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Wordle
A four-row grid of white letters in colored square tiles, with 5 letters in each row, reading ARISE, ROUTE, RULES, REBUS. The A, I, O, T, and L are in gray squares; the R, S, and E of ARISE, U and E of ROUTE, and U and E of RULES are in yellow squares, and the R of ROUTE, R and S of RULES, and all letters of REBUS are in green squares.
A screenshot of a typical Wordle game (#196)
Developer(s)Josh Wardle
Platform(s)Web
ReleaseOctober 2021
Genre(s)Word game

Wordle is an online word game developed by Josh Wardle, a programmer from Brooklyn who had previously created the social experiments Place and The Button for Reddit.[1][2][3][4] Every day, a five-letter word is chosen that players aim to guess within six tries.[3] After each guess, the letters are either marked as green, yellow, or gray; green means that the letter is correct and in the correct position, yellow means that the letter is in the answer but not in the right position, and gray means the letter is not in the answer at all.[5] Conceptually and stylistically, the game is similar to the game show franchise Lingo.[6][7][8] Each daily game uses a randomly selected word from a list of 2,500 words, selected from all 12,000 five-letter words in English.[1][9] In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today, Wardle stated that he does not know each day's word so can still enjoy playing the game himself.[10]

Wordle 196 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩
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The emoji grid copied by sharing the above result

Wardle initially created the game for himself and his partner, Palak Shah, to play. In mid-October 2021 he made it public after it "rapidly became an obsession" with relatives, naming it Wordle as a pun on his surname.[1] He also created a similar prototype in 2013.[11] He has said that he has no intention to monetise it and "It's not trying to do anything shady with your data or your eyeballs ... It's just a game that's fun."[12][11]

The game became a viral phenomenon on Twitter in late December 2021, after Wardle added a sharing element to the game, letting users copy their results in the form of a grid of colored square emoji.[2][3][4][5][13][14][15] Over 300,000 people played Wordle on January 2, 2022, up from 90 players on November 1, 2021.[1] Several media outlets, including CNET and The Indian Express, attributed the game's popularity to the dailiness of the puzzles.[2][5] Wardle suggested that having one puzzle per day creates a sense of scarcity, leaving players wanting more; he also noted that it encourages players to spend only three minutes on the game each day.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Victor, Daniel (January 3, 2022). "Wordle Is a Love Story". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Serrels, Mark (December 21, 2021). "WTF is Wordle? Everything to know about the new word game craze". CNET. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Astle, David (December 31, 2021). "Tips from an expert: How to solve everyone's favourite game Wordle". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Lum, Patrick (December 23, 2021). "What is Wordle? The new viral word game delighting the internet". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Tech Desk (December 21, 2021). "Wordle: All about the viral game Twitter is going bonkers over". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  6. ^ Brocklehurst, Harrison (January 4, 2022). "What the hell is Wordle, and why is Twitter full of people tweeting coloured squares?". The Tab. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  7. ^ Jackson, Gita (January 5, 2022). "Why Is Everyone Tweeting Their 'Wordle' Scores?". Vice. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  8. ^ Van Stam, Tom (January 5, 2022). "Woordspel Wordle is binnen een mum van tijd een van de populairste games ter wereld" [In no time, word game Wordle has become one of the most popular games in the world]. IGN Benelux (in Dutch). Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  9. ^ "'Wordle' creator pleased with game's non-intensive relationship". NME. January 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  10. ^ Today (Radio programme). BBC Radio 4. January 5, 2022. Segment starting 1:24:43. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Wakefield, Jane (January 5, 2022). "Wordle creator promises viral game will stay simple and ad-free". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  12. ^ "Wordle: why the inventor of the fiendishly addictive online game doesn't want your money". The Guardian. January 4, 2022. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  13. ^ Price, Renata (December 30, 2021). "Wordle Is That Square Grid Game You've Been Seeing All Over Social Media". Kotaku. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (December 29, 2021). "What is Wordle? A viral word game everyone's playing". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. ^ Devore, Jordan (December 28, 2021). "Wordle is a free word game that's just tough enough to be fun". Destructoid. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
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