Wordle has been turned into a board game but it probably shouldn t have been TechRadar Skip to main content TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's why you can trust us. Wordle has been turned into a board game but it probably shouldn t have been By Callum Bains published 15 July 2022 Not a party blockbuster (Image credit: Hasbro) Audio player loading… Hugely popular online word game Wordle has been adapted into a party board game that's set to release this October. Having purchased Wordle earlier this year, The New York Times has partnered with Hasbro to bring the free-to-play viral game to the tabletop. As CNN (opens in new tab) reports, Wordle: The Party Game looks much like the original, but allows you to play with a group of up to three friends using dry erase boards and whiteboard markers. In the board game, one player will act as the "Wordle Host", who thinks of a secret five-letter word for the other players to guess. You'll have six attempts to land on the secret word, racking up points by successfully guessing it in as few tries as possible. Like the original game, the Host will also place translucent green and yellow tiles over any correct letters to provide you with hints. Check out the game in action in the video below: Love Wordle? Gather friends and family together to enjoy the favorite word-guessing game in real life with Wordle: The Party Game! Available for pre-order now on #HasbroPulse! pic.twitter.com/ihgsZj9NpXJuly 14, 2022See more A game no one asked for Expectations for a Wordle board game have never exactly been high. Few people were asking for a tabletop adaptation of the hit word game, but even this attempt by Hasbro to turn the solitary phone puzzler into a four-player party game doesn't look to have hit the mark. From Hasbro's rundown of the game, it doesn't actually appear particularly suitable for parties. There's very little player interaction, with each guesser working independently to discover the secret word. In fact, you might be best off not talking to your fellow opponents at all, lest you accidentally give them a hint that spurs them to victory. It all sounds rather solitary, and hardly the rip-roaring collaborative game you'd want to play with your buds. It sounds a little clumsy, too. The Host has to manually plonk little green and yellow tiles on each person's board, which are bound to go flying off in every direction without indented spaces to slot them in. Plus, if you've got a couple of slowpokes or hardworking brainiacs playing, you may well find yourself waiting around for your fellow players to make their guesses. The other game modes might mix things up, especially the team-based guessing game. But, really, if they shake up the Wordle formula so much, it stops being a Wordle board game. Maybe Wordle: The Party game will prove brilliant when it releases, but we wouldn't bet on it. If you're looking for a game to whip out with friends and families, check out Herd Mentality. We reckon it's one of the best board games currently around because of its casual rules and the hilarious mishaps you're bound to have when playing. Is Wordle better off at The New York Times? We're not convinced... Callum BainsGaming News WriterCallum is TechRadar Gaming's News Writer. You'll find him whipping up stories about all the latest happenings in the gaming world, as well as penning the odd feature and review. Before coming to TechRadar, he wrote freelance for various sites, including Clash, The Telegraph, and Gamesindustry.biz, and worked as a Staff Writer at Wargamer. Strategy games and RPGs are his bread and butter, but he'll eat anything that spins a captivating narrative. He also loves tabletop games, and will happily chew your ear off about TTRPGs and board games. See more Gaming news TechRadar Newsletter Sign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals! Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1Amazon Prime members can get a great Lord of the Rings game for free this month2Canon's next mirrorless camera could be too cheap for its own good3PC gamers are shunning high-end GPUs – spelling trouble for the Nvidia RTX 40904A whole new breed of SSDs is about to break through5I won't buy the Google Pixel 7 unless it fixes these three problems1Con le RTX 4000 ho capito che Nvidia ha perso la testa2Canon's next mirrorless camera could be too cheap for its own good3PC gamers are shunning high-end GPUs – spelling trouble for the Nvidia RTX 40904IT pros suffer from serious misconceptions about Microsoft 365 security5A whole new breed of SSDs is about to break through Technology Magazines (opens in new tab)● (opens in new tab)The best tech tutorials and in-depth reviewsFrom$12.99 (opens in new tab)View (opens in new tab)