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 might the mere presence of an individual actually change it? Oh, how naive I used to be! 4 days later, I acquired 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 telephone, 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 gentle. (Two days later got here CLEAN. Harrumph.)
People (FOLKS), I are not looking for a punny Wordle. Wordle shouldn’t be cutesy, or themed, and even ironic. Wordle ought to keep laborious and bizarre. No hints! Particularly no thematic hints! Folks on Twitter ought to submit their scores, and we should always be capable to scoff privately. Haha, what a loser; it took him 4 guesses! When the phrase is FEAST, you then should marvel: 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 hundreds of individuals play. And, I might wager, why the Instances eagerly shelled out within the “low seven figures” for it. The power to guess the Wordle primarily based on context clues that might enchantment to Andy Borowitz is soul-crushing. Or, on the very least, fairly annoying.