Wordle's Toughest Word 'Parer' Causes Frustration Among Players

The word "parer" broke almost 60% of all Wordle streaks on a single day, according to Zoe Bell, the New York Times' executive producer of games. Bell also revealed that Wordle's existence in the New York Times' games portfolio caused their other games' daily active users to shoot upwards. The addition of a prompt to try out Spelling Bee on Wordle's end-game screen actually doubled Spelling Bee's users, while 35% of new subscribers to the New York Times' games section cited Wordle as the reason.