'We have some exciting news to share' — Wordle will enter new era next week with 'magical' change that will completely shake up the game, and it's much needed

That number was whittled down to 2,309 by the NYT after it bought Wordle in January 2022, and then increased by an unknown amount over the next couple of years, with the addition of solutions such as SNAFU (game #659) and OOMPH (#1662).
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After Finishing Your Daily Wordle, Try These Other Word Games

Some of these word games are challenging while others are more casual.

Wordle success leads NYT to launch Crossplay, its first multiplayer game

The Times’ popular Games unit is debuting Crossplay, a Scrabble-like electronic feature that represents its first designed multiplayer game. It becomes the website’s 11th game, joining a lineup of puzzles that were collectively played over 11.2 billion times in 2025.
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Games like Wordle: Here's 15 more daily word games to satisfy your puzzle cravings

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Mike Kemp / Contributor Playing games like Wordle is a great ...