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Wordle o Wordle!: a man accidentally wins thousands of dollars, but decides to donate them

There is no doubt that the growing popularity of Wordle, the word guessing game that has gone viral earlier this year, It is an undeniable phenomenon.

Josh Wardle’s app, however, focuses on keeping the game as simple and accessible as possible. entirely based on a web application Available for mobile devices, computers, or any device with access to a web browser. And it is that in fact, Wordle does not have any type of advertising or payment methods available, presenting itself under 100% free use and no benefits.

Unfortunately, as is often the case with all successful formulas, it doesn’t take long for us to start seeing thousands of unofficial copies trying to take advantage of this popularity to cash in on mobile app stores. Although the curious thing is that it was not these, but an application from five years ago, which has managed to get thousands of dollars by accident.

Wordle Apple App Store

And it is that under the name of wordle! (exactly identical but with this exclamation mark), Steven Cravotta, designer of this app, discovered last week that his app had gone viral, accumulating more than 200,000 downloads in just one week, even reaching number 1 in the Apple application store worldwide.

So, apart from its own content, with a slightly different style of play, the big difference between Wordle and Wordle! is that the second application has been raised to earn money, with the presence of advertising and even the possibility of making purchases within the application, which has ended up giving the developer a significant amount of income.

However, the story takes a new turn: instead of taking advantage of their accidental, but equally legitimate success and profit, being able to get rich from the application profits, Cravotta decided to contact Wardle to seek a cause to the liking of both, and donate all the money obtained.

As explained by the two protagonists of the event on their social networks, Wardle assured on Twitter that “Steve Cravotta spontaneously contacted me and asked about donating the proceeds”, while Cravotta himself explained himself by declaring «I thought we could take this once-in-a-lifetime scenario and turn it into something amazing!«.

As a result, the two developers settled on Boost, a program of tutoring and study aids for young people that operates in West Oakland, United States. Undoubtedly a noble cause that shows us, despite the many misfortunes of everyday life, the kind nature of man.

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