A legal battle initiated by the smash-hit word game Wordle could spell bad news for the similarly named game Worldle.
In Wordle, developed in 2021 by Josh Wardle, players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word. Wordle took off in popularity in 2022 during the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing people across the globe to compete and connect with each other by sharing scores. The game was purchased by the New York Times in 2022 for a “seven-figure sum”.
