Wordle has become pretentious – it’s not much fun anymore

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When I tweeted about how I feel Wordle has changed, I was baffled to receive so many aggressive messages by people who felt personally affronted, many of whom accused me of holding bias against The NYT and many who suggested that I go and I used to pride myself on my vocabulary, having scored very highly in spelling bees and verbal aptitude tests throughout my life, so this did sting a little! Yes, I should go and I’ve read The NYT’s statement where they assure users that they haven’t changed the word list, but that does not mean that the design of each game hasn’t changed. To keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment, sign up to our free weekly Voices Dispatches newsletter by clicking here I have always loved The NYT and I subscribe to it faithfully too, so anyone saying that my scepticism is rooted in some underlying anger against the publication is completely wrong. As we have just started Wordle’s transition to The Times website, we are still in the process of removing those words from the game play.” So, these are the changes we know about.