The New York Times is adding Wordle to its gaming portfolio.
The daily word game that has recently exploded in popularity has been bought for around seven figures, the newspaper announced Monday.
TWITTER BANS ACCOUNT SPOILING WORDLE FOR PLAYER
“It’s a great puzzle, and it doesn’t take long to play, which make it perfect for our age when people have short attention spans,” Will Shortz, the New York Times’s crossword editor, said in a post.
The game was released in October by Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, who originally created it as a gift for his partner. Within two months, it had 300,000 daily players, a number that has since grown to the millions.
“It’s been incredible to watch a game bring so much joy to so many,” Wardle wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “It is important to me that, as Wordle grows, it continues to provide a great experience to everyone.”
An update on Wordle pic.twitter.com/TmHd0AIRLX
— Josh Wardle (@powerlanguish) January 31, 2022
Wardle said the game will be free for everyone to play and that he is working with the New York Times to ensure “wins and streaks” are preserved.
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The game challenges people with a five-letter mystery word and limits each person to six guesses per day. Yellow and green squares shared on social media platforms indicate when a player has guessed a correct letter or a combined correct letter and placement.
