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They were left at a loss for Wordles.
When the New York Times bought out Wordle last month, many die-hard fans deemed it a win for their favorite viral brain game. However, now, it appears that many puzzle aficionados are put off by the NYT version, deeming it “too hard” in a viral Twitter thread.
The publication had announced last month that they’d purchased Wordle — in which players have six guesses to determine one new word each day — from creator Josh Wardle on Jan. 31 for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sum. They then migrated the digital scrabble spin-off to their website.
However, many fans were disappointed with the new iteration, which they thought had gotten exponentially more difficult since the takeover.
“Ever since NYTimes bought Wordle, the game got a lil too hard,” lamented one disillusioned Wordle player on Twitter. “I ain’t playing no more. this embarrassing score.”
“I had to use two diff browsers for extra guess and still barely got the word,” they added.
“The New York Times deciding that everyone’s day needed a little more stress by upping the Wordle stakes,” seconded another critic of the paper, which coincidentally boasts arguably the hardest crossword puzzle of any publication.
Another fumed, “Good morning to everyone except all of the staff at the New York Times, their families, friends, pets and acquaintances.“
“The nyt made wordle too hard i feel stupid now,” wrote another puzzled player, while another snarked, “Today’s Wordle should be used to punish war criminals, that was so hard.”
Despite the cavalcade of criticism, the New York Times claims they didn’t monkey with the vocab game.
“Nothing has changed about the gameplay,” communications director Jordan Cohen told The Guardian in an email.
Nonetheless, this isn’t the first time Wordlers have been disappointed with the puzzle post-takeover. Brainteaser buffs were left adrift last month after their winning streaks were wiped during the game’s migration to the Times website, which resulted in Wordlers using the old URL to access the game, the Independent reported.
Meanwhile, Wordle was also allegedly hacked following the acquisition, with the code-cracker reportedly divulging the game’s algorithm and posting spoilers for nearly 120 upcoming words.
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