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Words aren't, but their specific selection can be. As it was in this case. (Not a lawyer.) Some mapping companies "invent" non-existing streets on their maps t

• zinekeller 5y ago
  There's a nuance there though, in Europe while there's probably no copyright on the words per se, they have a separate but related database rights (which exactly sounds what you think). The design and feel of the site is probably unarguably copyrighted though. While other clones could argue that Wordle is actually a derivation from a much older game, it won't probably help if the design, feel, "dress" and colours are one-to-one to the original thing.