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It's probably a similar user base to the daily NYT mini crossword. I can imagine it having a similar pay structure too -- free daily, paid archive.
by yupper32 5y ago
It's probably a similar user base to the daily NYT mini crossword. I can imagine it having a similar pay structure too -- free daily, paid archive.
- zimpenfish 5y ago> It's probably a similar user base to the daily NYT mini crossword. I would bet there's not a lot of overlap - Wordle is pretty much the antithesis of a crossword to me. Small number of guesses, each guess gives you more information towards the answer, and it's probably no more than 5 minutes for a game.
- yupper32 5y agoI spend more time on the daily Wordle than the daily NYT mini crossword. NYT mini crossword is often a 30-40 second game. And my comment was totally anecdotal. Everyone that I know that does the NYT crosswords also does Wordle.
- lokar 5y agoSame here
- spelunker 5y agoStill a word game, so it probably resonates with the same crowd. Just a guess though.
- ziml77 5y agoAbsolutely. It's not the same sort of challenge as a crossword puzzle, but that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable to have a different kind of word game. Also, I don't get GP's point about each guess giving more info. Filling in crossword answers also gives more info for everything it crosses.
- zimpenfish 5y ago> Filling in crossword answers also gives more info Yeah, fair point, but... > for everything it crosses. Whereas in Wordle, every step is more info about the single answer - much more efficient. But I definitely should have worded it better - you're absolutely correct.
- banana_giraffe 5y agoNYT does also have some simpler games, like basic pattern matching. They might view Wordle as a good gateway from those to the mini crossword.
- tshaddox 5y agoThe main difference is that with Wordle there is very little "marginal creativity" required for each new puzzle. It's literally just another 5-letter word.