Apple removes Wordle clones from App Store

Multiple copycat versions of the hugely popular word game Wordle have been removed from the App Store, Apple has confirmed to BBC News.BBC News found several similar-looking games still available, however. On Google Play, the equivalent for Android phones, there were two games called Wordle but neither was similar. Mr Wardle told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he wanted the game to be antithesis of advert-laden, attention-grabbing mobile apps. Wordle itself is similar to earlier games, including TV gameshow Lingo and Mastermind, a code-breaking board game invented in 1970 by telecommunications expert Mordecai Meirowtiz. Jotto, a word game released in the 1950s, also had similar gameplay, users tweeted.

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