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NYT Games is testing Zorse, a new ‘phrase guessing’ puzzle game
Photo by Alexandra Schuler / picture alliance via Getty Images The New York Times is starting to beta test a new puzzle game called Zorse," as reported by Semafor. The game is a new phrase guessing game where every puzzle is a mash-up of two phrases," NYT spokesperson Jordan Cohen says in a statement to The Verge. As Semafor points out, the Zorse name identifies the offspring of a zebra and another equine," so it seems like the game will focus on wordplay like that.Cohen says Zorse is currently only available in Canada, meaning I can't play it myself. But my Canada-based colleague Andrew Webster gave it a shot and told me about it; the game sounds a bit like Wheel of Fortune with a puzzle-y twist.When you start a Zorse puzzle, you're given a clue and shown a series of blank tiles that, when... Continue reading...
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