A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words!
01 Feb, 2026
A few days ago, The new York Times (owner of Wordle) announced that from 2 February it would start reusing some words from previous years.
Their announcement started:
Hey, Wordlers! We have some exciting news to share
and continued
Starting on Monday, we will begin adding previously run words back into play. There are still many first-time answers to debut, but also more chances for Wordle in ones and those magical, serendipitous moments when Wordle overlaps with real life. Happy solving!
Firstly, whoever wrote this nonsense deserves an award for fake cheerfulness. There is absolutely no "exciting news" in that paragraph.
It has caused a bit of a stir in the Wordle Community. Many wondering why, and some suggesting they will now stop playing the dumbed down version.
It got me thinking
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