New York Times Changes Today's Wordle at the Last Minute Due to Recent News

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If you have not played Wordle today, the New York Times just released a statement about today’s word, and why your word might be different from other users who have already played. Spoiler: the original Wordle word for today was “fetus.” Due to the Roe v Wade/Supreme Court news about abortions in the United States, the New York Times, who now owns the game, quickly tried to change the word after the word was already live. Click inside to read the statement… The Times released a statement saying, “Wordle continues to delight millions of people every day, but as we move it over to The Times’s technology, we have continued to discover challenges.” They continued, “Today, for example, some users may see an outdated answer that seems closely connected to a major recent news event.

This is entirely unintentional and a coincidence — today’s original answer was loaded into Wordle last year.” “At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news.

But because of the current Wordle technology, it can be difficult to change words that have already been loaded into the game.

When we discovered last week that this particular word would be featured today, we switched it for as many solvers as possible.” They added, “You won’t receive the outdated version if you have refreshed your browser window.