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At one point earlier this year, Wordle dominated the internet and filled your Twitter feed with colorful squares. And while today it’s not nearly the cultural phenomenon it once was, it’s still very popular, and to capitalize on that, Hasbro is creating a board game based on Wordle that will be released later this year.
As reported by CNN, Wordle: The Party Game is a physical board party game designed to emulate the gameplay experience of the original puzzle game that swept the world earlier this year. According to Hasbro, this game came together faster than most other board games, taking less than a year to fully plan and develop. It will be released on October 1st and can be pre-ordered today.
Wordle: The Party Game supports multiplayer, co-op, and several different modes, including a classic mode that recreates the original Wordle gameplay, along with a faster mode that limits time and word guessing.
The party game will come with transparent yellow and green tiles so you can mark the correct letters and placement just like in the original game. Players will use dry erase boards and markers to make guesses and come up with the word. The board game also comes with an official word list from the owners of Wordle, the New York Times. Although you can also use any words you want, assuming they are five letters long.
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Hasbro tells CNN it expects Wordle: The Party Game to target a bit more of the same audience as other popular word-based board games like Scrabble and Boggle.
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“We know that these games are played by a slightly older audience, young people and adults,” Hasbro told CNN. “But we want to make sure there’s an avenue for younger players because we know a lot of families like to bond over games.”
Wordle: The Party Game can also be played more than once per day, unless you and your friends want to keep it authentic and only play one match every 24 hours. Look, I’m not here to judge you or your friends and how you all play games together, okay?
The board game port of Wordle comes out on October 1st and will be available on Amazon and Hasbro, as well as stores like Walmart and Target for $20. Once it’s out, you can probably use some of our Wordle tips to help you win and finally put Grandpa in his place.
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