The New York Times buys Wordle

Re:The New York Times buys Wordle by fouc on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:09PM (#30156102)

Are you serious? They sneak brand names into crosswords?

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Re:The New York Times buys Wordle by yupper32 on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:33PM (#30156396)

I'm actually not sure if you're serious or not, but yes there are brand names in NYT crossword puzzles. No, they don't get paid for it.

OREO is a famous one because it's a short vowel heavy word, and can more easily fit into puzzles. Because of that, it shows up quite often in puzzles.

Eliminating brand names, or any significant category of words, would probably hurt the quality of the crosswords. What's next? No movie references in the clues if the answer is an actor?

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Re:The New York Times buys Wordle by HWR_14 on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:04PM (#30157721)

> No movie references in the clues if the answer is an actor?

I would welcome that. Let's leave the actors and athletes out of the crosswords.

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Re:The New York Times buys Wordle by yupper32 on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:13PM (#30158184)

So no pop culture references at all?

Jeez that sounds like an extremely boring crossword.

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Re:The New York Times buys Wordle by ziml77 on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:58PM (#30158453)

There's some people who want that. I hate names when there's too many since I'll end up getting Naticked, but I certainly wouldn't want them gone!

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