Wordle, the extraordinarily widespread on-line puzzle, is now formally being run by The New York Times after its creator bought it a couple of weeks in the past. It lives at a brand new URL, https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html, however earlier than you head there to your every day sport, it is best to know that there’s some messiness concerned with how participant statistics (together with streaks, win percentages, and guess distribution) are being transferred from the previous model to the brand new.

Here’s what an FAQ page from The Times says about how the stats switch ought to work:

How can I switch my sport statistics to the brand new Wordle web site?

We have mechanically transferred your sport statistics (together with streaks) to Wordle’s new dwelling on New York Times Games. Nothing to do in your finish.

Help! My sport statistics or streaks didn’t migrate accurately.

We have mechanically transferred your sport statistics to Wordle’s new dwelling on New York Times Games. If your information seems to be somewhat completely different than you keep in mind, first guarantee you’re opening the sport on the identical machine and browser you used beforehand. Your sport information is saved regionally in your browser and your statistics will mechanically switch with none extra motion in your half.

For fairly a couple of Verge writers, this hasn’t been the case. Some have clicked on the stats button to see a totally clear slate, with no streak or stats. One can see what number of video games they’ve performed and their win share, however their streak appears to have been reset. And one in all our fortunate employees members skilled a peaceable transition of energy, getting to maintain their streak and stats.

The one that saved every part received to the positioning by going to the previous URL (www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/) and being redirected. That doesn’t appear to be a sure-fire tactic, although, as one in all our writers doesn’t even get redirected at this level and continues to be capable of entry the unique sport (and her stats).

Again, this isn’t the way it’s imagined to work — The Times says every part ought to simply come over. The outlet didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from The Verge, the place we requested if there was any method to just remember to saved your stats. An assistant managing editor for the paper tweeted out a hyperlink to the brand new URL however has since taken it down — so it might be a good suggestion to simply maintain off in your every day sport for a bit till issues are sorted out (except, in fact, you saved your personal offline model of the unique sport).

The Times takeover has additionally launched a couple of modifications to the sport. The sans serif title has been changed with a font that’s very a lot within the type of the sport’s new house owners. There’s additionally a brand new menu within the left nook that you would be able to open to entry different NYT video games. And, in fact, all the assistance and Twitter hyperlinks go to Times-owned accounts fairly than creator Josh Wardle.