NBC Orders Wordle Game Show for 2027

NBC has ordered a television version of Wordle, bringing one of the internet’s most recognizable word games to the network’s game-show lineup.

The project will feature

Savannah Guthrie as host and Jimmy Fallon as an executive producer, according to the announcement made during Monday’s broadcast of

Today. The series is set to premiere in 2027, giving NBC time to shape a format around a game that built its reputation on speed, simplicity, and daily ritual.

Wordle began as a spare, addictive puzzle on a screen; now NBC wants to prove it can hold an audience on a stage.

The move shows how aggressively traditional TV still chases proven digital habits. Wordle became a cultural fixture by keeping its rules clean and its stakes personal: one puzzle, one day, one chance to share your result. NBC now faces the harder challenge of translating that intimate appeal into a broadcast event without losing the game’s core identity.

The announcement also gives Guthrie a new role beyond her long-running presence on

Today, where she joined the greenlight reveal on air. Reports indicate NBC sees the show as more than a novelty; a straight-to-series order suggests confidence that the Wordle name can attract viewers who already know the game and viewers who simply want an easy-to-follow competition.

What comes next matters more than the headline. NBC still needs to show how Wordle works as television: how contestants play, how tension builds, and how a minimalist puzzle scales to a full episode. If the network gets that balance right, it could turn a daily word habit into a durable entertainment franchise by 2027.