Wordle became a surprise hit during this past January due to many things--it's touching origin story (creator Josh Wardle made the program for his partner), low commitment, easy shareability, and the absence of a price tag. However, that last quality--zero cost for playing--will very likely not last long. The New York Times has purchased Wordle and while it'll remain free «initially,» you're going to have to pay-to-play eventually.
Luckily, as discovered by multiple individuals on Twitter, you can save the whole game and have it for free forever. It's very easy to do so: right-click and choose save-as «Webpage, Complete.» Now when you click wherever you saved it on your desktop, the game should open. I did the above instructions for mac, but if you're on PC, the procedure should be similar.
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NYT says Wordle will stay free """«initially»""" which we all know means it'll be paywalled very quickly Anyway I downloaded the javascript and copy-pasted relevant HTML into my own file so I can run it locally for free forever. You can just do that, if you want
I made a video to show how to save the source code of Wordle locally — to your computer — so you can run this happy game as a local web archive (free) FORVER. This will only work on desktop.
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