Article 5VNYM Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game

Wordle will be free forever because you can right-click to save the whole game

by
Sean Hollister
from The Verge on (#5VNYM)
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Wordle is the pandemic game we didn't know we needed, so there's understandably some fear that its brand-new owner, The New York Times, might eventually ruin it somehow.

But as technologist Aaron Rieke brilliantly explains in a Twitter thread, there's little chance of that - because Wordle is a webpage, and webpages can be saved. You could download a complete copy of the game right now that contains all the answers, cycles to the proper new puzzle each day, and still comes with the same Share" button so you can share those all-important little squares with fellow players.

So you could save copy of the website right now, *unplug your computer from the internet,* and play Wordle every day for years.

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- Aaron Rieke (@aaronkbr) February...

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