When I meet with Jonathan Knight, head of gaming for the New York Times, I ask one big, burning question:

"How big is the Wordle streak?"

He pulls out his cell phone to check.

"Before joining The New York Times, I worked as a producer at EA, Activision, Zynga, and Warner Bros. Lately I've been stressed out playing Wordle."

I understand the stress of trying to keep up with the streak, and I lament that my own Wordle streak had recently grown to 87, not because I got a word wrong, but because one day I completely forgot to open the app. If I forget even for a day, the streak resets to zero.

"I know the feeling," Knight tells me. 'That's why I've been playing for three years and I'm still 184.'

After all, missing a day can break a winning streak, a major concern for Wordle players, and they are not shy about telling NYT Games that.

"Interestingly, one of Wordle's most requested features is a notification to remind you to play. Never in my life have I been involved in a game where users wanted more notifications," he laughs.

As for whether NYT Games will accept the request, Knight is unsure. He said that notifications "are usually a tactic publishers use to suck people in and get them hooked. And that is not our goal. We are not trying to get 24/7 engagement."

"This is a daily puzzle. We want our app to be a good use of your time. We want it to fit into your everyday life," he says.

"We don't want to get you hooked or addicted. Knight says that while notifications may be added, they are "not in our immediate future."

As for other features, Knight says the most common request from Wordle players is "don't change Wordle. Knight says, "First of all, don't do anything." People don't want us to mess with it." This is the same philosophy that Wordle executive producer Zoe Bell used last year when she revealed the word that set the record for the most consecutive wins in Wordle history.