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Wordle
类型单词游戏英语word game
平台网页移动应用程序
开发商乔希·沃德尔英语Josh Wardle
发行商乔希·沃德尔(2021年—2022年)
纽约时报游戏英语The New York Times Games(2022年起)
模式单人
发行日2021年10月

Wordle》是由威尔士软件工程师乔希·沃德尔英语Josh Wardle开发的网页单词游戏英语word game。玩家在游戏内有六次机会猜出一个五字英语单词,而游戏会用颜色方块向玩家提示字母的有无和位置。游戏每天更新,而玩家在当天内需要猜同一个单词。沃德尔受Jotto英语Jotto等单词游戏和美国游戏节目《Lingo英语Lingo (American game show)》启发,创作此游戏。

沃德尔起初只为自己和伴侣开发《Wordle》,但于2021年10月公开发布此游戏。2021年晚,游戏新增绘文字格式的结果分享功能后,在社交媒体上爆红。爆火也让游戏催生诸多翻版、语言改编和规则各异的仿制作品。2023年,此游戏有48亿游玩次数。

2022年1月,纽约时报公司以“七位数低价”收购《Wordle》。[1]游戏依然免费,但也发生修改,比如删除冒犯性和政治敏感单词,以及添加账号系统和统计记录。其后,《Wordle》加入《纽约时报填字游戏》(New York Times Crossword),并添加可供玩家分析游戏的WordleBot。2022年11月,特蕾西·本内特英语Tracy Bennett担任第一任游戏编辑,负责完善词库和挑选应节单词。

游戏玩法

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四个英语单词ARISE、ROUTE、RULES、REBUS。每个单词为一行,而每个字母下有颜色方块。A、I、O、T、L下有灰色方块。ARISE的R、S、E;ROUTE的U、E;和RULES的U、E下有黄色方块。ROUTE的R;RULES的R、S;和REBUS的所有字母下有绿色方块。
用四次尝试完成Wordle #196
文字“Wordle 196 4/6”,下面有四行绘文字方格,每行五个:白色、黄色、白色、黄色、黄色;绿色、白色、黄色、白色、黄色;绿色、黄色、白色、黄色、绿色;绿色、绿色、绿色、绿色、绿色。
上面Wordle游戏的绘文字版本。文字版本:
Wordle 196 4/6
⬜️🟨⬜️🟨🟨
🟩⬜️🟨⬜️🟨
🟩🟨⬜️🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

玩家需要在六次尝试以内猜出一个五字母英语单词,而游戏会每天更新单词。[2]玩家每次输入单词后,游戏会为字母标上颜色,指引玩家:绿色代表字母位置正确;黄色代表字母在单词内,但位置错误;灰色代表字母不在单词内。[3][4]如果单词含有多个相同字母(如“robot”中的“o”),则只有答案也包含多个该字母时,第一以后的字母才会标为绿色或黄色;如果该字母在答案中只出现一次,则第一以后的字母会标为灰色。[5]

《Wordle》的答案由2309个单词内抽取而来。[6]游戏遵循美式英语拼写,导致美国以外的玩家投诉有不公平之嫌(如用“favor”,不用英式的“favour”)。[7][8]游戏也提供“困难模式”,强制要求玩家在后续猜测中使用先前出现的绿色和黄色提示。[9]所有玩家在当天内需要猜出同一个单词。[10]此外,游戏也提供夜间模式色盲玩家可用的高对比模式:在此模式下,绿色和黄色分别改为橙色和蓝色。[9][11]

《Wordle》在概念和风格上,与1955年纸笔游戏Jotto英语Jotto和美国游戏节目系列《Lingo英语Lingo (American game show)》类似。[12][13]游戏玩法与两人游戏文字珠玑妙算相似, [14][15]也与1A2B相近,但《Wordle》还会指出哪些字母正确。[16][17][18]

根据《纽约时报》收集的数据,玩家最常用“adieu”、“audio”、“stare”、“raise”或“arise”开始游戏,[19][20]但玩家如果用“adieu”或“audio”开始,则需要的尝试一般比以“slate”、“crane”或“trace”开始的玩家需要的还多。[21]电脑算法可以稳定在五次尝试以内猜出单词。[22]

历史

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早期开发

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2013年,乔希·沃德尔英语Josh Wardle开发《Wordle》的早期原型,取名为《Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz》。[23] 沃德尔受珠玑妙算的颜色配对功能启发制作游戏,[24][25]在游戏中可以连续猜很多个单词。[26]游戏原本包含所有五字母英语单词(共约13000个),但沃德尔发现伴侣帕拉克·沙阿(Palak Shah)很难猜出生僻词,导致游戏的随机性与珠玑妙算不相上下。沃德尔为改进游戏体验,让沙阿过滤词库,最后将词库缩减到约2000个常用单词。如果游戏每天出一道谜题,则可以维持五年左右。[24]她将词库的单词分类为知道的、不知道的,和可能知道的单词。[26]2014年,沃德尔完成原型,但最后失去兴趣,因此不再游玩。[24]

此后,沃德尔在Reddit任职期间,制作社会实验按钮Place[16][24]2019冠状病毒病疫情时期,他和伴侣对《纽约时报》的拼字游戏英语The New York Times Spelling Bee每天填字游戏英语The New York Times crossword puzzle[16][26]他因此重燃对《Wordle》的兴趣,又从拼字游戏的极简设计和每天出一道谜题的玩法汲取灵感。2021年1月,沃德尔发布《Wordle》的网页版,但只分享给自己和伴侣游玩。游戏的名字是沃德尔(Wardle)自己姓氏的双关[16]

爆红

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沃德尔之后将游戏分享给亲戚,很快就“让他们痴迷”。[16][24]在此后几个月内,他向密友介绍此游戏,而游戏到2021年10月中病毒式传播[24]沃德尔后来发现,他在新西兰的一班朋友开发了《Wordle》结果的绘文字版本,以供分享,于是他将此功能加入游戏。[27][26]在此之后,2021年12月底,《Wordle》在Twitter爆红。[28][3][29]

游戏的玩家数量也迅速提升,从2021年11月1日的90人上升到2022年1月2日的30万人,[16]再于一星期后提升到200万以上。[30]2022年1月1日到13日,Twitter用户共分享120万个《Wordle》结果。[27]CNET和《印度快报》等新闻公司认为游戏凭借其每日谜题的格式爆红。[31][3]沃德尔认为,游戏每天只出一道谜题,会制造稀缺感,让玩家想要玩更多。他又说这种格式会鼓励玩家每天只用三分钟玩这款游戏。[16]他也提到游戏还有一些细节,可以令玩家更为快乐,比如游戏的键盘随游戏状态变色。[26]尽管《Wordle》爆红,沃德尔声明自己不打算从中盈利,强调道:“它不会对你的数据或眼睛做什么可疑行为……它只是一款供人娱乐的游戏。”[32][25]BBC广播四台今天英语Today (BBC Radio 4)》的采访中,沃德尔说自己不知道游戏每天的谜底是什么,这样他就可以享受游戏。[33]

另外,史蒂芬·克拉沃塔(Steven Cravotta)制作的App Store游戏《Wordle!》比沃德尔的《Wordle》早五年发布。虽然两者游戏完全无关,但许多玩家混淆名称,故而下载《Wordle!》。2022年1月5日到12日,克拉沃塔的《Wordle!》被下载逾20万次。[34][35]克拉沃塔发现这是因为玩家将游戏误认作沃德尔的《Wordle》后,他与沃德尔合作,向加利福尼亚州奥克兰的学童教学慈善机构Boost捐款50000美元。[36][37] Google搜索也加入了有关此游戏的复活节彩蛋:搜索“Wordle”后,Google的标志会改为在《Wordle》中猜出“Google”的动画。[38]此外,Twitter为预防剧透,封锁一个对玩家结果回复次日答案的机器人。[39]

纽约时报公司收购

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2022年1月31日,出版《纽约时报》的纽约时报公司以“不予披露的七位数低价”,从沃德尔收购《Wordle》。[1]沃德尔解释道,他和伴侣从数月前备受关注,因此感到不自在。他也不愿意对付网络上的诸多《Wordle》翻版。沃德尔说:“我感觉这件事很复杂,很令我不适”,又指出他出售游戏后便可以“脱身一切问题”。[24]2022年1月5日(《Wordle》出现于《纽约时报》文章中的两天后),《纽约时报》游戏部主管乔纳森·奈特(Jonathan Knight)首次联系沃德尔。公司和沃德尔于月底确定收购事宜,而首席产品官亚历克斯·哈迪曼(Alex Hardiman)说:“我们公司好像从来没有这么快就确定收购了。”[40]名利场》报道称《纽约时报》在收购《Wordle》时,出价高于《华盛顿邮报》。[40]

《纽约时报》称如果订阅者能在2025年前到达1000万人,则时报会将《Wordle》加入猜谜游戏集合(先前也已包含填字游戏和拼字游戏)。公司向玩家确保,游戏起初会保持免费,其核心玩法也不作变化。[1][41][42]尽管如此,部分玩家担心时报最终会对《Wordle》实施付费墙[43]也因此下载游戏的网页,以便离线游玩,因为《Wordle》只用客户端JavaScript运行。[44][45]2月10日,《纽约时报》正式将《Wordle》移到其网页,并转移玩家统计,但有些用户称自己的每日连胜在此过程中中断。[46]开发者为将游戏融入《纽约时报》线上平台,用React重新编写游戏,再允许玩家用《纽约时报》账号登录跟踪进度。[47]

转移过程中,《纽约时报》为使《Wordle》“面向大众”,从游戏的词库删去敏感或冒犯性单词,如“slave”(奴隶)和“lynch”(执行私刑)。此外,时报也除去部分英式拼写单词,如“fibre”(对应美式的“fiber”)。[48]《纽约时报》也因应时事修改游戏,确保《Wordle》与时事分开。2022年5月,美国最高法院多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案的意见稿遭漏出后,时报从词库删去“fetus”(胎儿)。[49]到2022年7月,时报从《Wordle》的答案库(原2315个单词)删去7个单词,导致《纽约时报》的《Wordle》与之前缓存的版本失去同步,令玩家难以用不同版本比较成绩。[48]

2022年8月24日,《Wordle》加入《纽约时报填字游戏》(New York Times Crossword)应用程序,而移动端和电脑端的进度开始同步。 [50]2022年4月7日,《纽约时报》推出WordleBot,分析玩家完成当日Wordle谜题的方式,再用数值评估玩家的运气和技术。[6]部分玩家认为,WordleBot在分析玩家猜词过程时,语气居高临下,似在侮辱玩家。[51] 根据《纽约时报》2022年3月31日季结盈利报告,时报收购《Wordle》后,“数千万位”新玩家便加入《纽约时报》谜题网站和应用程序,且有很多玩家继续游玩《纽约时报》的其他谜题游戏。[52]《纽约时报》游戏部门的编辑将此后的几个月称为“《Wordle》热门之夏”,因为《Wordle》被收购后,游戏应用程序的玩家数量大幅上升。[40]

孩之宝与《纽约时报》合作,开发《Wordle: The Party Game》,为《Wordle》的图版游戏版本。在游戏中,一位玩家选择秘密单词,而其他玩家(一到三位)需要按照《Wordle》的规则轮流猜出单词。游戏与2022年10月发布。[53][54]

编辑

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2022年11月,《纽约时报》将特蕾西·本内特英语Tracy Bennett任命为《Wordle》编辑,负责从词库选出每天的谜底。[55][56]2023年1月,本内特在《今天》的采访中解释道,虽然单词顺序最初随机,但她会审核每个单词的适合度。如果单词可能用来冒犯他人,或其次要词义为贬义,则她会将其剔除。她也会删去字母搭配过于常见的单词,比如“found”,因为一共有八个单词的后四个字母与它相同,导致其难以推测。[57]

本内特也提到玩家最常投诉的是不常用单词,如“parer”(削皮刀)、“rupee”(卢比)和仅在美国语境出现的“condo”(公寓大厦)。此外,她也有时将谜底和重要日子对齐。例如,她上任编辑的那一天,答案为“begin”(开始);国殇纪念日(11月11日)的谜底为“medal”(勋章);感恩节(11月24日)的谜底为“feast”(宴会)。沃德尔原本的词库并无此类主题连接。[57]然而,部分玩家不赞成此举动。比如,《Slate》的莉齐·奥利里(Lizzie O'Leary)认为《Wordle》应该要“一直又难又怪”,保持变幻莫测。[58]

