Hasbro launches Wordle: The Party Game
Hasbro has partnered with The New York Times Games to bring the smash-hit digital word game Wordle into board games.
Wordle: The Party Game sees players take turns writing down a five-letter Secret Word while the others try to guess it in the fewest attempts to win.
As well as Classic Play, there are three other ways to play. Fast mode sees players race to solve the Wordle first, Timed Mode introduces a ‘beat the clock’ element, while consumer scan compete in groups with Team Mode.
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