As a dedicated daily Wordle player, I wasn't thrilled when The New York Times acquired the game. I understood the move—the NYT wanted control, and creator Josh Wardle likely appreciated offloading the surprise popularity. Still, I sighed and headed to the familiar powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle URL, now redirecting to www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html.
The moment arrived: I clicked, saw the new address, and... nothing. Just a blank screen. No error messages, no connection issues—simply no Wordle.
Frustrated, I closed the tab and retried. Same result. Wordle loaded fine on my Pixel 6, incognito mode, and even Safari (which I rarely use). No one else at I/O Means reported issues, so I chalked it up to a glitch and played on mobile.
This persisted for two days. My work computer held my Wordle stats—however modest—and I couldn't bear losing them. Finally, I dug deeper and found the fix on Reddit.
I wasn't alone. Many NYT subscribers faced the same blank screen. The culprit? NYT cookies conflicting with Wordle (not just in Chrome—Firefox and Safari users reported it too).
The solution: Delete all NYT cookies from your browser. Here's how in Chrome (search for equivalents in other browsers):
Done. For me, this restored Wordle instantly via the powerlanguage.co.uk redirect, complete with my stats and the new NYT URL.
Now, mornings mean coffee, toast, and Wordle again. (Though I haven't cracked it in under four guesses lately...)
