Soon your Wordle stats will sync across devices

The New York Times, which bought the viral word puzzle game Wordle back in January, has announced a long-awaited feature that will keep the users’ stats and streaks active across any device. It means players can continue their game on any device and not lose their streaks or stats on one device or the other.

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The major publication has said that you’ll need a Times account to do so. Note that after you sync your stats, there’s no way to unlink them. It has been the most sough-after feature, since millions of players are still hooked on the daily word puzzle game, but had no way of playing on different devices and maintaining stats.

A subscription to the New York Times isn’t needed to use this feature, but you will still need to create an account (so expect many NYT ads to hit your inbox). This is obviously the only way for the NYT to sync Wordle stats across devices. Still, it feels like a bad sign. We don’t know if Wordle will be free forever, as The New York Times has not clarified its plan for the game. Linking Wordle to an NYT account feels like a way of easing players into a subscription.

🟩 🟨 Exciting news, Wordlers. You will soon have the option to link your Wordle stats to your free or existing New York Times account.

This means saving stats and your streak across *all* the devices you play Wordle on.

— New York Times Games (@NYTGames) July 12, 2022