Is your Wordle answer different from others? Know what NYT just did and how to fix it
In the last few days, many regular players of the game have taken to social media to complain about receiving a different Wordle answer compared to the majority. The most recent culprit in this was Wordle 324 on Monday, where players were greeted with one of the two different answers to the puzzle, creating confusion. It led to the New York Times to issue a statement explaining the reason behind this chaos and apologizing for it. The NYT also shared a tip that can potentially stop this glitch from happening to users. So, what is behind the mystery of multiple Wordle answers on the same day and how to fix it? Read on to find out.
Ever since the game was acquired by the NYT, the publication has been quite hands-on with the answer list of the game. There were six different instances in the past where it pulled out a word and replaced it with another. But why is the American publication house doing it? It appears that the reason behind removal of certain words has to do with certain connotations around the word or due to the word playing a role in real world conflicts. For instance, the word SLAVE was removed from the game due to the racist connotation of the word associated with the African-American citizens of US.
On Monday, another word was pulled from the game. The word in this instance was FETUS, and given the circumstances in US around abortion laws, the word was deemed too controversial to be kept in the game, although the timing of the word appearing was purely coincidental. The Wordle answer was replaced with SHINE, however not everyone got the new answer. And this is where the confusion began.
Paige, a Twitter user, wrote, “I HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT WORDLE WORD THAN EVERYONE ELSE TWO DAYS IN A ROW. @nytimes THIS ISN’T
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