Wordle's NYT Change Allows You To Cheat A Perfect Score

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Some players have found a way to cheat their stats in the popular one-a-day word guessing game Wordle. Many users began sharing their daily scores and personal statistics through various social media platforms earlier this year as a badge of honor. The game has gained so much popularity since its inception in October 2021, that the New York Times purchased the game from designer Josh Wardle.

Wordle is a puzzle game where the player tries to guess a new five-letter word each day. The players get six guesses in total, with each guess giving hints as to what letters are correct. The game will turn a letter yellow if it is in the word, but not in the correct spot, green if the letter is in the correct spot, or gray if the letter isn't in the word at all.

Related: Every Way Wordle Is Different After Moving To The New York Times

With the move to the New York Times, there are a few glitches that are getting noticed by users. NYT has removed profane words from Wordle and words using foreign spellings like “FIBRE” are the main differences. However, one major change that was likely unintentional is the ability to cheat a perfect score every day.

Before the change, a Wordle player could always simply look up the word from other users that already completed the puzzle that day. However, now there is a way to beat the system while still actually playing the game. The user can also pad their stats by showing several perfect scores in a single day.

A user can start by opening an incognito window and playing Wordle like normal to find the word of the day. Then if the player opens several tabs on their browser and goes to the Wordle website on each tab, they can enter in the word on the first attempt on each tab and the stats will count