According to https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/crosswords/wordle-editor.html, the NYT Wordle Game now has a human editor. I do not quite understand why that was seen as necessary, but the upshot is their wordlist has diverged. I do not yet know if the new wordlist is downloadable. Here's an excerpt from the article:
Tracy Bennett, who joined The Times as an associate puzzle editor in 2020, will be the editor of Wordle. The game will have a Times-curated word list and will be programmed and tested like the Spelling Bee and the Crossword.
Wordle’s gameplay will stay the same, and answers will be drawn from the same basic dictionary of answer words, with some editorial adjustments to ensure that the game stays focused on vocabulary that’s fun, accessible, lively and varied.
The answer list will consist of five-letter words that fit those criteria, with the exception of plural forms of three- or four-letter words that end in “ES” or “S.” That is, the answer will never be FOXES or SPOTS, but it might be GEESE or FUNGI. As the game is currently designed, FOXES or SPOTS can be used as a guess word to help narrow down the answer, but FOXES or SPOTS will not be the answer.
According to https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/crosswords/wordle-editor.html, the NYT Wordle Game now has a human editor. I do not quite understand why that was seen as necessary, but the upshot is their wordlist has diverged. I do not yet know if the new wordlist is downloadable. Here's an excerpt from the article: