I think it's the look and feel that upset NYT, but it's probably the list of words that they used to shut it down. A random list of words is still part of the c

I think it's the look and feel that upset NYT, but it's probably the list of words that they used to shut it down. A random list of words is still part of the copyright (even if you reorder them, I think). I don't think there's much NYT can do about someone creating a functionally identical game with a slightly different list of words.