[c3534l]

Especially considering wordle has no unique gameplay. Its a very, very old game with a million variations. There was even a TV show called lingo or something that did competetive wordle. The only thing NYT owns is a brand since the game is hundreds of years old.

[Fnoord]

> Amusingly, Wordle has itself been criticized over striking similarities it shares with Lingo, a 1980s game show that centered on players guessing five-letter words, with a grid that changes color based on accuracy.

Indeed. I know this from TV, grew up with it. Was a fun educative program back in the days.

[lacoolj]

Pretty sure there's a new reboot of this show right now too

[leereeves]

Yeah, Wordle is clearly a copy of Lingo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingo_(American_game_show)#/me...

[JadeNB]

Siblings have mentioned the TV game show Lingo. I can't precisely date Bulls and cows (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_cows), but it's hard to imagine that it (the gameplay, if not that particular pen-and-paper game) isn't much older than television, hence than Lingo.

[lupire]

And Jotto, 1955