The popular mobile game Wordle is becoming a primetime TV show, with participants basically playing the game together in person with the hope of taking home a cash prize. The show will air on NBC, with popular Today Show broadcaster Savannah Guthrie serving as the host.
The Wordle TV show will film in Manchester, England and is set to premiere on NBC in prime time beginning in 2027, The New York Times–which owns Wordle–announced today. The New York Times will co-produce the half-hour show, which is said to feature the game’s well-known typeface and color scheme. As rumored, NBC host Jimmy Fallon will be an executive producer on the Wordle show.
Production on the Wordle TV show was set to begin sooner but was delayed after Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy, disappeared in February this year. Guthrie returned to her Today Show hosting duties in April and her mother is still missing.
“Everything is strange right now,” Guthrie said. “It’s strange to get up and do the Today Show every day, and it’s strange to say that I’m going to do a game show when your heart is broken.”
Guthrie said she would play Wordle with her mother, and that she showed her mother the pilot for the Wordle TV show back in December 2025.
Wordle is a popular digital game where players try to figure out a five-letter word with as few guesses as possible. The New York Times bought the game in 2022 from its creator, Josh Wardle, in a seven-figure deal. Wordle remains free for everyone, though people believe it may eventually go behind a paywall to help boost NYT’s subscription revenue.