New York Times is accused of wrecking Wordle AGAIN as another obscure answer leaves fans claiming it's 'trolling millennials' and 'only Bob the Builder' would get the solution

Wordle lovers have slammed the New York Times again today after the game gave players another obscure answer.

Fans have complained the puzzle has become 'too difficult' since the US newspaper took it over with today's answer arguably the most tricky yet.

Gamers took to Twitter to say the answer - a little known US term used in DIY and ship maintenance - was used to 'troll millennials who don't own their home' and that 'only Bob the Builder would get it'.

Wordle, which only offers one puzzle per day to keep fans hooked, has amassed millions of players since it came online last October. It was created by New York based Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle for his girlfriend Palak Shah, who loves word puzzles.

At the beginning of November, the simple game – which involves guessing a five-letter word in six tries – had only 90 players; now there are said to be three million.

Wordle lovers have slammed the New York Times again today after the game gave players another obscure answer. Fans have complained the puzzle has become 'too difficult' since the US newspaper took it over with today's answer arguably the most tricky yet.

In January, he sold the game to the New York Times for a 'seven figure sum' and the game migrated to the NYT site with users complaining it's 'much more difficult' since.

Examples of words before the transition included those, drink, tiger and panic - but today's answer 'caulk' left a lot of players scratching their heads.

Some joked the term - a waterproof filler and sealant, used in building work and repairs - wouldn't be known to anyone who hasn't done DIY.

'Today's Wordle is designed to wind up people who don't own their own homes. NYT trolling the millennials, absolute scenes,' said one.

'Bob the Builder got today's #wordle As for the rest of us... time to brush up on our DIY,' joked another.

'I only got todays wordle because I once had to caulk an entire room,' said a third.

'The wordle word today was caulk. I had to look up words with AUL in the middle. Ahh how the hell was I supposed to know the word was caulk? Smh anyway another word added to my vocabulary,' another wrote.

It comes as Google Trends data shows searches for the term 'Caulk' soaring this morning as players googled the terms definition.