Wordle chaos! Here’s why the popular puzzle game had two answers this week and how to fix it.

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Did The New York Times just ruin Wordle? Thankfully, no. When the popular puzzle game was purchased by the news media company in January for a low seven-figure sum, the deal came with promises that there would be “no changes” to Wordle’s gameplay after the move. But that appeared to be no longer be true this week when a number of Wordle addicts discovered they were getting different solutions than others who were playing the same day’s puzzle as they were. If that’s the case, this could have destroyed one of Wordle’s key selling points. After all, the joy in Wordle isn’t just guessing the five-letter word in under six tries — it’s sharing your results on social media and comparing how well you did with others.

Spoilers below for Wordle puzzle 284 on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

On Wednesday, however, many Wordle players discovered the solution to their puzzle was different than others who played the same game, Wordle No. 284.

For some, the winning word was “stove” but for others, it was “harry.” The latter is not referring to a person’s name, we should note, but rather the somewhat outdated word that means to “persistently harass” or to “torment by a constant attack.”

Wordle players were surprised to find they had a different solution to their puzzle than others and took to social media to complain. Some noted they had experienced this problem before, indicating the game as they knew it had changed. The Wall St. Journal, for example, pointed out this issue had come up previously with game No. 241 when some users had the solution “agora” and others got “aroma.”

But as it turns out, The New York Times isn’t changing how Wordle operates. (Whew!)

Instead, the company told TechCrunch it did remove a few more obscure words from the