Wordle’s acquisition is proof we can’t have nice things anymore

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Rita El Khoury

I woke up today to the news that Wordle, the word-guessing game that I’ve been playing for a month, has been acquired by The New York Times Company. The price? A low seven-figure sum. Oof — we’re talking about something between a million and a few million dollars. An impressive amount for what is essentially a simple website based on a single javascript file — seriously, this is the entire game right here.

Of course, the acquisition wasn’t about the file per se, nor the (let’s be honest) unoriginal game mechanics. The NYT bought the Wordle phenomenon. Millions of people are playing the game every day across the world, and the company that makes the most famous crossword puzzle certainly wants to be involved with this new word game craze.

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