NBA Star Accused of Wordle Cheating, Blames New York Times
A few keen-eyed Wordle players have recently accused NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns of cheating in the web-based word game. In response, the Minnesota Timberwolves center blamed The New York Times' recent acquisition of Wordle for creating some confusion on exactly which answer his post was referring too.
Wordle became a viral sensation early on in 2022 and its popularity has only increased in the time since. The title has already spawned off several clones of varying themes and some of the more intense players have taken extreme measures to figure out what are the most effective words to use based off of the game's code. Even celebrities and star athletes are getting in on the action and those that share their results can sometimes find themselves under intense scrutiny.
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was a recent target of the Wordle community after the NBA star shared his results for Wordle 237. A few players who understand the game's mechanics on a deeper and much more intense level commented that it was impossible for Towns to correctly guess the answer on his third attempt given the results of his first two tries. The NBA star took some time to respond to these accusations by claiming that his game showed it as 237 when the post in question was actually for Wordle 236. Towns shared his full 236 guesses as further proof and chalked it up to The New York Times' takeover of the game as the cause for the miscommunication. He did not successfully guess the right answer for 237.
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