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Just a head's up. Not sure it'll have that much of an impact on playing the game.
The New York Times is changing some of Wordle’s rules
Oli Welsh - 6h ago
The New York Times has announced some changes to the rules of Wordle, the viral word game it acquired from solo developer Josh Wardle back in January. The game also now has a dedicated editor, like the Times’ other word games. Tracy Bennett, formerly a crossword editor, takes the role.
While the essential gameplay remains the same, the Times is now leaving behind the word list put together by Wardle and his partner Palak Shah in favor of its own curated list. There are some changes to the kinds of words that will be accepted as valid answers, as well as those that can be used a guesses.
Newly ruled out as possible answers are plurals of three- and four-letter words ending in “ES” or “S”. Other plurals are acceptable, however. “The answer will never be FOXES or SPOTS, but it might be GEESE or FUNGI,” the Times said.
However, words disallowed as answers, including plurals ending in “S”, can still be used as guesses to help narrow down the letters. As noted by the Washington Post, this freedom now extends to the offensive words that had previously been completely removed from the game’s dictionary by the NYT.
A Little More..............
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/the-new-york-times-is-changing-some-of-wordle-s-rules/ar-AA13RQmn?ocid=anaheim-ntp-feeds&pc=W046&cvid=3c91993fbde548d1b94b497e8da4d02b
Oli Welsh - 6h ago
The New York Times has announced some changes to the rules of Wordle, the viral word game it acquired from solo developer Josh Wardle back in January. The game also now has a dedicated editor, like the Times’ other word games. Tracy Bennett, formerly a crossword editor, takes the role.
While the essential gameplay remains the same, the Times is now leaving behind the word list put together by Wardle and his partner Palak Shah in favor of its own curated list. There are some changes to the kinds of words that will be accepted as valid answers, as well as those that can be used a guesses.
Newly ruled out as possible answers are plurals of three- and four-letter words ending in “ES” or “S”. Other plurals are acceptable, however. “The answer will never be FOXES or SPOTS, but it might be GEESE or FUNGI,” the Times said.
However, words disallowed as answers, including plurals ending in “S”, can still be used as guesses to help narrow down the letters. As noted by the Washington Post, this freedom now extends to the offensive words that had previously been completely removed from the game’s dictionary by the NYT.
A Little More..............
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/gaming/the-new-york-times-is-changing-some-of-wordle-s-rules/ar-AA13RQmn?ocid=anaheim-ntp-feeds&pc=W046&cvid=3c91993fbde548d1b94b497e8da4d02b
