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Wordle owner New York Times suing one-man country-guessing game Worldle

The New York Times, owner of Wordle, is suing a one-man geography-guessing alternative project named Worldle. Hit puzzl…

Newscast: Is the closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Redfall's studios a sign the Xbox Game Pass publishing model is failing? Watch on YouTube In a legal filing seen by the BBC, The New York Times accuses McDonald of "creating confusion" and taking advantage of "the enormous goodwill" of Wordle for his own project. In March, The New York Times issued a takedown notice to Reactle, a Wordle clone and code repository, which meant around 1900 other versions of the game were also taken down.

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