{"id":237529,"date":"2023-06-29T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=295670"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:48:45","slug":"this-free-game-is-a-wordle-that-not-even-its-creator-is-able-to-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-free-game-is-a-wordle-that-not-even-its-creator-is-able-to-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Beat the Wordle? This Challenging Game Stumps Even Its Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wordle became a success because it offered simple and easily understandable entertainment, even for people without knowledge of video games or technology. It took a popular pre-existing knowledge and gave it a twist that could be endlessly iterated over time. <strong>Wordle is nothing more than a word-guessing game that can be replicated indefinitely and can spawn clones indefinitely<\/strong>. It is easy to play, easy to copy, and hard not to enjoy. This is also true for the game that is starting to make waves on the internet: <a href=\"https:\/\/neal.fun\/password-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Password Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The password game is out now! Good luck ?<br><br>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kXhmbHqYTK\">https:\/\/t.co\/kXhmbHqYTK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6lbnfHrbx\">pic.twitter.com\/d6lbnfHrbx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Neal Agarwal (@nealagarwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nealagarwal\/status\/1673703594778927105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neal.fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Neal Agarwal<\/a> is a programmer who, in just two months, has developed a game called The Password Game. <strong>The rules are simple. We have to create a password following the rules<\/strong>. Each time we fulfill a rule, a new one is added. Fulfilling the new rules does not exclude having to fulfill the previous ones. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Wordle\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/503e68e8-4ec5-45ee-a1ef-825df14cac8f\/2755752455\/wordle-Wordle-icn.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Wordle<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/wordle.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/wordle.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first four rules are simple. It must have at least five characters, include a number, have at least one capital letter, and at least one special character. A classic set of password requirements. <strong>The fifth rule complicates things a bit more. The digits in our password must sum up to 25. The sixth rule asks us to add a month of the year<\/strong>. The seventh rule requires a Roman numeral. The eighth rule involves one of the sponsors of the page. The ninth rule asks that our Roman numerals be multiplied by 35. The tenth rule introduces a captcha. From here on, the game only becomes stranger, more difficult, and more delirious. It forces us to visit other web pages, solve different games, and blindly navigate through a game that, with each answer, makes us review all the previous ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&#39;t believe people are actually beating the password game, the human spirit is strong<\/p>&mdash; Neal Agarwal (@nealagarwal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nealagarwal\/status\/1674064383058616326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Password Game, <strong>since its release on Tuesday the 27th, has already garnered over 11,000 retweets<\/strong>. Ironically, Neal Agarwal, the creator of the game, admits to being unable to beat the game himself. While it is not impossible to complete the game\u2014some people have already done it\u2014Agarwal has only managed to fulfill up to rule twenty-eight, as he shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23777561\/the-password-game-browser-neal-agarwal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a conversation with Polygon<\/a>. It&#8217;s not surprising considering how devilishly challenging it is, but it&#8217;s also incredibly fun. It hits all the right notes that Wordle did, but in a much more playful and, above all, sarcastic manner.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Wordle\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/503e68e8-4ec5-45ee-a1ef-825df14cac8f\/2755752455\/wordle-Wordle-icn.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Wordle<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/wordle.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/wordle.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This free game demonstrates how, with Wordle&#8217;s design foundations, it is possible to make equally successful games&#8230; and much more difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9268,"featured_media":237532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[4621,4622,4623,1415,3947],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-237529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-neal-agarwal","tag-polygon","tag-the-password-game","tag-twitter","tag-wordle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319406,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237529\/revisions\/319406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237529"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=237529"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=237529"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=237529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}