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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Sophie Collins

Wordle may not be free for much longer after New York Times buy it

The New York Times has bought the popular online game, Wordle, and now there are suggestions that users will be charged to play in future.

The number one ranked game in Ireland and further afield at the moment became too “overwhelming” to run according to its software engineer Josh Wardle.

The game provides a daily puzzle throwing up a five-letter word that players then have just six chances to guess.

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