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fromGothamist
1 week ago

Why Paolo Pasco, a Brooklyn crossword champion, thinks the puzzles are blowing up

The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament will move to Philadelphia in 2027 due to increased attendance and growth in popularity.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Wordle inventor gets ahead of the game | Letters

Josh Wardle continues to create games, demonstrating the importance of ongoing creativity beyond initial success.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Next Game from the Creator of Wordle Is Here

The day Josh Wardle sold Wordle to the New York Times, in 2022, for more than a million dollars, should have been a moment of triumph. The game, which gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word, had unexpectedly become a global sensation, and Wardle had already begun to receive e-mails from puzzle designers seeking his input on their own ideas.
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fromKotaku
4 months ago

Wordle's Word Of The Day Made The Internet Crash Out

Wordle's December 19 answer "myrrh" lacked standard vowels, undermining common vowel-first strategies and triggering widespread player frustration.
Games
fromEngadget
4 months ago

NYT Games has a year-in-review thing now too

The New York Times launched Year in Games with personalized and community stats for Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, and Strands on apps and mobile web
Video games
fromEngadget
5 months ago

The New York Times is letting you create your own Wordle puzzles

All Access and Games subscribers can create and share custom Wordle puzzles (4–7 letters) with optional clues; recipients need no subscription to play.
Digital life
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

The AWS outage sparked panic among diehard Wordle players

An Amazon Web Services outage temporarily erased Wordle players' win streaks, causing anxiety among users dependent on the game's daily rituals.
fromThe Verge
6 months ago

Jimmy Fallon wants to turn Wordle into a TV show

Around when Wordle really started to blow up, Jimmy Fallon once spent a whole segment of The Tonight Show solving a puzzle in front of his audience. (The segment aired right before The New York Times bought Wordle from creator Josh Wardle in early 2022.) Fingers crossed this TV show isn't just one person muddling through a puzzle like Fallon did - I got frustrated watching the segment because I just wanted to make my own guesses.
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fromPolygon
11 months ago

Pope Leo confirmed as casual gamer

Pope Leo XIV, a fan of Wordle and Words With Friends, balances his new responsibilities with leisure activities like playing word games with his brother.
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