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Especially considering wordle has no unique gameplay. Its a very, very old game with a million variations. There was even a TV show called lingo or something th
by c3534l 3y ago
Especially considering wordle has no unique gameplay. Its a very, very old game with a million variations. There was even a TV show called lingo or something that did competetive wordle. The only thing NYT owns is a brand since the game is hundreds of years old.
- leereeves 3y agoYeah, Wordle is clearly a copy of Lingo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingo_(American_game_show)#/media/File:Lingopuzzle.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingo_(American_game_show)#/me...
- Fnoord 3y ago> Amusingly, Wordle has itself been criticized over striking similarities it shares with Lingo, a 1980s game show that centered on players guessing five-letter words, with a grid that changes color based on accuracy. Indeed. I know this from TV, grew up with it. Was a fun educative program back in the days.
- lacoolj 3y agoPretty sure there's a new reboot of this show right now too
- JadeNB 3y agoSiblings have mentioned the TV game show Lingo. I can't precisely date Bulls and cows (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_cows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_cows), but it's hard to imagine that it (the gameplay, if not that particular pen-and-paper game) isn't much older than television, hence than Lingo.
- lupire 3y agoAnd Jotto, 1955