Wordle Gets Personal: You Can Now Make and Share Your Own Puzzles
Wordle is a hugely popular word game from the New York Times (we publish the answers daily), but it’s not the most personal game in the world. Answers like GUISE and PERIL are tricky, but generic. Now, Wordle fans who have always dreamed of creating their own puzzles can test their friends and family by creating their own Wordle creations up to seven letters long.
No surprise, you must be a New York Times Games or All Access subscriber to use this feature. If so, you will find the Create Puzzle option available in the top menu above Today’s Wordle. Although you must be a subscriber to create your own personalized puzzle, you can share it with anyone: they only need the link, not a subscription, to complete your Wordle.
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Enter a word and the site will tell you if it’s available. Real Wordle limits you to five-letter words, but the puzzle creation feature lets you choose words between 4 and 7 letters.
The usual dictionary rules apply, and so curse words, certain animal names, and obscure jokes are essentially excluded. If your cat’s name is TANGO, it’s there, but RINGO is not an option. You can submit a proposal with a single word like MARRY, but MARRYME will be rejected because they are two separate words.
Chosen word, you can then fill in your name and add an optional clue, and the feature will generate your puzzle with a link that you can send. Unlike standard puzzles, your puzzle doesn’t seem to reset after a day, so the person you send it to doesn’t need to rush to solve it.
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