I am a big fan of Wordle. While I was (literally) late to the game, I’ve been playing it every single day for over a year now. Through him, my mom and I talk more than ever—we text each other our scores every morning, so it’s almost as much a ritual as a daily game. And as I’m sure many of you know, with daily play comes the inevitable buildup to a winning streak. The higher it gets, the more we sweat when we get to 5 or even 6 guesses.
Most will lose one game or another, perhaps because of a pesky word with too many options, or simply because it’s something we’ve never heard of. But, either way, my mother and I, (with gritted teeth) will gracefully accept defeat as well as reset the score—don’t peek at Wordle’s answer today Our. But, to my horror, my awesome streak of 180 was recently reset to zero for no reason at all – I’ve never lost a game, never missed a day. Here’s what happened.
Why was my Wordle font reset?
I recently booked myself a well deserved vacation from the UK to Florida. And while I was planning on soaking in the sun and amusement parks, of course I intended to continue playing Wordle every day with my Best Words to Start Wordle. On the day of the flight I played as usual before take off – no problems there – my streak had just hit 180 so I was looking forward to hitting 200 points. However, when I woke up at my hotel the next morning, refreshed and ready for my vacation, I was horrified that my streak was gone and reset to zero.
What happened here? I never missed a day and didn’t play between 7pm and midnight Florida time, which would have been after midnight in the UK. I was upset and that’s it at least. I continued to play daily and built another 14 day streak by the time I got back to the UK. Oddly enough, it wasn’t resetting itself back in, it was just flying out, so the confusion escalated.
After I got back, I did some research on the problem. It turns out that when it comes to long-distance travel, Wordle unfortunately sometimes tends to reset itself, reducing any winning streak to zero. This is the case even if you keep playing daily and keep winning. It’s hard to say whether or not this has to do with the difference in time zones – especially since I still play the game every day with plenty of time to spare in both time zones. But, in any case, all Wordle lovers who plan to travel should be aware of it.
Can you restore your Wordle font?
To restore my line, according to MUO (Opens in a new tab), I tried turning off the Set Automatically option in my date and time settings, then resetting the date on my phone to the day my streak disappeared. Then I had to re-complete that day’s Wordle before going back to the current date. To my dismay, this didn’t fix the problem – in fact, I only lost the 14 day streak I had built up in the meantime. Unfortunately, my streak seems to be lost forever.
Preventing this from happening in the future isn’t completely made clear, but it should be possible because Wordle just fixed its biggest flaw. Logically, by creating a New York Times account, you should save your streak in these cases. Or if you want to take extreme precautions, you could alternatively have someone at home complete your daily Wordles in the meantime using the same account. If your Wordle font means a lot to you, it might be worth exploring. Personally, I would continue to play Wordle, but this is definitely something the game should look to fix.
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