Wordle Heads to Television With a New Primetime Game Show on NBC

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Are you the best Wordle player you know? Nail that daily puzzle in a couple of tries every day without a miss? Consider grabbing two well-read friends and teaming up to compete on a new Wordle TV game show coming to NBC in 2027.

NBC has signed on for a televised game show based on the New York Times word game, where players must solve a five-letter word puzzle in six tries. The competition will be hosted by Savannah Guthrie of the Today Show, who is described in a press release as "an avid Wordle player."

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Late-night host Jimmy Fallon will serve as an executive producer of the show through his production company, the quirkily named Electric Hot Dog. They'll partner with The New York Times and Universal Television Alternative Studio to develop the...

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