Wordle's official board game gives me the fear

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My family is obsessed with Wordle. Their love for the five-letter-word guessing game has become so strong that we've had to create a separate family Whatsapp group for it. Now, Wordle owner The New York Times has partnered with Hasbro to make it into a real-world tabletop game - and I think I might have excuse myself from every family gathering going forward, because I know that someone's inevitably going to buy this for someone's Christmas or birthday present in the future, and it's going to be all they ever want to do and talk about. Help.

At the moment, I think I'm safe. "Wordle: The Party Game", as it's going to be called, is currently only scheduled to launch in North America so far, with a release date of October 1st. Priced at $20, pre-orders are open now if you feel so inclined. Here's hoping the extra $10 shipping fee to get it to the UK is enough to dissuade my siblings from importing it.

Like the online version of Wordle, the board game will see players guessing the letters of a five-letter word set by a member of your party. There are dozens of little yellow and green squares for the host to dole out for correct guesses, and each round ends after six tries, or sooner if someone gets the right answer. All the boards are dry-erase, too, so you can use them multiple times, and an official word list will be included too - presumably reusing lots of past Wordle answers compiled by The New York Times to help give people ideas.

However, there's also going to be a team version, which will see two people playing on a single board against another pair of players, guessing the word picked by their opponents.

"We know people love to have game night and have their friends over to play games. They're social experiences,