使用

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2022年,“Wordle”是全球和美国Google最常搜索的词语。[59][60]此外,游戏爆红后,玩家经常搜索每日答案的意思,因而影响Google的搜索趋势。2022年最常搜索的十个单词词义中,有七个(cacao、homer, canny、foray、trove、sauté、tacit)是《Wordle》的谜底。[59][61]

在2023年3月游戏开发者大会中,《纽约时报》制作人佐伊·贝尔(Zoe Bell)解释《Wordle》长久爆红对公司其他线上游戏的影响。虽然《Wordle》的玩家数量在2022年3月到达高峰,之后逐渐减少,但数量在一年后稳定维持在峰值的一半。除此之外,《Wordle》的人气亦带动《纽约时报》的其他游戏受人关注,例如直至2023年3月,这些游戏的每日玩家数量持续上升。[47]

评价和影响

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评价

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《Wordle》的评价整体正面。《卫报》对游戏给予五星好评,称赞其为“连最忙碌的人都可以抽空玩的五分钟谜语”,也将其与报纸上的每日谜题类比。[62]PC Gamer》给予80/100的评分,并将其称作“令人着迷的绝妙每日谜题”,又称“它的网络群体气氛最为温馨”。[63]《Polygon》的查利·霍尔(Charlie Hall)批评游戏的图版游戏版本只照搬电子游戏的玩法,没有为了方便多人游玩而新增特别功能。 [64]

Adaptations and clones

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Following Wordle's rapid rise in early 2022, numerous clones emerged, some introducing novel twists to the game's logic. Absurdle英语Absurdle, created by British programmer qntm英语qntm, is an adversarial version where the target word changes after each guess while still adhering to previously revealed hints.[65] Other clones retained Wordle's mechanics but altered the word list, including translations into other languages and themed variations such as Sweardle (featuring swear words) and Weddle (focused on NFL players, named after former safety Eric Weddle英语Eric Weddle).[66][67] The game has also been ported to older hardware, with versions like GameBoy Wordle for the Game Boy,[68] Wordle DS for the Nintendo 3DS,[69] and a Nokia N-Gage adaptation.[70]

Beyond direct clones, many other games adopted the "-le" suffix to signal a connection to Wordle, even with significant gameplay differences. These include Semantle, where players guess words based on semantic similarity;[71][72] and Squabble英语Squabble (video game), a Wordle battle royale.[73] The game's success also spurred a wave of non-word-based variations, such as Worldle英语Worldle, where players identify a country or territory by its silhouette, with text hints indicating direction and distance from the correct answer;[74] Heardle英语Heardle, a music-identification game acquired by Spotify in July 2022;[75] Nerdle英语Nerdle, which involves solving an 8-digit mathematical equation;[76] Globle, where players guess a country on a map where guesses are colored based on the distance from the correct answer;[77] and Framed, where players identify a movie from a short clip. Some variants expanded Wordle's challenge by requiring players to solve multiple puzzles at once, such as Quordle, which involves solving four puzzles simultaneously and was acquired by Merriam-Webster in January 2023.[76]

A wave of ad-supported Wordle clones also appeared on Apple's App Store in early January 2022, often using the same name while making minimal changes to the gameplay.[78] However, by the end of the month, nearly all of these clones had been removed.[79] After acquiring Wordle, the New York Times moved to protect its intellectual property by filing a trademark application for the game's name[80][81] and issuing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices against GitHub repositories hosting clone source code.[82] In May 2024, The New York Times initiated legal action against Worldle, a location-based guessing game using a similar format, alleging trademark infringement. The developer of Worldle stated they would contest the claim.[83]

Others

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After Wordle gained viral popularity among English-speaking users in January 2022, it was quickly adapted into numerous other languages. An open-source version of the game, created by Hannah Park, was modified by linguist Aiden Pine to accommodate different character sets, enabling broader linguistic accessibility.[84] Pine also published a free step-by-step blog on how to create a custom Wordle.[85] By October 2024, the collaborative project Wordles of the World had documented 780 Wordle-inspired games and resources across 158 languages.[86] These include adaptations in historical and regional dialects, indigenous languages, languages without alphabetic writing systems (such as Chinese chengyu and American Sign Language), and even constructed languages like Klingon.[87][88]

See also

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References

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