NYT's Wordle swap is part of an ongoing gaming debate

[brooklynite]

Axios

The New York Times’ decision to change Monday’s Wordle answer is part of a long-running debate about how politically charged games should be.

Why it matters: From online crossword puzzles to Call of Duty, popular games rarely tackle, or even broach, charged topics. Books, music and other sectors of culture are far more likely to confront divisive subjects.

Driving the news: The Times swapped out Monday’s originally planned Wordle answer, “fetus,” noting it unintentionally coincided with the leak of a draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Or at least the Times tried to remove the word.

According to a note posted this morning, even though the answer was spotted in the game’s queue last week, the current tech behind the game prevented changing the puzzle for all users.

[oregonjen]

1. Yep, I got fetus, other members in my household got the other word

When we compared our results, I was surprised theirs was different!
I thought it was an interesting choice for Wordle given the recent news.

[BigmanPigman]

2. When did this happen?

I did Wordle last night at 12:05 AM and got the non-fetus answer correctly.

[oregonjen]

3. Don't know when they changed it

I did Wordle this morning and got fetus. My other family members did it a few hours later and got the other word.

[SoonerPride]

4. My word was not FETUS

but something else

But I know a lot of people who got FETUS

[Blues Heron]

5. I did the berknation one - it was fetus

Got it in 4- my words were:
Share
Pesto
Tenet
Fetus

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Ridiculous that FETUS is considered a political word.

[dsc]

7. I didn't get fetus at about 10 or 11 am

[nolabear]

8. I just put in fetus since I hadn't done it

and it came up correct.