Times, is only in English.
Since Josh Wardle released the guessing game to the public in October 2021, Wordle’s popularity has skyrocketed, quickly becoming a daily obsession for some. On November 1st, 90 people played the game. Almost two months later, 300,000 people were already playing. Meanwhile, the puzzle has millions of players every day. At the time of the move to the New York Times, Wordle will be free for new and existing players and no gameplay changes will be made. Wordle was acquired for an undisclosed price in the low seven-figure dollar range.
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