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Ye scallywags be warned! Wordle will soon exhaust its lexicon. What scheme be next for the New York Times?

2024-04-03

Arrr, me hearties! Wordle be settin' sail for uncharted waters come 2027. The editor be ponderin' what lies beyond, but if I be captain, I'd add more puns and plunder for a jolly good time. Aye, aye, let the word games continue!

In the language of a 17th-century pirate, Wordle words like AXIOM, BAYOU, FJORD, KAYAK, PARER, and ZESTY be mighty tough to crack, matey. But avast! Tracy Bennett, the editor of Wordle, be talkin' about revisitin' the past answers list, arrr!Aye, there be only 2300+ words left in the database, but Bennett be addin' more words to the mix, aye. When the NYT took over Wordle, they removed some controversial solutions, leavin' only 2,309 words. But Bennett be throwin' in words like GUANO and SNAFU, not on the original list, savvy?Arr, mateys, if ye be worried about runnin' out of words, fear not! Bennett suggests recyclin' old words, allowin' plurals, or even addin' past tenses, arrr! But beware, me hearties, addin' too many plurals or past tenses could skew the results drastically, aye!There be other options, like includin' proper nouns or makin' the game more difficult with tricky words. So fear not, me hearties, for Wordle be sailin' on with plenty of options to keep ye puzzlin' for years to come, arrr!

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