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BrandonFG

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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2022, 08:47:57 PM »
As of this morning 2/23, Wordle has expanded, now offering daily 4-, 5- and 6-letter words.
Effort to avoid a potential lawsuit with the new Lingo coming back this summer?
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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2022, 10:57:34 PM »
Effort to avoid a potential lawsuit with the new Lingo coming back this summer?

Oh, I'd love to see that lawsuit. You definitely have a case for prior art between Jotto and the board game Mastermind.
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BrandonFG

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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2022, 11:05:31 PM »
Oh I don't see anyone having enough legal grounds, but I could see the NYT telling the developers to add more words just in case a Lionel Hutz-type lawyer gets hungry enough.
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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2022, 11:18:04 PM »
As of this morning 2/23, Wordle has expanded, now offering daily 4-, 5- and 6-letter words.

Has it? I played today, and BLOKE was the only word available.

That wasn't the 5-letter word I had today...

Kevin Prather

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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2022, 01:13:08 AM »
As of this morning 2/23, Wordle has expanded, now offering daily 4-, 5- and 6-letter words.

Has it? I played today, and BLOKE was the only word available.

That wasn't the 5-letter word I had today...

Apparently some people get a different word. Vanna White accidentally spoiled the solution on Twitter a couple days ago, and it wasn't the word I had.

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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2022, 12:31:10 PM »
What word you get depends on if you are still playing on the original cached URL or on the Times. There is still some overlap.
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Kevin Prather

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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #21 on: February 25, 2022, 07:40:14 PM »
What word you get depends on if you are still playing on the original cached URL or on the Times. There is still some overlap.

When I use the powerlanguage url, it redirects to the Times. Is there some cookie in play there or something?

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Re: Wordle: what other formats can be successfully ripped off?
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2022, 01:06:16 AM »
What word you get depends on if you are still playing on the original cached URL or on the Times. There is still some overlap.

When I use the powerlanguage url, it redirects to the Times. Is there some cookie in play there or something?

I honestly don't know. I just remember reading there was some farkery at work and there was two versions of the game running for a period of time. I don't even know if it's still an issue.
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