{"id":413033,"date":"2022-03-07T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cheating-on-wordle-up-196-since-new-york-times-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T17:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:05:56","slug":"cheating-on-wordle-up-196-since-new-york-times-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cheating-on-wordle-up-196-since-new-york-times-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cheating on Wordle up 196% since New York Times acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb5697de6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb5697de6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cheating-on-wordle-up-196-since-new-york-times-acquisition\/#%E2%80%9CCheating_on_Wordle_up_196_since_New_York_Times_acquisition%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cheating on Wordle up 196% since New York Times acquisition&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCheating_on_Wordle_up_196_since_New_York_Times_acquisition%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cheating on Wordle up 196% since New York Times acquisition&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>These are Wordle\u2019s biggest cheaters. <\/p>\n<p>Amid ongoing complaints regarding the New York Times-owned brain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u2019s alleged difficulty, weary Wordle players are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently resorting to an unfortunate tactic to beat it \u2014 cheating. <\/p>\n<p>A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wordfinderx.com\/blog\/wordle-cheat-study\/\">recent study by data compiler Wordfinderx <\/a>found that online answer searches increased 196% since the Times acquired the puzzle, in which players get five attempts to guess a new five-letter word each day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheating for the game is at an all-time high and only growing,\u201d read the study.<\/p>\n<p>The data compiler discovered the troubling trend by analyzing \u201cGoogle Trends data over the past three months\u201d to see how often\u00a0Wordlers looked up answers online, per the research.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The US state that most frequently cheated on Wordle was New Hampshire.\" class=\"wp-image-21438080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The US state that most frequently cheated on Wordle was New Hampshire.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Word Finder<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They found that in December, before the Times\u2019 acquisition in January,\u00a0Google search interest for the topic \u201ctoday\u2019s\u00a0wordle&#8217;\u201d registered a \u201c0\u201d on a scale from 0-100. However, by February 14, that number had hit 100.<\/p>\n<p>The most common of these duplicitous Wordle searches were for \u201cswill\u201d and \u201caroma\u201d which both registered 100s on the search engine\u2019s popularity scale.<\/p>\n<p>Per the research, the US state that most frequently cheated was New Hampshire with the word \u201cswill.\u201d Coincidentally, the Granite State ranked third among US states with the most Wordle prowess, per a study last week by Wordtip.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-58-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The New York Times acquired Wordle from creator Josh Wardle in January for an undisclosed seven figure sum.\" class=\"wp-image-21438033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-58-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-58-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-58-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The New York Times acquired Wordle from creator Josh Wardle in January for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ANGELA WEISS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tying for second in the deceitful decathlon were Vermont and Rhode Island, the latter of which most frequently peeked at \u201ccaulk\u201d \u2014 a Wordle of the Day that infamously stumped <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Washington DC (tacit), Massachusetts (dodge) and Maine (both dodge and tacit) placed fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s hoping they can apply the same vetting process to Sweden, which apparently boasts the highest number of Wordle wizards on earth, per the aforementioned Wordtip study.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-90-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"&quot;Cheating for the game is at an all-time high and only growing,&quot; read the study.\" class=\"wp-image-21438035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-90-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-90-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/wordle-90-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cCheating for the game is at an all-time high and only growing,\u201d read the study.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Nick Ansell \u2013 PA Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps the spike in cheating is unsurprising given the tsunami of complaints US-based Wordlers have levied against the game\u2019s alleged difficulty since the Times\u2019 takeover.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, US users\u00a0criticized the Wordle of the Day \u2014 \u201cbloke\u201d \u2014\u00a0for being \u201ctoo British.\u201d Meanwhile, on Feb. 17, incensed Wordlers\u00a0claimed they were unable to win\u00a0that day\u2019s game because of too many vocabulary variations.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Amid ongoing complaints regarding the New York Times-owned brain game\u2019s alleged difficulty, weary Wordle players are apparently resorting to an unfortunate tactic to beat it \u2014 cheating. 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