Wordle has exploded in popularity since The New York Times purchased the word game from its creator, Josh Wardle, in early 2022. The 1,000th Wordle game was played in early 2024, and it still retains a large audience. Now, the New York Times has revealed which word tripped up millions of Wordle players in 2024.
According to Today, 5.6 million Wordle streaks ended on October 15, 2024. The word chosen for that day was “corer,” which can refer to either a knife that’s used for coring fruits or a large hollow cylindrical drill/tube that’s primarily made for extracting samples of rocks or dirt from the ground or the ocean floor.
The outcome of that puzzle doesn’t seem to have had an adverse affect on Wordle’s numbers. The New York Times even debuted a math version of Wordle last year, which is called Digits. That game invites players to use six numbers or digits to reach a single set number as the final result. Players can choose whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide their numbers as needed as long as the correct result is reached.
Versions of Wordle were also found in other titles last year including a more humorous take on the game from Exploding Kittens. Star Wars Outlaws even had its own Wordle variant. More recently, a fan-made mod added Wordle to Fallout: New Vegas as an alternative way to hack terminals. It should be fun to see if Wordle will pop up in any other games in 2025.
