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Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by songshu »

jffry wrote: post #54
banana_giraffe wrote: post #48

They've also removed the following from the list of words in future games wench, slave, fibre, agora, pupal, lynch And removed the following from the list of words that are accepted as guesses (in addition to the above ones): gooks, darky, pussy, spick, spics, bitch, fagot, dyked, coons, spiks, sluts, dykey, faggy, homos, chink, dykes, lesbo, kikes, whore Most of those I get, but why did fibre, agora, and pupal get p…

> why did fibre, agora, and pupal get pulled No idea for fibre, but agora and pupal have repeated letters. Are there other words in the accepted wordlist with repeated letters?

Yes we had KNOLL as an answer recently.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by henryfjordan »

jimbursch1 wrote: post #30

What is NYT going to gain from this purchase? Or, what am I giving to NYT when I play this game over coffee every morning?

Just as Atlassian bought Trello to hedge their dominant position in Kanban board hosting, NYT bought Wordle to hedge their dominant position as daily-word-puzzle purveyors.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by fotta »

banana_giraffe wrote: post #48

They've also removed the following from the list of words in future games wench, slave, fibre, agora, pupal, lynch And removed the following from the list of words that are accepted as guesses (in addition to the above ones): gooks, darky, pussy, spick, spics, bitch, fagot, dyked, coons, spiks, sluts, dykey, faggy, homos, chink, dykes, lesbo, kikes, whore Most of those I get, but why did fibre, agora, and pupal get p…

I see the Spelling Bee editors have taken over...

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by bee_rider »

banana_giraffe wrote: post #48

They've also removed the following from the list of words in future games wench, slave, fibre, agora, pupal, lynch And removed the following from the list of words that are accepted as guesses (in addition to the above ones): gooks, darky, pussy, spick, spics, bitch, fagot, dyked, coons, spiks, sluts, dykey, faggy, homos, chink, dykes, lesbo, kikes, whore Most of those I get, but why did fibre, agora, and pupal get p…

I don't really see the motivation for removing slurs, etc, from the available guess list in a game where you are the only one who sees your guesses. Good of them to take the words with unpleasant associations out of the solutions list, though.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by mike_d »

jimbursch1 wrote: post #30

What is NYT going to gain from this purchase? Or, what am I giving to NYT when I play this game over coffee every morning?

New York Times Games has its own app with various word related daily puzzles. People pay a subscription fee to be able to play the back catalog of crossword for example.

It is a pretty natural and obvious fit.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by banana_giraffe »

DecoPerson wrote: post #60
banana_giraffe wrote: post #48

They've also removed the following from the list of words in future games wench, slave, fibre, agora, pupal, lynch And removed the following from the list of words that are accepted as guesses (in addition to the above ones): gooks, darky, pussy, spick, spics, bitch, fagot, dyked, coons, spiks, sluts, dykey, faggy, homos, chink, dykes, lesbo, kikes, whore Most of those I get, but why did fibre, agora, and pupal get p…

FIBRE is spelt FIBER in American English. AGORA is a rarely-used word and is probably not in the dictionary referenced by The NY Times for their word puzzles. PUPAL may be mis-perceived as a misspelling of PUPIL and frustrate players. I don’t know… I’m guessing!

Probably reasonable guesses.

Though, I'd expect these to be moved to allowed guesses, there's some very obscure stuff in the allowed guess list.

Probably just a first pass by whoever's in charge of standards. Now I'm trying to guess if this was a simple pass with an "approved words" list, or if there was a mind-numbing meeting where they spent a day or two looking at words.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by blunte »

They bought eyes and personal data, probably for a steal.

But I don't bemoan the Wardle heehee guy who sold it. I'm very happy for him.

The game concept isn't unique. It just struck a nice balance of complexity and simplicity that satisfied a large audience. It reminds me of Threes game in that way.

As for the commercialization, "This is the way of things." That's fine. There will be more good ideas, and the beauty here is that we are now all free to build them with less distraction. Maybe you'll build something fun and get rich, without having to go through a FAANG (or is it now MAANG?) interview series.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by fotta »

jker wrote: post #52
banana_giraffe wrote: post #48

They've also removed the following from the list of words in future games wench, slave, fibre, agora, pupal, lynch And removed the following from the list of words that are accepted as guesses (in addition to the above ones): gooks, darky, pussy, spick, spics, bitch, fagot, dyked, coons, spiks, sluts, dykey, faggy, homos, chink, dykes, lesbo, kikes, whore Most of those I get, but why did fibre, agora, and pupal get p…

Maybe they’re agora-phobic.

This comment just made the etymology of "agoraphobic" click for me!
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