{"id":53129,"date":"2022-01-31T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T23:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=b160b854df6d26580d58ef013bb99505"},"modified":"2022-01-31T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T23:29:29","slug":"new-york-times-spends-low-seven-figures-to-buy-wordle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=53129","title":{"rendered":"New York Times spends \u201clow seven figures\u201d to buy Wordle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Geez. \nGood for the dude who hacked that thing out for funsies, especially since I can't think of a way to monetize it without ruining it.<\/div>
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> The New York Times is buying Wordle<\/em>. (credit: Wordle<\/a>)<\/p> <\/figure>

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The New York Times announced today that its Games division would be purchasing Wordle<\/em><\/a>—everyone's favorite five-letter-word guessing game and emoji-square generator—for a number in the \"low-seven figures.\"<\/p>\n

The sale caps a meteoric rise for the simple game. It rode word-of-mouth recommendations and glowing media coverage<\/a> to prominence, was subject to multiple copycat apps that Apple removed from its App Store<\/a>, and inevitably generated backlash<\/a> from people who don't like it when other people have fun in public.<\/p>\n

\"At the time it moves to The New York Times, Wordle<\/em> will be free to play for new and existing players, and no changes will be made to its gameplay,\" the Times notes in its press release. Presumably after<\/em> Wordle<\/em> has moved, the Times will tweak its gameplay and impose a registration requirement or paywall as it sees fit. Many of the Times' games, including Sudoku, Spelling Bee, and the mini-version of its crossword, can also be played for free without signing in or registering. But a subscription is required to play the full version of the crossword puzzle and access the NYT's crossword puzzle archive.<\/p><\/div>

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Enlarge \/ The New York Times is buying Wordle. (credit: Wordle) <\/p>\n

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