Wordle Of The Day New York Times

The New York Times has confirmed they are removing "potentially insensitive words" from Wordle, subsequently acquiring the wildly popular spider web puzzle game from creator Josh Wardle back in January.

The publication announced the move on Wednesday, later Wordle players noted there were two correct answers to the twenty-four hours'southward game — with both "HARRY" and "STOVE" accustomed as solutions.

The conflicting solutions caused defoliation on Twitter, with one player stating: "Something fishy is going on with today'southward #Wordle284. My married man and I solved completely dissimilar words & both were correct? I thought the whole indicate of the game was that the answer was universal."

The Times subsequently told Mashable that they had replaced "HARRY" with the word "STOVE" as the day'southward correct respond equally they are in the process of "removing obscure or potentially insensitive words" from the game.

"In an effort to make the puzzle more attainable, we are reviewing the solutions and removing obscure or potentially insensitive words over time," a spokesperson stated. "HARRY is an instance of an obscure give-and-take."

Later on acquiring the game for an undisclosed seven-effigy sum two month ago, the New York Times said curse words such equally "whore," "bitch" and "sluts" would no longer be possibilities for the five-letter answers.

When reached by The Mail service for comment nearly what words are "inappropriate," a rep for the Times said, "There is no specific listing to share. This is something that is happening over time. For an example of an obscure word, nosotros removed AGORA in February."