Overview
- Savannah Guthrie announced on Thursday, July 16 that she will be off Today for a few weeks to travel to Manchester to shoot the entire first season of NBC’s Wordle game show.
- The series is executive produced by Jimmy Fallon and produced with The New York Times and Universal Television and will feature squads of players solving five‑letter puzzles for cash prizes.
- Producers previously delayed production to accommodate Guthrie after her mother went missing earlier this year, and Guthrie has thanked NBC and the production partners for pausing the schedule.
- Nancy Guthrie, 84, remains missing after an apparent abduction and the FBI and Pima County authorities continue to investigate with released camera images, forensic testing, and no public suspect or arrest to date.
- Wordle began as a free daily puzzle created by Josh Wardle and was bought by The New York Times in 2022, and the TV adaptation marks a move to turn the game’s daily play and community sharing into a primetime competition.