Facts about Wordle
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About 4 in 5 Wordle players globally complete the daily puzzle within the standard six attempts, with an average solution time of approximately 4 minutes.
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Wordle's starting puzzle on June 19, 2022 was ROBOT, marking the date when the New York Times officially migrated the game to its own servers and reset the puzzle counter to day one.
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Wordle's answer list excludes words containing the letter Q to simplify the puzzle experience, since Q almost always requires U in English and limits strategic variety.
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Wordle's original answer list was further reduced to 2,315 words in 2022 after the New York Times removed obscure or potentially offensive terms to create a more accessible puzzle experience.
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Each Wordle puzzle remains identical for all players worldwide on the same day, creating a shared global experience that drives social media engagement and comparison.
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Hard mode in Wordle, introduced in February 2022, requires players to use all revealed letters in subsequent guesses, increasing difficulty by approximately 30 percent.
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Wordle uses exactly 2,315 possible solution words, a deliberately curated list much smaller than the 10,000+ valid five-letter words the game accepts as guesses.
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Players worldwide have collectively guessed over 500 million times on Wordle since its public release, with peak engagement occurring in early 2022.
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The New York Times Company acquired Wordle in January 2022 for an undisclosed price described as being in the low seven figures.
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October 2021 saw the launch of Wordle by Josh Wardle, a New York software engineer who initially created it as a gift during pandemic lockdowns.