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0 pointsyupper324y ago0 comments

It's probably a similar user base to the daily NYT mini crossword. I can imagine it having a similar pay structure too -- free daily, paid archive.

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zimpenfish4y ago· 5 in thread

> It's probably a similar user base to the daily NYT mini crossword.

I would bet there's not a lot of overlap - Wordle is pretty much the antithesis of a crossword to me. Small number of guesses, each guess gives you more information towards the answer, and it's probably no more than 5 minutes for a game.

yupper32OP4y ago

I spend more time on the daily Wordle than the daily NYT mini crossword. NYT mini crossword is often a 30-40 second game.

And my comment was totally anecdotal. Everyone that I know that does the NYT crosswords also does Wordle.

lokar4y ago

Same here

banana_giraffe4y ago

NYT does also have some simpler games, like basic pattern matching. They might view Wordle as a good gateway from those to the mini crossword.

spelunker4y ago

Still a word game, so it probably resonates with the same crowd. Just a guess though.

ziml774y ago

Absolutely. It's not the same sort of challenge as a crossword puzzle, but that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable to have a different kind of word game.

Also, I don't get GP's point about each guess giving more info. Filling in crossword answers also gives more info for everything it crosses.

The main difference is that with Wordle there is very little "marginal creativity" required for each new puzzle. It's literally just another 5-letter word.

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