India, May 11 -- Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona on February 1 and amid the ongoing family crisis, the Today show anchor has announced a major new project.

On Monday, May 11, Jimmy Fallon appeared on the Today show to reveal that the popular New York Times puzzle game Wordle is being turned into an NBC game show Guthrie will host it. "We've been developing Wordle as a game show for the past two-and-a-half years with The New York Times. And it's official," Fallon said on air.

"We are making Wordle game show with our host, Savannah Guthrie!" he added as per TV Insider.

The game show is based on the New York Times word-guessing game which launched in 2022. Fallon, who is ex...