Wordle now bans some ‘offensive’ words — but not all of them

Wordle is the word game which has taken over the world and has puzzle players hooked. Created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle and later sold to the New York Times, Wordle gives players six attempts to guess the five-letter word of the day. While Josh originally created the game for himself and his partner to play, it later became an online phenomenon, with players regularly sharing their results on Twitter.

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New York Times-owned brain game’s alleged difficulty, weary Wordle players are apparently resorting to an unfortunate tactic to beat it — cheating. A recent study by data compiler Wordfinderx found that online answer searches increased 196% since the Times acquired the puzzle, in which players get five attempts to guess a new five-letter word each day.“Cheating for the game is at an all-time high and only growing,” read the study.The data compiler discovered the troubling trend by analyzing “Google Trends data over the past three months” to see how often Wordlers looked up answers online, per the research.They found that in December, before the Times’ acquisition in January, Google search interest for the topic “today’s wordle'” registered a “0” on a scale from 0-100.

that American players are always complaining that Wordle is too hard. A recent study by data compiler Wordtips found that the US doesn’t even place in the top 10 when it comes to prowess at the viral New York Times-owned puzzle, in which players get six tries — or turns — to guess a new five-letter word each dayWordle ability was judged on the average number of attempts it took each country’s players to guess the correct answer.

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Warning: This story contains spoilers for the online game Wordle.They felt like an American Wordler in London.Amid ongoing complaints that the New York Times ruined Wordle, Thursday’s answer caused an uproar among US-based players, who deemed the answer decidedly “too British.” A Twitter thread detailing the allegedly Anglocentric vocab — spoilers below — is currently blowing up online.For the uninitiated, the viral brain teaser — in which players get six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day — has become a daily routine for puzzle lovers of late. Nonetheless, American Wordlers were flummoxed by Wordle 250’s answer “bloke” — British slang for “man,” which they found incomprehensible to anybody who didn’t live across the pond.

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“villain.” Disgruntled puzzlers continue to gripe that the New York Times is making their beloved Wordle “too hard.” The publication is now being accused of “trolling millennials” with Wednesday’s Wordle of the day, with many players deeming it so obscure only “Bob the Builder” could solve it. The latest incident of puzzle panic comes a week after the blockbuster game migrated to the website of the Times, which bought it from creator Josh Wardle in January for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sum.The viral brain teaser — in which players get six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day — has become a staple of puzzle lovers of late.

New York Times has purchased the online word-solving game, Wordle, it appears that the publication has altered the game despite claims it hasn’t.According to The Guardian journalist Alex Hern, the New York Times has changed its statement regarding the changes it’s made to Wordle after its acquisition. Recently, there have been discussions online from Wordle players who have explained that they felt the game has been altered since its acquisition, with some saying that it seems harder.At the time, the NYT said in a statement to The Guardian that “nothing has changed about the gameplay,” however, Alex Hern has noted that the NYT has now changed its statement.“Literally one day ago, the NYT denied in a statement to the Guardian that it had made any changes to the gameplay of wordle,” Hern said on Twitter.

bought it from creator Josh Wardle in January for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sum.For the uninitiated, the “Wheel Of Fortune”-esque brain teaser allows players six guesses to determine one new five-letter word each day. However, according to flummoxed Wordlers on social media, players were getting two vastly different “right answers” for Wordle 241, which we won’t spoil for you here.“Hang on, hang on.

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last month that they’d purchased Wordle — in which players have six guesses to determine one new word each day — from creator Josh Wardle on Jan. 31 for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sum.

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dropped in 2002 and 2011 on the channel.The new adaption of “Lingo” will have two-person teams attempting to guess words on a grid after being given the first letter. Wordle, which uses a similar format, was recently purchased by the New York Times for a reported seven figures.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeCBS is striking while the “Wordle” is hot. The Eye network and RuPaul are bringing back a new adaptation of the word puzzle game show “Lingo” to premiere sometime later this year.Emmy winner RuPaul Charles is set to executive produce and host the show, which has already made a comeback in the U.K.

the Wordle code.A Twitter user is believed to have posted the popular word puzzle’s algorithm Friday morning, along with nearly 120 upcoming words to be played — all on the game’s first day of visual re-branding since being acquired by the New York Times from creator Josh Wardle in a seven-figure deal on Jan 31.Warning: Wordle answer spoilers ahead.“Hi @nytimes if the answer to Tomorrow’s #WORDLE is ULTRA, yu need to reset your data” user @xadhan wrote with a screenshot of the supposed evidence.His findings — shown to be from a coded Times URL — reportedly display weeks’ worth of previously used words in sequential order, a green circle around the predicted 238th Wordle for Saturday, Feb. 12, and followed by what is perceived to be the automated selection for months to come.The New York Times did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Wordle has well and truly taken the internet by storm since it emerged online late last year, despite the simple nature of the game.