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Yes. Apparently, it was one of the first things the NY Times did when they purchased it. Edit: It was trademarked only. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30
by dkonofalski 5y ago
Yes. Apparently, it was one of the first things the NY Times did when they purchased it.
Edit: It was trademarked only. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30378491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30378491
- Apocryphon 5y agoIn other languages as well? And then why isn't the Times DMCA'ing all of the more straightforward English Wordle clones out there right now? Based on the screenshots, it also looks like this whole app rejection process took place prior to the NYT purchase.
- dkonofalski 5y agoI would imagine that it's unique to Wordle right now because of recency. There were probably a deluge of Wordle-clones that were submitted to the App Store recently to capitalize and take advantage of both the buzz and the name.