Films based on Tolkien’s epic A Wordle clone called Lord of the Rings uses five-letter words from Tolkien’s writings as its responses. There has been a word game fever since Wordle went popular earlier this year, with copycats and clones springing up everywhere. In the wake of Wordle’s popularity, there appears to be an endless supply of new ways to enjoy the puzzles after guessing the daily one.
The monetization of certain Wordle app copycats has annoyed players, while several Wordle clones retain the original’s core features without adding subscriptions, paid extras, or advertisements. Its simple game design and viral sharing function have made Wordle a massively popular game, with millions of daily users. However, the acquisition of Wordle by the New York Times has generated worries that the free-to-play word game would be added to the NYTimes Wordplay subscription service, which is now only available to subscribers.
As a result, Wordle will only be available for $5 a month, which is in direct contradiction to Josh Wardle’s pledge that Wordle would not be commercialised. It was promised that Wordle would remain free-to-play for the time being, but with a million-dollar acquisition, it seems doubtful that it would continue to be so. Tolkien-inspired five-letter words are being used as the solutions in a new Wordle clone.
Vue Wordle, a fan-created interface utilising an open-source JavaScript framework to imitate the popular word game, was used to build Lord of the Rings. There are only five-letter terms used in the “primary text of Lord of the Rings,” which includes people and races from Middle Earth. The names Bilbo, Frodo, and several more characters from The Lord of the Rings can be used.
To collect clues, players can’t just use any English word. Elves, Shire, and Rings are the only terms that can be used. Gary Whitta’s Wordle-like game Lewdle, which employs exclusively profane five-letter words, has proven rather popular. As with the original, each erroneous guess reveals more and more information about the five-letter solution. The only distinction is that only profane terms are acceptable as replies, severely limiting the vocabulary that may be used. Moxle, a Magic: The Gathering Wordle clone that only employs cards, tokens, emblems, planes, and schemes from the collectable card game, does something similar on the deckbuilding site Moxfield.
Tolkien did something similar with the inhabitants of Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings. Because of Wordle’s success, several well-known brands are expected to release their own versions of the trending word game in the near future. One advantage this game has over some of the other daily Wordle clones is that it has an expansive fantasy world like Tolkien’s Middle Earth to draw from.