The New York Times has decided to remove today’s predicted Wordle response in case players think its appearance is an attempt by the newspaper to refer to a “major recent news event.”
We will mention the word itself below.
However, the New York Times can’t influence Wordle’s list of upcoming answers (all pre-programmed in-game months in advance) if you don’t refresh your browser window. This means that some players will still see the removed word today.
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The removed word is “fetus” – although anyone with a recently updated word list will see a replacement answer.
Anticipating the questions and headlines about the change, the New York Times published a blog post today, emphasizing its decision to remove the word and explaining why those who do not update their browser windows will still see it.
The blog post does not mention the word itself, nor does it explain the “important recent news event” to which the change came in response. However, it is clear that this is due to the recently expired and highly controversial plans of the US Supreme Court to overturn Rowe against Wade, a 50-year sentence that upholds the right of women to abortion.
“Some users may see an outdated response that seems closely related to a major recent news event,” the New York Times reported. “It’s a completely unintentional coincidence – today’s original answer was uploaded to Wordle last year.
“At the New York Times Games, we take our role as a place to have fun and escape, and we want Wordle to stay separate from the news.
“But with Wordle’s current technology, it can be difficult to change words that have already been loaded into the game. When we discovered last week that this particular word would be presented today, we changed it to as many crucial tasks as possible. ”
The New York Times went on to say that this was a “very unusual circumstance” – although it is still working to avoid a repeat in the future, through an updated version of the game that will ensure that everyone always gets the same word. “.
In the last week, two video game developers have spoken out about plans by the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Psychonaciology studio Double Fine said the court risks “denying people their human rights and directly affecting the lives, freedoms and choices of everyone in this country”. Meanwhile, the producer of Destiny Bungie called it a “direct attack on human rights.”
Back in February, Wordle included two possible words – after the New York Times decided to pull out the list of answers to the game to remove some that it considered too vague or offensive.
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