An nameless reader quotes a report from Slate, written by Lizzie O’Leary: When the New York Instances introduced, on November 7, that Wordle would have an editor, I did not give it a lot thought. How a lot may the mere presence of an individual actually change it? Oh, how naive I used to be! 4 days later, I received my reply. And that reply was MEDAL. MEDAL? On November eleventh? Wait a minute — was the Instances punning with its Wordle on Veterans Day? Hmm. I used to be prepared to chalk it as much as a coincidence, till November twenty third, the day earlier than Thanksgiving, one of many busiest journey days of the yr when DRIVE appeared. I tapped angrily on my cellphone, muttering to myself. After which, on the day of the vacation itself? FEAST. This — this was an excessive amount of. My treasured thoughts awakener had gone tender. (Two days later got here CLEAN. Harrumph.)
People (FOLKS), I don’t want a punny Wordle. Wordle shouldn’t be cutesy, or themed, and even ironic. Wordle ought to keep onerous and bizarre. No hints! Particularly no thematic hints! Individuals on Twitter ought to publish their scores, and we must always be capable to scoff privately. Haha, what a loser; it took him 4 guesses! When the phrase is FEAST, you then should surprise: Did he deliberately take 4 guesses in order to not seem lame?? Wordle’s very randomness is what makes it so nice! It is why 1000’s of individuals play. And, I would wager, why the Instances eagerly shelled out within the “low seven figures” for it. The flexibility to guess the Wordle based mostly on context clues that will enchantment to Andy Borowitz is soul-crushing. Or, on the very least, fairly annoying.
