Wordle Players Voice Disgruntled Opinions of Change Since NY Times Purchase – Read the Tweets

Do YOU play Wordle every day? I do. Today I actually had a mini bug-out session that I wasn’t going to get the word (I haven’t missed one in my 30 games so far, thank you). If you’ve felt the same feeling lately you’re not alone. Wordle Nation has been tweeting up a storm since the New York Times purchased the game because “Wordle has gotten too hard.”

Do you agree? Or do you think this is a society used to participation trophies buckling when the pressure is turned up slightly. Let us know your thoughts in the comments and check out some tweets from actual disgruntled players below:

Did New York Times Make Wordle 'Too Hard?': The Tweets

• "I ain't playing no more."

  ever since NYTimes bought Wordle, the game got a lil too hard. I ain’t playing no more. this embarrassing score. I had to use two diff browsers for extra guess and still barely got the word pic.twitter.com/qoFiUpPdmL

  — . (@lisaIiveson) February 14, 2022

• "More stress"

  The New York Times deciding that everyone's day needed a *little* more stress by upping the Wordle stakes.

  — Rob O'Hanrahan (@RobOHanrahan) February 14, 2022

• "Ruined"

  So we all agree that @nytimes ruined Wordle, right?

  — ✨💕❤️💀👄 (@iamelizabitch) February 14, 2022

• "I used to feel clever"

  Why is New York Times making #wordle so hard, I used to feel clever!

  — Victoria Finch (@Victoria__Finch) February 14, 2022

• "I play for FUN"

  I’m going to be brave and say this. Since switching to New York Times, Wordle has been too hard.
  
  I don’t play this game for hard, I play for FUN

  — Anna Tobkin (@annatobkin) February 14, 2022

• "Not even fun anymore"

  Ok that wordle was TOO hard. They should’ve never let the New York Times buy it because it’s not even fun anymore

  — just cam (@itscambodia) February 14, 2022

• "Difficult for my small brain"

  just found out i wasn’t the only one who found today’s wordle hard (i’m blaming the new york times for making it so difficult for my small brain)

  — l e a h 🤍◟̽◞̽ (@leahlambertt) February 11, 2022

• "Hard mode" switched ON

  I think they turned on hard mode when they switch wordle to the New York Times

  — Steven Wagers (@swagers528) February 14, 2022

• "Since they bought the game I haven't known peace"

  Ok. so did The New York Times make Wordle extra hard?!!! Ever since they bought the game i haven’t known peace.

  — cleo carter. (@_CleoCarter_) February 14, 2022

• "Wordle is everyman's word game"

  @nytimes Leave it to the word snobs at the New York Times to ruin Wordle. Wordle is everyman's word game. Super hard words are not the menu. This is not the Sunday crossword puzzle.

  — will (@willieboy44) February 12, 2022

• Cruel punishment

  todays wordle should be used to punish war criminals, that was so hard pic.twitter.com/1S5PvYMv8w

  — scott (@scottpitcherr) February 12, 2022