In this version of the game, once you reveal a letter in a green spot, you must use a word with that letter in the same spot for future guesses. This story was originally published January 24 ...

Call them clones, imitators, money grabs, or—if you’re polite—flatterers.There is no official app version of the web-based original Wordle game, but there are plenty of look-alikes.Some of ...

The popular online word game “Wordle” has fans puzzled.. People are calling out the game for allegedly ripping off the TV game show “Lingo.”. Wordle, a daily puzzle where players have six ...

L ook out, Wordle and Connections, here comes Strands.Like those two games, Strands is a New York Times online word game. Right now Strands is only in beta, so it doesn't yet show up in The New ...

A person plays online word game "Wordle" on a cell phone in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 2022. Five letters, six attempts, and only one word per day: the formula for "Wordle" is simple and ...

Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, knew his partner loved word games, so he created a guessing game for just the two of them. As a play on his last name, he named it Wordle.. But after ...

Wordle seems like it is everywhere these days. And now it has a new owner. The New York Times said on Jan. 31 that it was buying the viral online word game for a price in the low-seven figures ...