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Spotify is closing down hurdle, the Wordle inspired music guessing game

it acquired last July for an undisclosed sum.

Similar to Wordle, Hurtle offers players six tries to guess a popular song,

but instead of typing in different letters to form words,

players listen to a song's intro to guess the artist and title.

At the time of its acquisition, Spotify said hurdle would remain free to play for everyone.

Now the company says it will sunset hurdle on May 5th as it aims to focus on its other

objectives around music discovery. The changes are being announced through an

in-app message on the hurdle website. The decision to close hurdle, we understand, came about because Spotify wants to

devote more of its energy toward music discovery through its recent app changes, not through

Wordle-inspired gameplay off-platform.

In other news, Washington's Senate unanimously passed a bill this week

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