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On November 6, Variety shared the details on the new version of Wordle. The "Create Your Wordle Puzzle" option is now available to subscribers of both the New York Times Games program as well as the All Access program. Subscribers can create their Wordle puzzles in the iOS and Android apps, as well as via desktop and mobile web.