Heardle, Popular Audio Version of Wordle, Acquired by Spotify
Following word guessing-game Wordle’s smash success early this year, and its subsequent acquisition by the New York Times, a rush of sequels, copies, and alternate versions cropped up all over the internet, including Quordle (Wordle, but four at once) and Absurdle (Wordle, but for masochists). Now, some of those variants have become popular enough to draw acquisitions of their own. This morning, audio-based version Heardle, which was previously hosted via Soundcloud, was bought by Spotify, who verified that the game will remain free to play and that users can transfer over their old data from the previous version of the game.