The New York Times recently acquired the Wordle game from its creator, Josh Wardle. Even though Wardle stated that the game would remain free-to-play, users got worried and started downloading a word list for the next few years.

The Wordle code is published in plain text on the game's website and currently includes over 2,000 words. That's enough to play Wordle every day for 7 years. Players save a basic Wordle page as an HTML file in a separate folder, download the word list and the engine that runs the game. If you put all these files in one folder, Wordle will "live" offline and work on the user's computer.

It is not yet known how long the game will remain free-to-play while under the ownership of The New York Times. Over time, the game's code will likely change to be harder to reverse engineer, new features will appear, and monetization will be introduced. The NYT said the acquisition of Wordle "reflects the growing importance of games like crossword puzzles in the publisher's efforts to reach 10 million subscribers by 2025."

Wordle is a daily updated puzzle game in which players must guess a five-letter word in six tries. The game was launched in October last year and quickly became popular.

In December, the Wordlinator bot appeared on Twitter, which responded to user posts with rude guessing options and spoiled the hidden word. Soon the bot was banned for violating the rules of the platform.

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