Josh Wardle created Wordle as part of an ongoing quest to design online spaces
A bunch of my friends have a routine of playing a whole host of wordle variants daily. It's been amazing to watch.dordle/quordle/octordle: Play 2, 4, or 8 boards at once. I find quordle to be the sweet spot.xordle: Just one board but two secret words. A more puzzley feel. I made this one.squardle: Sort of a crossword of wordles doing 6 at a time. Your feedback has some spatial meaning rather than all the puzzles and hints being done in parallel.semantle: Guess the word based on similarity of meanings rather than spelling.worldle: Guess the country/territory by its shape.chessle: Chess opening moves.ordsnille: Swedish wordle. I don't know Swedish but I do this one, using 5 letter words I find on the page then guessing plausible words. I'm slowly building up a valid word list by playing.So I think even if the NYT acquisition is distasteful to you, maybe Wordle still is an example of nice things we can have.