You can play 'Wordle' as a multiplayer board game soon

Source: New York Times and Hasbro

We have more Wordle news for you. The New York Times is partnering with Hasbro to bring the popular word game from the digital world to the physical one. They plan to release Wordle: The Party Game later this year. While the game online is a solitary affair, the companies want to turn it into a party game. One player will think of a five-letter word the others have to try and guess. When people make their guesses, the one who thought of the word will slide yellow and green tiles over the correct letters. You'll make your guesses with a dry-erase marker on a small dry-erase board. When a round is over, you can just wipe the board clean and start again.

Wordle: The Party Game will be launched in North America in October, with preorder kicking off on Thursday for US$19.99 (around CA$26). Shipping might start on October 1, but the game's website cautions that shipping dates are subject to change.

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'Wordle' stats can soon be linked to an NYT account

The New York Times is addressing an issue of the popular word game Wordle. It'll soon get the option to sync your stats across devices. NYT plans to offer a chance to link a free or existing NYT account to your Wordle so you can play across your devices with your stats the same. The option will reportedly be available soon. You'll have to be sure you want to link your stats to an NYT account because the move is irreversible.

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Say goodbye to the original Wordle game

There's now only one Wordle game that exists. The New York Times Games announced in a tweet that game creator Josh Wardle's website will no longer host a playable version of the megahit word-guessing game. The game will fully migrate to the New York Times page starting on June 9, 2022. NYT bought Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure amount, promising then that the game would "initially remain free." There isn't any word yet on what changes will happen now that the switch is almost completed. If you still haven't been able to port your Wordle streak data from the old site to NYT's page, tech writer Seth Michael Larson made a tool that makes the switch easier.

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Issues with stats surface as the New York Times takes over Wordle

Left: the NYT’s version of Wordle. Right: the original Wordle. (Source: The Verge)

If you're playing the trendy online puzzle game Wordle, you might have noticed that the game is being redirected to a new link. The New York Times is now running the game after its creator sold it a few weeks back. It's now live at this URL: https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html. But there seems to be an issue with players' statistics, at least for some users. Some are finding their streaks, win percentages, and guess distribution getting messed up.

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