Wordle, the hit online game in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company. Wordle was acquired from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price “in the low seven figures,” The Times said. Given this, I am incredibly pleased to announce that I’ve reached an agreement with The New York Times for them to take over running Wordle going forward. If you’ve followed along with the story of Wordle, you’ll know that NYT games play a big part in its origins and so this step feels natural to me. Thank you all.”The Wordle game, first released to the public in October 2021, now has “millions” of daily players, who currently may share their daily results with friends via text.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2022 22:01 UTC