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Re:Wordle Now Redirects to NYT by blunte on Thursday February 10, 2022 @07:26PM (#30295015)
Fibre could be because it might annoy American players who object to non-American English spellings.

Pupal and agora I really don't get. Maybe some uneducated players would think pupal was some dirty word (related to poop???), but agora has no negative association that I can imagine.

As for the other removed words, I think it's fortunate for the Wardle guy that that list was not publicized before it got bought. That would have created a firestorm and possibly eliminated his chance of the sale.

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Re:Wordle Now Redirects to NYT by roelschroeven on Friday February 11, 2022 @07:38AM (#30300701)
> As for the other removed words, I think it's fortunate for the Wardle guy that that list was not publicized before it got bought. That would have created a firestorm and possibly eliminated his chance of the sale.

The word lists were (and are) in the site's javascript, readable for anyone who cares to look.

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