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So the NYT Now Owns and Runs Wordle!

beach-mom — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:56:17 GMT

Last night when I played everything was fine in Wordle land. This afternoon my game was gone, and the New York Times stamp was on the page.

It took me a while, but I was able to pull up my statistics. I hope they don't change that!

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deedledeedeedle — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:59:45 GMT

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Mz iMac — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:05:33 GMT

@beach-mom Wordie wans't "gone" for me & still "free."

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beach-mom — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:27:55 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@beach-mom Wordie wans't "gone" for me & still "free."

@Mz iMac - The whole thing wasn't gone, just the game I played last night. Usually I can see the game I played until I go to play a new one. I think they said it will be free for current players, but they insinuated future players might have to pay to join.

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evelyner — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 05:14:10 GMT

My daughter had told me to bookmark it. So far it's there. I'll see in the morning.

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GingerPeach — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 05:44:52 GMT

@beach-mom wrote:
Last night when I played everything was fine in Wordle land. This afternoon my game was gone, and the New York Times stamp was on the page.

It took me a while, but I was able to pull up my statistics. I hope they don't change that!

@beach-mom

The NYT is aware and is fixing the glitch that removed players' records.

They just reported this on their Twitter page.

You might want to check out Word Master. Just like Wordle, totally free, and not limited to one a day.

(Although the limitation is kind of a challenge of its own.)

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beach-mom — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:53:29 GMT

Thanks for the information and explanation @GingerPeach!

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evelyner — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:30:50 GMT

I just played this morning. As I said before I had bookmarked it.

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PilatesLover — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:29:40 GMT

Am I the only one in the world who doesn't like Wordle? I've t ried several times and it frustrates me to now end. Usually Iike word puzzles, I do the NY Times crossword in ink.

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beckyb1012 — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:43:32 GMT

@PilatesLover wrote:
Am I the only one in the world who doesn't like Wordle? I've t ried several times and it frustrates me to now end. Usually Iike word puzzles, I do the NY Times crossword in ink.

Same here. I looked at that Tues. morning this week after hearing about it for the first time and just shook my head and moved on. I love a good word search or crossword but I do not care for this game at all.

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hennypenny — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:09:19 GMT

I too play many word games and crossword puzzles.

For the life of me I don't understand Wordle. Could someone explain it to me?

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moto — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 07:58:20 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
I too play many word games and crossword puzzles.
For the life of me I don't understand Wordle. Could someone explain it to me?

You have 6 chances to guess the 5 letter daily word (using American spelling).

With each guess you make, the tiles will change colors to let you know if you have guessed any of the letters correctly. If the tile turns yellow, that letter is in the word, but not in that position. If the tile turns green, that letter is in the word and is in that exact same position, gray means that letter is not in the word.

There is one daily word for everyone and the game changes once per day. Letters can be repeated in the word.

Make use of the keyboard on the bottom of the screen to see what letters you already guessed.

Example, you guess any starting word you'd like - try AUDIO, and the A turns yellow, the U is gray, the D, I, O each turns green. Your (very lucky) guess shows you that the daily word ends in DIO, and the A is correct, but not in the first letter position. You only have one other place that A could be (it must be the second letter of the daily word) and now you need to guess what letter makes a word ending in ADIO.

(RADIO)

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hennypenny — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:32:44 GMT

@moto Thank you so much!

I have seen ads for the game, but it goes so quickly that I couldn't figure it out.

Looks like a fun quickie.

I didn't know anyone who plays to ask, so thanks again for taking the time to explain it.

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shoesnbags — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:31 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
@PilatesLover wrote:
Am I the only one in the world who doesn't like Wordle? I've t ried several times and it frustrates me to now end. Usually Iike word puzzles, I do the NY Times crossword in ink.
Same here. I looked at that Tues. morning this week after hearing about it for the first time and just shook my head and moved on. I love a good word search or crossword but I do not care for this game at all.

@beckyb1012 @PilatesLover

I'm your direct opposite lol. I don't like crossword puzzles or any other word games I've come across, but I love Wordle. It's challenging, but not too hard. And it doesn't take up too much time. Aside from that, I think that crossword puzzles draw on different linguistic skills than Wordle, and we may be better at one set of skills than another.