It’s time to re-evaluate your five-letter vocabulary. The New York Times is shaking up the Wordle rules.
As reported by polygon (opens in new tab), the Daily Word Puzzle Game will have a dedicated editor, and some rules will be changed as a result. For the most part, the newspaper has kept the formula the same since it purchased Wordle from its original creator, Josh Wardle. (opens in new tab) In a seven-figure total in January. As far as we know, the word pool hasn’t changed, but that hasn’t stopped people from theorizing that the NYT made the game harder after the acquisition.
Now as written in an article NYT Blog Post (opens in new tab), things are changing. Her former crossword editor, Tracy Bennett, will be Wordle’s first exclusive editor. The core gameplay (guessing a 5-letter word in 6 trials) remains the same, with answers “drawn from the same basic dictionary of answer words” and a “game focus on vocabulary.” There will be some editorial tweaks to make sure it stays focused: fun, accessible, vibrant, and varied.”
So what does that mean? Say goodbye to easy plurals. “Plural forms of his three- or four-letter words ending in ‘ES’ or ‘S'” are omitted from his six-year-long list of answers curated by Wardle himself, along with his partner his Palak Shah. It has been. Irregular plurals like “geese” and “fungi” are still flying around.
Thankfully simple plurals can still be used to guess, but not the answer. “The answer list is curated, but not the much larger dictionary of English words that are valid guesses,” the post continues. , is their personal choice.” The NYT appears to have lifted the previous offensive language ban it had in place when the game first moved to the site.
At a high level, the changes are minor, but using a dedicated editor with word lists that are “programmed and tested” like other NYT puzzles should give Wordle some life. .If not, there are countless Worlde-likes you can play (opens in new tab) Instead — I personally guess the game (opens in new tab) Gal.
