{"id":8375,"date":"2022-02-01T03:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/new-york-times-acquires-hit-game-wordle-for-seven-figure-sum-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T03:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:35:07","slug":"new-york-times-acquires-hit-game-wordle-for-seven-figure-sum-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/new-york-times-acquires-hit-game-wordle-for-seven-figure-sum-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times acquires hit game Wordle for seven-figure sum \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Viral online puzzle game Wordle has been acquired by The New York Times Company (NYTCo), publisher of The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The game requires players to guess a five-letter word within six turns \u2013 a task made easier by Wordle offering clues that players have chosen letters used in the word, and whether or not they are in the right position. Gameplay is similar to codebreaking pegboard game Mastermind, but with 26 different “pegs” \u2013 and of course the answer has to be an English word. A single puzzle is offered daily.<\/p>\n

Wordle was created<\/a> by a sole developer, Josh Wardle, as a lockdown distraction for his partner. It took off when Wardle added a feature allowing players to share their results, and is now thought to have millions of daily users \u2013 up from mere thousands in October 2021.<\/p>\n

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