There's a lot more to The New York Times than its news stories, and that's by design.

It’s been a bumpy year for video games, in part thanks to the ongoing repercussions of the pandemic.

The company that makes some of the world’s most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly, and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game.

The New York Times scrambled to change its Wordle game on Monday to avoid a puzzle answer that might be seen as some sort of commentary on the news.

The New York Times announced it was buying Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.

The New York Times has has bought Wordle, the free online word game that has exploded in popularity and, for some, become a daily obsession.