Wordle was acquired from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price “in the low seven figures,”

Surprised it went for so little, although free viral games may not have much long-term staying power

Low 7 figures is still "work if you feel like it or retire early" money though. Good for him!

Very true

Can't wait for NYT to put 458974908673456 tracking pixels on it though

I guess they’ll wrap it up into their Crossword subscription

I give it until the end of the week before an even better open source alternative goes viral on HN

a lot of publishers are beefing up their offerings in stuff that isn't hard news so they have stuff you'd pay for when you're tired of the news