He originally made it for his partner, but released it to the public in October.

Wordle was created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn software engineer. There will also be multiple play options, including classic, fast, timed, or teams, Hasbro and New York Times Games said. One player picks a random five-letter word, and the others try to guess it. The board game will give players the opportunity to play against others, and play as much as they want. The drawback is that it can only be played once per day. Gray squares mean the letters are not in that day’s word. If it turns yellow, the letter is in the word but in the incorrect spot. If a square turns green, it’s the right letter in the right place.

In the free online version, players get six tries to guess a five-letter word with only the previous guess providing clues. “We’re beyond thrilled to work with New York Times Games to bring our gaming worlds together and extend Wordle in new ways.”

“Since Wordle burst onto the scene, it’s undoubtedly been a staple in social and pop culture vocabulary,” Adam Biehl, Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based Hasbro’s general manager of gaming said in a statement. and The New York Times - which purchased Wordle earlier this year - announced Thursday that Wordle: The Party Game will be available for purchase in North America in October, with preorders already being accepted. The company that makes some of the world’s most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game.

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