Wordle Twitter Bot Is Spoiling Future Answers Skip to content Click here to check out the GameByte Shop great games, consoles and more! Can we just have some fun please? Wordle Twitter Bot Is Spoiling Future Answers 25 January 2022 by Oisin Kuhnke A now suspended Twitter bot called Wordlinator has been spoiling future words for players of Wordle. You’ve probably heard about Wordle by now. Or at least, if you haven’t, you’ve seen all the grey, yellow, and green squares that people have been posting on Twitter. It’s a simple game in which you try to guess a five letter word every day, once a day. There’s not much more to it than that, but it is a lovely way to spend 10 minutes every day. Except someone recently set up a bot to spoil tomorrow’s word by replying to Twitter user’s posts about the game. Wordle, a daily word guessing game I made, got a shoutout in the NYT newsletter today: https://t.co/TWSP8M4x4E. Thanks @melissakirsch You can play it here: https://t.co/8PAwjKgPF7 pic.twitter.com/0yCrbGjcoy- Josh Wardle (@powerlanguish) November 24, 2021 Originally spotted by NME, software engineer Robert Reichel had reverse-engineered Wordle to find out what the word of the day before it’s live. Details on how this is possible were shared on Reichel’s blog. But then the account Wordlinator was set up, using this information solely to spoil people’s fun. If you tweeted the name Wordle, the bot would respond with a mean comment about the game, and spoiling the following day’s word. Clearly it was a case of someone not liking other people having fun with a silly spelling game. But thankfully the Twitter bot has been suspended now.ADVERT ADVERT It’s not like the bot even had any valid criticisms. Some have rightly pointed out that the wall of emojis are incredibly bad for screen readers. Meaning hard of sight people will have a worse time using Twitter. Instead, the bot was just used for plain old mean purposes. At least the bot is down now, so people can continue to guess their five letter words day by day. Though do consider screenshotting the emojis instead. What’s your go to starter word for Wordle? Let us know across our social media channels! Shop With GameByte Don’t forget you can find great games and more on the GameByte Shop! Our store is stocked up with the latest games, merch and accessories. We might even have a new-gen console or two! Sign up to our newsletter to be notified of our console drops, deals and more. Please note the GameByte Shop is available for UK customers only.ADVERT ADVERT Featured Image Credit: Josh Wardle TweetShareSharePin Follow us on @GameByte @gamebyte GameByte GameByte GameByte Noobs Play @GameByte @gamebyte GameByte GameByte GameByte Noobs Play External Links Policy GameByte Staff About GameByte Advertise with us Careers Ambassador Program Contact Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Manage Cookies Preferences Submit Your Content FragHero Sporf 9 to 5 Life Social Chain Social Chain Agency