Wordle is becoming a primetime TV quiz show, because the ultimate five-letter word is 'money'

The puzzle game Wordle, onetime viral sensation and now a daily fixture of the New York Times, is becoming a gameshow that will be broadcast in both the UK and US.

Broadcaster NBC is behind the TV adaptation, which will be filmed in Manchester, England, and hosted by Savannah Guthrie, who currently presents the network's morning show Today. US chat show host Jimmy Fallon's production company, Electric Hot Dog, will co-produce the series.

Fallon said he felt "very honoured to be working...