Users can share performance via rows of coloured bricks which indicate how close their guesses were to the correct word. Wordle provides a daily puzzle comprising a five-letter word which players have six chances to guess. The sale comes only four weeks after UK-born Mr Wardle, who lives in Brooklyn, New York City, insisted that charging people money for the game 'was never the goal and I would ideally like to keep it that way'. Wordle, which the NYT said had been bought for a price 'in the low-seven figures', had 90 users by the beginning of last November but continued to grow to 300,000 users by mid-January and now millions play the game daily.
It's just some people are thinking could he have crowdfunded it maybe or had a tip jar? But hopefully it will remain on the web and free for as long as it can.' 'I don't blame Josh Wardle at all for getting reward for it. Software engineer Josh Wardle said that when Wordle - a play on his surname - moves to the NYT website, 'it will be free to play for everyone, and I am working with them to make sure your wins and streaks will be preserved'.īut players fear that the game, which first appeared on a basic ad-free website in October last year, will eventually end up behind a paywall on the NYT - with some launching a campaign under the hashtag #KeepWorldleFree.Īnd Ms Dent told BBC News today: 'I hope that the New York Times won't put it behind a paywall but then the question is will there be lots of clones? I don't know whether you can copyright a game like this, I'm guessing so. Countdown star Susie Dent today led calls for Wordle to remain free after the New York Times hinted the popular online word puzzle may go behind a paywall in future following its purchase for an estimated £2million.Ĭoncerns were raised after the NYT said the virtual puzzle will 'initially remain free to new and existing players' with millions of people now playing the game, where each day they get six chances to guess a five-letter word.
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