{"id":459716,"date":"2022-03-08T08:38:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T08:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=459716"},"modified":"2022-03-08T08:38:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T08:38:14","slug":"wtf-is-wordle-everything-to-know-about-the-new-word-game-craze-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=459716","title":{"rendered":"WTF is Wordle? Everything to know about the new word game craze"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A puzzle from a few days ago (so it’s not a spoiler!)<\/p>\n

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You might have seen something a little strange on Twitter recently. Tweets with boxes: Yellow boxes, green boxes, gray boxes…<\/p>\n

They look a little something like this:<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the world of Wordle.<\/p>\n

What the hell is<\/em> Wordle? Good question.<\/p>\n

What is Wordle?<\/h2>\n

Wordle is a daily word game you can find online . It’s fun, simple and — perhaps crucially — can be played only once a day.<\/p>\n

I could try to explain the rules, but the site itself does a fantastic job of explaining the rules.<\/p>\n

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Essentially a word game, Wordle gives players six chances to guess a random five-letter word. As shown above, if you have the right letter in the right spot, it shows up green. A correct letter in the wrong spot shows up yellow. A letter that isn’t in the word in any <\/em>spot shows up gray.<\/p>\n

Simple, right? Yes, simple, but also incredibly compelling.<\/p>\n

So it’s just a word game? Big deal…<\/h2>\n

Yeah, it’s just a word game, but there are a few tiny little details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it.<\/p>\n

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There’s only one puzzle per day\u00a0<\/h2>\n

This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Everyone is playing the exact same puzzle!\u00a0<\/h2>\n

This is crucial, as it makes it easier to ping your buddy and chat about the day’s puzzle. “Today’s was tough!” “How did you get on?” “Did you get it?”<\/p>\n

Which takes us to the next point…<\/p>\n

It’s easy to share your results!<\/h2>\n

Once you’ve successfully or unsuccessfully done the puzzle for the day, you’re invited to share your Wordle journey for the day. If you tweet the image, it looks like this…<\/p>\n

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Started to sweat a bit on this one!<\/p>\n

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Note that the word and letters you chose are obscured. All that’s shown is your journey toward the word in a series of yellow, green and gray boxes.<\/p>\n

It’s very compelling. If you get it easily, maybe in the second or third try, there’s a showoff element whereby you must <\/em>show your followers how smart you are and share.<\/p>\n

If you get it by the skin of your teeth in the sixth go, that’s also a cool story. But most importantly, the puzzle itself isn’t spoiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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So Wordle isn’t just a word game, it’s a conversation starter<\/a> and a chance to show off on social media. That’s why it’s going so viral.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who made Wordle?<\/h2>\n

Wordle is the work of Josh Wardle. Extremely online people may remember him as the creator of Place, an utterly wild collaborative art project\/social experiment that sent the internet into a tizzy in April 2017.<\/p>\n

Place was a shared online space that allowed literally anyone to fight over what was drawn there. It resulted in huge, sprawling communities battling over space on this gigantic online canvas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wordle got a mention in The New York Times in November but really got traction when the share element was added on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Added a share button to Wordle that generates a spoiler-free emoji grid for you. Shoutout to for inventing such a cool way to share your results each day.<\/p>\n

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In a Reddit post, Wardle said he wanted Wordle to feel like a croissant, a “delightful snack” that is enjoyed occasionally. This is explicitly why there’s only one puzzle per day. “Enjoyed too often,” he explained, “and they lose their charm.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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