[ncmncm]

Joke's on the NYT: anybody can put up a Wordle work-alike. And will, the moment NYT puts it behind a paywall.

[Splendor]

There are lots of places to play sudoku and crosswords for free too. Yet people are happy to pay the NYT for those games. Why wouldn't the same be true of this game?

[imgabe]

Sudoku is pretty generic, but crosswords have an element of authorship that is important. Writing a good crossword puzzle takes talent and skill and the people making crosswords for the NY Times are going to be better than most people probably.

[micromacrofoot]

You think the NYT spent seven figures without knowing this? they’re paying for the name

[kzrdude]

There are lots of copies already

[fleddr]

Wordle is the copy. It's Lingo.