Wordle players losing their streaks after NYT change

Wordleofficial transfer to New York Times site. Goodbye, powerlanguage.co.uk. Hello, nytimes.com/games/wordle. The original Wordle website will automatically redirect to the new page, but you might want to hold off on playing for a bit — if you want to keep your streak.

On social media, players are reporting that their data is still intact after the migration. But streaks are being reset to 1. Polygon has tested new technology. WordleThis afternoon I was able to do it again, but with very different results. My final assignment was completed. WordleThis morning to be able to join my family group chat and offer a solution. After I was redirect to NYT WordlePage this afternoon. I entered my guesses again and found that my streak was now one.

According to the NYT Word Games and Logic FAQ Page, you can use the same browser and device to view the game once it is done.

We have automatically transferred your game statistics to Wordle’s new home on New York Times Games. If you notice that your data is not as you remembered, make sure you’re opening the game using the same browser and device you previously used. You can store your game data locally in your browser. Statistics will instantly transfer to the new device.

Other Polygon staff members that hadn’t completed the puzzle yet loaded up the original website and played there, without being redirected. Normal statistics increased. After refreshing the tab, it was redirected back to the NYT Wordle site where similar stats were displayed with a blank gaming board. Recreating Thursday’s game there reset the streak.

A New York Times spokesperson told Polygon that the company is “aware of the issue and [is] currently investigating.”

Our thought is that it’s possible that the second play — on the NYT website after completing the day’s puzzle at the original site — is the culprit here. So if you’ve already played, maybe don’t do it again? However, this is still not confirmed. Some WordleTwitter players seem to have discovered a way to preserve streaks manually: changing the redirect URL. Technically, this means that you could also create new stats. But you wouldn’t do that, would you?

We’ll update this story when we hear back from NYT.