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NBC Pilots Wordle Game Show With Savannah Guthrie

Jimmy Fallon’s Electric Hot Dog and Universal Television Alternative Studio are producing with e NeNew York Times as a partner.

Overview

  • The test episode is filming in the United Kingdom, according to multiple reports.
  • NBC has not ordered the project to series and declined to comment on the pilot.
  • Jimmy Fallon will serve as an executive producer via his Electric Hot Dog banner alongside Universal Television Alternative Studio.
  • The adaptation draws on Wordle’s core gameplay of six guesses to identify a five-letter word with color-coded feedback.
  • The New York Times bought Wordle in 2022, and the puzzle logged about 5.3 billion plays in 2024.