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Original Wordle website is shutting down tomorrow so save your streaks-Michael Beckwith-Entertainment – Metro
As of June 9, The New York Times website will be the only place to play Wordle, with the original website shutting down.
Been avoiding playing Wordle via The New York Times? Tomorrow, you won’t have a choice (pic: Getty Images)
As of June 9, The New York Times website will be the only place to play Wordle, with the original website shutting down.
It’s the end of an era. While The New York Times bought popular puzzle game Wordle to host it on its own website, you could still access it through the original link set up by its creator, Josh Wardle.
It was a welcome option since it meant long-time players could keep their win streaks and avoid the invisible ad tracking software on The New York Times’ website.
Four months later, however, and that original Wordle website will soon be no more. Starting tomorrow, it will be shut down and The New York Times will become the only place to play it.
The New York Times Games Twitter account shared a warning about this last week and has recently posted a reminder for anyone who may not be aware of the change.
It’s not exactly hard to miss, however. Visiting the original website brings up a warning message that the link will expire on June 9 and a link to The New York Times website appears before loading up the daily puzzle.
The link’s expiration will take your Wordle statistics with it, which is annoying for anyone who has consistently played it and maintained a strong winning streak.
There’s no official means of transferring your stats to The New York Times website, but there is a third party tool that can do the job. Plus, The New York Times itself has promoted its use.
Created by one Seth Michael Larson, the transfer tool has been available since February (shortly after Wordle was sold to The New York Times) and requires you to manually input your stats so they can be transferred.
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You can find it here and it comes with all the instructions needed to make it work. Or you can just make up your stats and pretend you’re the best Wordle player in the world. No one can stop you.
It doesn’t work with any other Wordle clones, like Quordle or Octordle, although those games likely aren’t going anywhere. Assuming The New York Times doesn’t buy them too.
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