Twitter bans bot destroying Wordle – The Vergine

Twitter banned @wordlinator, a bot that responded to Wordle messages from people with rude messages containing spoilers for the next day’s game. The account spoilers seemed correct (the key is easily accessible in the game’s code, so it’s not necessarily a surprise), which could end up ruining the game for anyone who sees them.

For anyone who managed to avoid it, Wordle is a game that gives you six chances to guess a five-letter word – if you’re interested, you can learn how to play it here. The answer is the same for all players and only changes once a day. The game also has an interesting sharing mechanic, where you can copy and paste a bunch of emojis to let people know how easy or difficult it was for you to guess the word of the day. If you’ve seen a lot of yellow, gray, and green squares on Twitter, it’s probably Wordle results or a Wordle joke.

The bot was not well received by Wordle fans.

Since the game is all about guessing a word, knowing the next word can ruin everything. It’s also one of those things that you can’t get your mind off of—once you see what the next word is, you probably won’t be able to forget it, no matter how hard you try.

With that particular bot gone, Twitter could become a dangerous place for people to post their wordle results – the internet has already figured it out how to predict what the next word will be, and someone else could create another bot that does the same thing as Wordlinator. (If you end up seeing a new version of the bot, it’s best to block it to prevent it from spoiling you and your followers.)