That number was whittled down to 2,309 by the NYT after it bought Wordle in January 2022, and then increased by an unknown amount over the next couple of years, with the addition of solutions such as SNAFU (game #659) and OOMPH (#1662).

Wordle represents a rare phenomenon in the digital age: a simple, minimalist game that achieved global popularity without aggressive marketing,

Researchers at Unscramblerer.com found the hardest words to guess in 2025 for the New York Times' word-guessing game, Wordle, for both the U.S. and in Michigan. Some Michigan residents may even recall the word with some distaste, because they likely needed ...