在 Hacker News 上看到「The New York Times Buys Wordle」這篇,紐約時報買下 Wordle,Hacker News 上的討論「The New York Times buys Wordle (nytimes.com)」裡面有在討論商業模式之類的事情,另外因為紐約時報的報導放在 paywall 裡面,所以另外提供 Internet Archive 的版本可以看:「The New York Times Buys Wordle」。
這邊就不介紹 Wordle 了,在中文版的維基百科上面有條目可以看說明:「Wordle」,玩過幾天後我就放掉了...
紐約時報買 Wordle 的價錢沒有詳細透露,只有說大約是 million 等級的價錢:
Wordle was purchased from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price “in the low seven figures,” The Times said. The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.
但後續的動作就不知道了,也許是整合 word puzzle,也許是藉此延伸 social network?