New York Times Games announced Tuesday that it is launching Wordle Archives, giving subscribers access to more than 1,000 past Wordle puzzles. The company has started rolling out Wordle archives on mobile and desktop for Game and All Access subscribers, but said the rollout is expected to take “the next two to three months.” I am. The Times plans to bring the archive to its gaming app in the coming weeks.
The media company, which acquired the popular puzzle game in 2022, says the archive will allow players to catch up on missed puzzles while also allowing them to play the game at their own pace. Players can view a calendar of past Wordle puzzles going back to June 2021. Subscribers can check and save their progress on past Wordle puzzles and share their results with others.
In addition, The Times will introduce WordleBot, a personalized companion that analyzes completed Wordles, to the NYT Games app. WordleBot challenges players to analyze how a puzzle can be approached differently by evaluating their skills and strategies.
“This expansion is about more than just playing puzzles from the past. It's about deepening our community's connection to Wordle and to each other,” said Jonathan Knight, Head of Games at The New York Times. he said in a press release. “We believe this will make daily puzzles even more engaging and create even more moments of surprise and joy for our subscribers to share with friends and family.”
In March, the NYT Games app began a redesign to help users find games and track their progress more easily. Featuring a new game card design and streamlined navigation, this redesign was the next step in building the company's gaming hub. The change comes nearly a year after the company changed the name of its gaming-focused app from “NYT Crosswords” to “NYT Games” to better represent its growing family of games.
The company's gaming apps will be downloaded 10 million times in 2023 alone, and its games were played more than 8 billion times last year, according to the Times. Wordle he was played 4.8 billion times, accounting for almost half of that number.