Other fans reported that they were still accessing the game on the original URL, suggesting the transition to the NYT is still ongoing. 'I know it's not your paper to blame on this, but plz keep the original URL for said. Meanwhile, Shanghai-based Wordle fan also pointed out that Chinese players can no longer access the game as China's national firewall blocked the entire NYT site. Yet another criticised the NYT for tweaking the Wordle user interface, which 'made the logo ugly'. I am canceling my subscription and filing a motion to sue the times for psychological damages.' I had 29 straight days of Wordle success and now THIS?'Īnd said: 'Wordle moved to the NYT website and it RESET MY STREAK as a result. #wordle #streak #broken.'Īnother Twitter wrote: 'The Times screwed up this simple little pleasure faster than said: 'The B******* at NY Times removed my Wordle streak, excuse ME. However, users weren't impressed one Wordle fan under the on Twitter said: 'Oh c'mon you had one job. Instead, their browser will remember their past performance including winning streaks. Wordle isn't an app – it's web browser-based – and players don't have to login to a personal account on Wordle. they guess the word in six guesses or fewer – they're shown stats including how many games they're played, winning percentage and their winning 'streak' (how many games they've won on the trot). Now, many people who enter this URL are finding themselves redirected to the NYT website, albeit with reset winning streaks.Īnother Shanghai-based Wordle fan said she can no longer access the game because of China's national firewall, which blocks the NYT website. Previously, to play the game, people had to go to .uk/wordle, the website of Wordle's creator. It comes days after fans of the game complained they had lost their high scores since moving to the New York Times website. Reaction: Many people around the world noticed the glitch and headed to Twitter to voice their displeasure Yet social media users - who were left outraged when discovering their winning streaks were not transferred over to the NYT URL - have claimed the words have become 'too random' since moving from the original site. Tuesday's original answer was deemed 'too obscure' by the NYT, and so was replaced with another word with a fairly similar arrangement of letters. However, due to some players still being able to access the original URL .uk/wordle - despite most finding themselves redirected to the NYT website, it has meant there are two correct answers for Tuesday's game. The game is currently being migrated from the site of its original creator to the New York Times (NYT) website, following its purchase at the end of January for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. Today's complaints also follow problems earlier in the week, as an apparent glitch in Tuesday's game resulted in two different solutions depending on the site used, as well as another hiccup which saw players lose their winning streaks. It was created by New York based Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle for his girlfriend Palak Shah, who loves word puzzles.įans have been annoyed by changes to the game since it was bought by the NY Times, complaining about 'obscure' answers, glitches, hard-to-guess answers Wordle, which only offers one puzzle per day to keep fans hooked, has amassed millions of players since it came online last October. Now today's puzzle has been hit with similar criticisms, with some claiming they've never heard of the word, and others saying once again, there were too many variations for them to be able to guess it. Some found themselves in the frustrating position of missing just one letter to solve the puzzle right the way through, but still failing to complete it in six guesses. Other players this week found that even when a more common word was used - 'shake' - they still had problems, finding that even with four correct letters in the right spot there were too many possibilities for the correct answer. Recently, fans have been complaining that has become 'too difficult' since the US newspaper took over. Some of the criticisms facing the game this week was that answers like 'caulk' and 'agora' were too niche for most players. Wordle lovers have slammed the New York Times again over today's answer - with some saying the word 'doesn't exist' and that the it is 'just making up words now'.
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