EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is for Wordle answer #425; theAugust 19th Wordle answeris available now. August 18th'sWordleanswer is somewhat surprising as it features a vowel right in the middle. While today's answer can be identified in less than six attempts, it still might stump a few ...
Before that, a more traditional version of the game called Bulls and Cows has been played since the 19th century, according to at least one source. Conveniently, none of this history provides a legal problem for Wordle itself. "Whenever you have a copyright, you're protecting the expression...