Twitter bans Wordle spoiler bot

Twitter banned a bot that was spoiling other users' fun by responding to tweets about Wordle with a spoiler for the next day's mystery word. — Getty Images

Twitter has killed a killjoy, a bot that replies to tweets with the solution to the viral word puzzle game Wordle.

Wordle challenges players to guess the five-letter word of the day in six tries or less. After each try, the web-based game highlights the correct letters in green if they are the right position or in yellow if they are not.