Hasbro has announced it is collaborating with The New York Times to create a Wordle: The Party Game, the board game adaptation of the uber-popular mobile word game. The gameplay is the same, but it's being brought to players "in an all new way that's perfect for game night with family and friends," according to a press release.

Wordle is a simple game in theory but sometimes a very difficult game in practice, and today's puzzle rams that point home with force. According to WordleBot, the game's helpful (albeit snarky) AI tool,

It's a grim day in Wordle Nation: almost exactly 50% of Wordle players saw their coveted Wordle streaks come to an end. That's because today's word (puzzle 1426) is the fifth toughest in Wordle history. Out of nearly two million games sampled, only 49.8% of players got today's word right, according to Engaging Data and Wordlebot.

A good Wordle start word should have used a couple ... And if it's not in the word at all, it turns gray. There's just one puzzle a day, and everyone completes the same one.

May 18 puzzle, let’s go over the basics of Wordle. Wordle is a word puzzle that gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word. Originally created by software engineer Josh Wardle and ...

Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you’ll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives.