{"id":4619,"date":"2022-02-03T09:36:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/the-guardian-view-on-wordle-let-the-game-stay-free-editorial\/"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:36:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:36:59","slug":"the-guardian-view-on-wordle-let-the-game-stay-free-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/03\/the-guardian-view-on-wordle-let-the-game-stay-free-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian view on Wordle: let the game stay free | Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joyful and innocuously addictive, the online word game harks back to a more innocent age. The new owners must respect its spirit<\/p>\n

Smart daily brain tease works magic, makes eager crowd happy, later turns truly viral \u2013 until game\u2019s adept maker earns great money (ample Times bucks). Yes, it is sometimes hard not to think entirely in five-letter words after an encounter with Wordle<\/a>, the online game that requires participants to guess a five-letter word in six tries. It was quietly launched last October by Josh Wardle, a Welsh, Brooklyn-based software engineer who created it for the amusement of his partner.<\/p>\n

In November, its users numbered a few hundred. Now, they are in the millions. Mr Wardle has sold<\/a> the game to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum \u2013 having previously said<\/a> that he felt somewhat overwhelmed by the responsibility to the game\u2019s fans to keep the site running perfectly.<\/p>\n

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\nJoyful and innocuously addictive, the online word game harks back to a more innocent age. The new owners must respect its spirit
\nSmart daily brain tease works magic, makes eager crowd happy, later turns truly viral \u2013 until game\u2019s adept maker earns great money (ample Times bucks). Yes, it is sometimes hard not to think entirely in five-letter words after an encounter with Wordle, the online game that requires participants to guess a five-letter word in six tries. It was quietly launched last October by Josh Wardle, a Welsh, Brooklyn-based software engineer who created it for the amusement of his partner.
\nIn November, its users numbered a few hundred. Now, they are in the millions. Mr Wardle has sold the game to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum \u2013 having previously said that he felt somewhat overwhelmed by the responsibility to the game\u2019s fans to keep the site running perfectly. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joyful and innocuously addictive, the online word game harks back to a more innocent age. The new owners must respect its spirit Smart daily brain tease works magic, makes eager crowd happy, later turns truly viral \u2013 until game\u2019s adept maker earns great money (ample Times bucks). Yes, it is sometimes hard not to think …<\/p>\n

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