The NYT changed the word it had planned for today's Wordle, calling it "outdated," because it "seems closely connected to a major recent news event."

And The Hill finds out what exactly that meant: The word was "fetus."

According to the Times, the connection to the leaked Supreme Court opinion was "entirely unintentional and a coincidence." We're told "today’s original answer was loaded into Wordle last year." And: "At New York Times Games, we take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news." 

That's a good policy! But I'd say, in that light, "fetus" should never have been chosen as the answer. It's never going to be good entertainment and escape.

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