NBA Star Accused Of Cheating At Wordle

Considering how popular Wordle is at the moment, it can be tempting to cheat a little when it comes to posting your results to social media with the game’s trademark emoji grid. NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns has been accused of doing just that, after eagle-eyed fans noticed that something in his daily Wordle post didn’t add up.

The Timberwolves player posted a cheery morning Wordle result showing a successful answer in just three tries–on a word that many players struggled with. In the replies, fans soon pointed out that, with the Wordle 237 answer being “ULCER,” Towns’ second guess just didn’t fit, as no existing word contains the combination “UC_ER.”

After accusations of cheating flooded Towns’ replies, the NBA player soon had to post a follow-up proving that he was playing the game as intended, including a video of the actual guesses he used–usually a big no-no for Wordle fans, but required in this case to clear his name.