{"id":1661,"date":"2022-03-16T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/16\/new-york-times-pressures-unauthorized-wordle-archive-into-shutting-down\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:10:12","slug":"new-york-times-pressures-unauthorized-wordle-archive-into-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/16\/new-york-times-pressures-unauthorized-wordle-archive-into-shutting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times pressures \u2018unauthorized\u2019 Wordle Archive into shutting down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/16\/22980713\/new-york-times-wordle-archive-takedown<\/a>
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The Wordle Archive, which let you play Wordles of days past, has been forced offline at the request of The New York Times<\/em>, according to a report from Ars Technica<\/em><\/a>. Navigating to the Wordle Archive<\/a> yields a disappointing message: \u201cSadly, the New York Times has requested that the Wordle Archive be taken down.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still unclear what went down legally between the NYT<\/em> and the Wordle Archive, but a spokesperson for the news outlet vaguely told Ars Technica<\/em> that the archive\u2019s \u201cusage was unauthorized, and we were in touch with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wordle Archive previously displayed a list of old playable puzzles that were great for when you finished your daily Wordle just a little too fast and were left wanting more. Luckily, our old friend the Web Archive has frozen the Wordle Archive<\/a> in time, albeit leaving it stuck on Day 257, March 3rd, 2022. But hey, you still get over 200 playable puzzles, stretching back to June of last year (that is, if you haven\u2019t already exhausted the entire archive).<\/p>\n

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