The editors of New York Times Games have announced that old Wordle solutions — which were previously retired after each game — will now be added back into the pool of possible answers alongside never-before-used words, according to a newsletter sent to subscribers last week. The change went into effect Monday, Feb. 2, the email stated.

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That number was whittled down to 2,309 by the NYT after it bought Wordle in January 2022, and then increased by an unknown amount over the next couple of years, with the addition of solutions such as SNAFU (game #659) and OOMPH (#1662).