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by AlbertCory 832 days ago
No you can't.
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lbotos 832 days ago
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5662332A/en here is a patent for Magic the Gathering.
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reactordev 832 days ago
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070226648A1/en

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10369470B2/en

You most certainly can

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AlbertCory 832 days ago
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11786805B1/en

This one refers to Wordle in the spec (which implies it's well known) and cites 5 other patents. Not knowing how Wordle works, I wouldn't speculate as to their chances of getting a patent, but NYT seems to be pursuing a copyright approach for now.

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