Despite these humble origins Wordle rapidly became popular across the English-speaking world and, in January 2022, it was sold to The New York Times for an undisclosed low seven figure sum.

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Boniface has been a regular for the Under-18s but such was his progress at Chelsea, played for the Under-21s in the EFL Trophy against MK Dons and Oxford United ... “I guess it's frustrating ...

He is a graduate of Oxford University ... though the game remained free to play. A large part of Wordle's appeal is its simplicity. Players get six attempts to guess a five-letter word.

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