'Quordle' has a fitting new owner as Merriam-Webster buys the 'Wordle' clone<p>
Quordle, a
Wordle-style word game, has a fitting new owner in the shape of Merriam-Webster.
The game's URL now redirects to a page on the company's website, as
TechCrunch spotted. The Merriam-Webster logo appears at the top of the page too.</p><p>"I'm delighted to announce that
Quordle was acquired by Merriam-Webster! I can't think of a better home for this game,"
Quordle creator Freddie Meyer wrote in a message on the game's help tab. "Lots of new features and fun to come, so stay tuned!"</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>
Quordle is a supercharged version of
Wordle. Instead of giving folks six guesses to find a single five-letter word,
Quordle challenges players to simultaneously figure out four of them in nine guesses or fewer. The color-coded approach is the same. If a letter is the correct place, it turns green, and if it's elsewhere in a given word, it turns yellow. As with
Wordle, there's one daily batch of four words.</p><p>Merriam-Webster scooped up
Quordle a year after
Wordle took the world by storm and
got snapped up by
The New York Times.
Heardle, a music-themed clone, also has an apt owner after
Spotify bought it last summer.</p><p>Some players (hi) have been annoyed by
Quordle reusing certain words. On a few occasions, the same word has popped up two days in a row. With a dictionary company now in charge, here's hoping
Quordle will freshen things up.</p>
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'Quordle' has a fitting new owner as Merriam-Webster buys the 'Wordle' clone
