Wordle's Prototype Word List Contains Extremely Obscure Words

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While Wordle offers a challenge to even the most studied linguists, the game's word list once included even more obscure words. The web-based puzzle tasks players with deducing a five-letter word through trial and error, with a new solution offered every day. While there have been many difficult words in Wordlesince the title launched in October 2021, there are some five-letter English words that were deemed too difficult for the game.

While software engineer Josh Wardle created and released Wordle in 2021, the creative puzzle was purchased by The New York Times at the beginning of 2022. The objective of the game is to guess a five-letter word in only six tries, with each incorrect guess telling players which letters were correct and whether they were in the right position. The web-based title presents just one solution per day, and the solution is the same for every player. This has transformed Wordle into a social experience, leading to scenarios like Pokimane's Wordle fail on Twitch where spectators already know the solution.

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Wordle's five-letter solutions offer a challenge to players, but Axios writer and Twitter user <a href=«https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1507117297336348681?ref_src=» https: screenrant.com target="_blank" rel=«noopener noreferrer»>Stephen Totilo

 reports that the game could have been substantially harder. Creator Josh Wardle recently spoke at San Francisco's Game Developers Conference, and he detailed an early version of the game created in 2013. While Wordle's user interface was largely the same, the game's list of solutions originally included extremely esoteric five-letter words like «yrneh» and «bwazi.» A report