Merriam-Webster Acquires Wordle Clone Quordle (techcrunch.com) 12
Merriam-Webster, the Encyclopaedia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. TechCrunch reports: Little fanfare has been made around the acquisition, but the Quordle website now redirects to its own space on the Merriam-Webster website, while Quordle creator Freddie Meyer quietly issued this statement at the top of the Quordle tutorial section: "I'm delighted to announce that Quordle was acquired by Merriam-Webster! I can't think of a better home for this game. Lots of new features and fun to come, so stay tuned!"
Quordle is one of a number of knock-offs that emerged in the wake of Wordle's rise to world fame. Wordle, for the uninitiated, is a simple web-based game that gives users six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with color-coded clues served as feedback if they get any of the letters correct. [...] Quordle, for its part, builds on the basic Wordle concept, except there are four five-letter words to guess at once, with just nine tries. Each guess must be a genuine word, and each guess applies to each of the four words -- the tiles change color to tell the user which guesses are correct, and whether a letter exists in that word but in a different position.
Quordle is one of a number of knock-offs that emerged in the wake of Wordle's rise to world fame. Wordle, for the uninitiated, is a simple web-based game that gives users six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with color-coded clues served as feedback if they get any of the letters correct. [...] Quordle, for its part, builds on the basic Wordle concept, except there are four five-letter words to guess at once, with just nine tries. Each guess must be a genuine word, and each guess applies to each of the four words -- the tiles change color to tell the user which guesses are correct, and whether a letter exists in that word but in a different position.
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This site is "nerds for nerds", and Quordle, Octordle, and others are pretty popular among the nerds here.
Add the twist that these started off as hobby projects by nerds and are getting bought left and right by fairly well established corporations. I think the attraction to reading articles like this is living vicariously through the experience of who we might consider our peers.
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"nerds for nerds" sound like it would be a very disappointing dating site.
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yea. that's was a weird thinko. I probably shouldn't post while in a meeting.
From a new Constitution: "By the nerds, For the nerds, Of the nerds."
Billboard above an adult lounge: "Nerds, Nerds, Nerd. Wednesdays Only"
The new Nerd testament: "For Flying Spaghetti Monster so loved the nerds that he/she/they gave his/hers/their one and only Meatball, that whoever believes in him/her/them shall not perish but have eternal nerdiness."
From an English play, Nerdtony and Cleopatra: "If I lose mine pocket protector,
Big News! (Score:2)
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Bit late now (Score:2)
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I never cared, but I still see a couple people posting about their victories on faceboot so clearly people are still playing.
Quordle is too easy (Score:3)
Octordle (Rescue) provides a good challenge. It's difficult to beat even once if you're new to the game.
https://octordle.com/free-resc... [octordle.com]
Fair is Fair (Score:2)
Quordle is one of a number of knock-offs that emerged in the wake of Wordle's rise to world fame.
In the same way, Wordle is a knock-off of Mastermind. Part of the joy of not being able to copyright the rules to games.
Two days... (Score:2)
is the amount of time it would take a computer science major to write this software as a class assignment.