New York Times is blasted AGAIN for the 'worst Wordle ever' as fans fail to complete the puzzle even with four letters in the correct space because there were too many options for the missing one

 Wordle lovers have slammed the New York Times again over today's answer - with some branding it the worst in the game's history. 

Recently, fans have been complaining that has become 'too difficult' since the US newspaper took over, with previous answers like 'caulk' and 'agora' branded too niche for most players.

But while today's answer was a more common word, many players still had problems, finding that even with four correct letters in the right spot there were too many possibilities for the correct answer. 

Some found themselves in the frustrating position of missing just one letter to solve the puzzle right the way through, but still failing to complete it in six guesses. 

It follows a string of complaints from puzzlers that the game has become too hard since the takeover by the US media complany, while a technical glitch on Tuesday meant there were two possible solutions and another hiccup last week saw players lose their winning streaks.

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. 

Wordle lovers have slammed the New York Times again today after the game gave players an answer many struggled to get as there were too many variations compared to guesses

The answer to today's Wordle was SHAKE - which many found difficult because the many different letter variations combined with limited guesses made it hard to work out

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.

In January, he sold the game to the New York Times for a 'seven figure sum' and the game migrated to the NYT site.

Since then, players have complained that the game has become more difficult, largely as a result of how niche some of the answer words have been.  

Today's solution was shake, but people who got close found themselves with too many possible words to choose from, like Shale, Shame, Shape, Share, Shade and Shave among others.

One wrote: 'The worst kind of Wordle failure.'

Another commiserated, saying: 'That is the worst kind of word.'

One Wordle player with extremely strong feelings wrote that today's answer was the 'worst Wordle in the history of Wordles'.

Another was more philosophical, revealing their strategy of how to deal with these kinds of answers.    

'When you have...more possibilities than you have goes... You need to change it around. You need to eliminate letters en masse. You have to fight the urge to be lucky. That's a real Wordle skill,' they wrote. 

Wordle, which only offers one puzzle per day to keep fans hooked, has amassed millions of players since it came online last October. But recently fans have been annoyed by changes to the game since it was bought by the NY Times, like 'obscure' answers and glitches

Today's complaints also follow problems earlier in the week, as an apparent glitch in Tuesday's game resulted in two different solutions depending on the site used, as well as another hiccup which saw players lose their winning streaks. 

The game is currently being migrated from the site of its original creator to the New York Times (NYT) website, following its purchase at the end of January for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. 

However, due to some players still being able to access the original URL powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle - despite most finding themselves redirected to the NYT website, it has meant there are two correct answers for Tuesday's game. 

Tuesday's original answer was deemed 'too obscure' by the NYT, and so was replaced with another word with a fairly similar arrangement of letters. 

Yet social media users - who were left outraged when discovering their winning streaks were not transferred over to the NYT URL - have claimed the words have become 'too random' since moving from the original site.