It didn’t take long for someone to C-R-A-C-K the Wordle code.
A Twitter user is believed to have posted the popular word puzzle’s algorithm Friday morning, along with nearly 120 upcoming words to be played — all on the game’s first day of visual rebranding since being acquired by the New York Times from creator Josh Wardle in a seven-figure deal on. Jan 31.
Warning: Wordle answer spoilers ahead.
“Hi @nytimes if the answer to Tomorrow’s #WORDLE is ULTRA, yu need to reset your data” user @xadhan wrote with a screenshot of the supposed evidence.
His findings — shown to be from a coded Times URL — reportedly display weeks’ worth of previously used words in sequential order, a green circle around the predicted 238th Wordle for Saturday, Feb. 12, and followed by what is perceived to be the automated selection for months to come.
The New York Times did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Although it might take some geek power to locate, the upcoming words can be viewed through the data interchange format JavaScript Object Notation, according to @xadhan.
After stumbling upon the apparent revelation, some Twitter users had less than kind words for the alleged Wordle whistleblower.
“blocked. do–he,” responded @phrogghaha.
“No more fun at all,” @mhchiang replied.
As if that first-day exposé wasn’t bad enough, many users unleashed verbal fury with the Times on Thursday when they learned their win streaks apparently wouldn’t carry over under the new ownership — all despite Wardle’s commitment to trying to have them “preserved.”
“So the first thing the NY Times does with Wordle is put in a redirect which kills our streaks. You had ONE JOB,” @BradleyKhan posted.
“Well, it happened. Round of applause to the @nytimes for resetting everyone’s #wordle streak. Brilliant engineering,” @code_report Tweeted.
Even former “Jeopardy!” contestant Cindy Zhang got in on the controversy with a likely obscene four-letter response that was cloaked by the game’s trademark green squares.
“did the wordle to NYT games conversion just kill my entire streak?” she wrote.