There have been a few changes to the word game Wordle is a bite-sized, daily brain teaser that word game fans can knock out at the start of a morning or end of a day. The game’s recent acquisition by the New York Times has been worrying for some fans, who are concerned that their daily tradition might be changed by the larger publisher.
Some players briefly theorized that the New York Times was making the game harder, but that doesn’t appear to be the case; there are still lots of simple words in the mix.
First of all, a few words have been omitted from the official Wordle list, including “pussy,” “wench,” “slave,” “pupal,” and “fibre.”