Twitter Bans Bot Account That Spoils Wordle Games

The Verge reports:

Twitter has banned @wordlinator, a bot that replied to people’s Wordle posts with rude messages that include spoilers for the next day’s game. The account’s spoilers appeared to be accurate (the key is easily accessible in the game’s code, so it’s not necessarily a surprise), which could end up ruining the game for anyone who sees them. For anyone who’s managed to avoid it, Wordle is a game where you get six chances to guess a five-letter word. The answer is the same for everyone playing, and it only changes once a day.

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I suck at Wordle. That bothers me.

Twitter suspends Wordle-ruining bot https://t.co/JdtJGzlDy1 pic.twitter.com/eucDonrIT1

— The Verge (@verge) January 24, 2022

Note: if you like tweeting your wordIe scores, someone’s made a bot you should block as it auto-responds with tomorrows answer pic.twitter.com/u62kBaTivn

— dan nguyen (@dancow) January 24, 2022