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We Get You’re Hard Up For Words, But LORIS Simply Can’t Be a Wordle Answer

Brian Cronin — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:08:55 +0000

Brian looks at the absurdity of LORIS being a Wordle answer.

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As Wordle Hits 1000, the NY Times Gets More Aggressive In Its Sales Pitch

Brian Cronin — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:13:36 +0000

The New York Times has become the most aggressive yet in trying to "sell" Wordle players on getting a subscription as the popular game hits 1000

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New York Times Goes ‘Off Book’ Again With the Latest Wordle

Brian Cronin — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:05:51 +0000

The New York Times has gone "off book" again, and added its second brand-new word to the Wordle answer list, changing the possible list of answers for the second time!

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The New York Times Has Added Its First New Word to the Wordle Answer List!

Brian Cronin — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:38:46 +0000

Over a year after purchasing Wordle, the New York Times has added a brand-new word to the Wordle answer list, changing the possible list of answers for the first time!

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‘WIPER’ Cannot Be a Wordle Answer, And Yet Somehow ‘RIPER’ Was?

Brian Cronin — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 04:44:14 +0000

Wordle caused some consternation among its players by having RIPER be an answer, but more amazingly, while RIPER was an answer, WIPER is not eligible to be a Wordle answer!

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The Times Has Now Officially Taken Control Over the Wordle Answer List

Brian Cronin — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:48:28 +0000

The New York Times has now officially taken control of what the answers will be on Wordle, breaking from the original set list of words that existed since the game began

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The New York Times Made a Thanksgiving Change to Wordle

Brian Cronin — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 04:58:37 +0000

See how the New York Times changed the Wordle answer in celebration of Thanksgiving.

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The New York Times Finally Decided to Make Wordle Commercial

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 06:30:55 +0000

The New York Times has finally decided to put ads on its free-to-use Wordle game, and honestly, more power to them.

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New York Times Makes a Clever Pitch to Wordle Users

Brian Cronin — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 06:56:05 +0000

The New York Times made its first major change to its setup with Wordle, but it is an optional change that cleverly plays right into Wordle player interests.

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Spotify Needs to Take a Cue From the New York Times With Its Heardle Purchase

Brian Cronin — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 04:45:25 +0000

Spotify has made a good move by purchasing Heardle, but it has to handle the transition to the new company a lot better than it has so far

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