The New York Times answers today's timely Wordle question 'unintentionally'


Despite the fact that "amend", is not the five-letter solution to today's Wordle, it's the name of what New York Times used in modifying the popular word puzzle after Monday's original choice was too closely linked to "a significant recent incident".

Fans of the word game should know that there will be spoilers if they don't participate in today's Wordle.

Social media players realized something was amiss when their solutions to Monday's puzzle did not match the answers that their parents, friends, and spouses had given them.

One fan said, "My wife gets SHINE, and I get FETUS" during Wordle #324.

The New York Times obtained the basic puzzle that allows players predict a five letter word in six attempts earlier in the year. It then provided an explanation in an article entitled "A Note about Today's Wordle Game" (A note About wordle today Game).

Wordle continues to entertain millions every day. However, the magazine published a short article shortly after 12:01 a.m. ET stated that the magazine had "continued to encounter problems" since the transition to The Times' infrastructure.

Some users might be presented with an outdated response that is closely related to an important current news item, such as today. The statement states that "This is totally unintended and a coincident - today’s original response was put into Wordle last Year."

The New York Times didn't go into details about the "outdated" solution. However, the initial response of "fetus" seems to be closely associated with a major news event. Last week, Politico published a draft judgment. The Supreme Court appeared to be looking at overturning Roe v. Wade. This 1973 landmark decision protected abortion rights.

The New York Times said that the solution was to appear in dialogue with the headlines. "We want you to emphasize that this is an exceptional situation."

According to the New York Times, Wordle wants to be different from the news. Wordle's goal is to entertain and escape its readers.

The New York Times bought Wordle in January 2022. Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based software programmer, created the word guessing game to amuse his girlfriend. However, it quickly gained popularity and spread across the internet.

This is not the first time that something has gone wrong in a shift from an independent gaming game. You could have been confused by the two correct answers if you had played on the Times' website in February 2022 or the original link.

The New York Times also changed the solutions list by omitting terms like "slave", "wench" from the list.

According to the New York Times, the link that links today's five-letter answer with the new one was found a week ago and a new word was selected as a replacement. The modification was not reflected in all solvers due to "current Wordle technology".

It is unclear why some people continue to get "fetus", instead of "shine," despite the change. Participants pushed the refresh button in their browsers to see the difference in results.

The newspaper stated that "if you have refreshed your browser window you won't get the older version," We know that not everyone will agree to refresh their browsers, so they will have to fix an outdated problem.

The journal stated that it is working to prevent similar mistakes from happening in the future. The New York Times stated that Wordle's system is being updated to ensure everyone receives the same word.

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