Wordle: NYTimes removes offensive, obscure terms from game's word list

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Is Wordle harder now that it’s owned by the New York Times? It doesn’t appear so, but the newspaper did remove some words from the game’s list that it deemed obscure or offensive.

But Jordan Cohen, New York Times communications director, said in an email that "no changes have been made to the gameplay itself," something the newspaperFILE - Wordle game displayed on a phone screen and The New York Times logo displayed in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland, on Feb. 6, 2022.

Internet sleuths have pointed out how Wordle’s solutions don’t include every single five-letter word in the English language. The game’s original creator, Josh Wardle,that he had his partner — for whom the game was originally created — narrow down the 12,000 or so possibilities to around 2,500 words that she was familiar with.

That same word list makes up Wordle’s solution set, and the list is actually built into the Javascript of the website itself,The main change the New York Times has made was removing certain words. "We are updating the word list over time to remove obscure words to keep the puzzle accessible to more people, as well as insensitive or offensive words," Cohen added in the emailed statement. , and players who really want to understand the inner workings of the game can compare the list against the Times’ altered list byURL may be out of step with other players, The Verge notes. If any letters turn green, you got the right letter in the right place.

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