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What is Wordle?
Wordle is a daily word game you can find online . It's fun, simple and, like a crossword, can only be played once a day. Every 24 hours there's a new word of the day, and it's up to you to figure out what it is. The site itself does a fantastic job of explaining the rules:

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Remember Place? That was a wild time.

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Wordle got a mention in The New York Times in November, but really got traction when the share element got added.





Added a share button to Wordle that generates a spoiler-free emoji grid for you. Shoutout to [url=]@irihapeta for inventing such a cool way to share your results each day.

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sold Wordle to the New York Times for a figure "in the low seven figures."

Wardle noted that his "game has gotten bigger than I ever imagined" and added he's "just one person."

The game will ultimately become part of New York Times subscription puzzle service, but Wardle made sure that Wordle would remain free-to-play and that current streaks would be preserved in the move.

"It is important to me that, as Wordle grows, it continues to provide a great experience to everyone," Wardle said. "Given this, I am incredibly pleased to announce that I've reached an agreement with The New York Times for them to  going forward."

Wordle hasn't gotten harder since joining the New York Times

It just hasn't! Come on folks!

According to The New York Times: "Nothing has changed about the game play," the Times' communications director, Jordan Cohen, said to CNET in an email.



















If you check out the game's script you can see that the New York Times hasn't made any significant changes to the game.

Wordle clones...

Since the success of Wordle, there's been clones. Lots of clones. Some have been cynical cash grabs, but a huge amount of them are unique, interesting alternatives. 


[url=/culture/internet/worldle-the-wordle-spinoff-that-makes-you-guess-countries/]Worldle invites you to guess countries based on their outline.

Squabble is a multiplayer, Battle Royale version of Wordle.

Dordle forces you to solve two Wordles at once.


That's just the tip of the iceberg. Here's a fairly comprehensive list of word games you can check out if you get tired of the original.