Last month, The New York Times acquired Wordle, the popular word game online. However, some fans said that there might be some problems with the acquisition. It turns out that their hunches were correct.
According to the recent report, some players experienced being redirected to the website of NYT. The issue just got worse when some users said that they could not see their current win streaks. Instead, they saw that their game progress has been reset.
New York Times Fixes 'Wordle' Issue
HOUSTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 12: In this photo illustration, the word game Wordle is shown a mobile phone on January 12, 2022 in Houston, Texas. The online word game Wordle has gone viral after initially gaining momentum in October of 2021. Created by software engineer Josh Wardle, the game now has more than 2.7 million players.
NYTimes tweeted out on Thursday, Feb. 10 that they were aware of the issue. According to its post on Twitter, the Games team has immediately investigated the problem.
Hi Wordlers! We are aware that your "current streak" has been reset today. Our Games team is currently investigating. Stay tuned for more #Wordle updates.
— New York Times Games (@NYTGames) February 10, 2022
A spokesperson from the New York Times told CNET through email that the team has already identified the issue regarding the win streak calculation.
At around 2:30 PM ET, NYT was able to test redirecting the traffic to the official site of the game. They finally spotted the real cause of the issue.
Shortly after discovering the root of the problem, NYT released a "Wordle" fix at around 7 PM ET. The Times urged the players to visit the page upon addressing the solution.
For those who entered the "Wordle" site between 2:30 and 7 PM ET, the NYT spokesperson said that their workers would now "shift focus" on the existing issue. This way, the possible "lose streaks" will be avoided.
"We are seeing promising indicators that all other statistics were successfully transferred for a majority of our users," a spokesperson reached out to CNET.
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New 'Wordle' Link Taken Down?
In another report by The Verge, one of its writers tested the game if it is working well at the moment. The tech site said that one of its members was able to see the win streak and game stats on the old page.
According to the story, the writer accessed the old URL of "Wordle" and arrived at the NYT's version. Despite this scenario, some players were able to access the original game and view their stats.
In addition, The Verge found out that an assistant managing editor from NYT has earlier posted a tweet regarding the new URL. However, it was immediately taken down after some moments.
Wordle Saves a Life of Chicago Woman
This week, one of the most bizarre news related to "Wordle" caught the attention of Tech Times. According to the news story that we have seen, an elderly woman from Chicago was saved from the intruder who infiltrated her house one night.
According to the woman, a naked and bloody suspect entered through the window. The man asked the lady to clean him up and promised that he won't do anything bad to the victim if his request would be granted.
Right away, the daughter of the 80-year-old woman was alerted when she did not receive a "Wordle" update from her mother. From there, she grew suspicious and immediately contacted the police to go to their house.
Meanwhile, Twitter officially banned a "Wordle" bot Wordlinator last month. The said bot reportedly gave the users hints for the next word of the day.
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Written by Joseph Henry
