Commentary: How the world went wild for Wordle

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The game is nothing novel, but it could be the last pure thing on the Internet, says the Financial Times' Janine Gibson.

LONDON: You might not have come across Wordle. It is possible that if you aren’t on social media and don’t know anyone with a compelling need to prove how clever they are on a daily basis, you might never have seen the mysterious grid of grey, green and yellow squares indicating how quickly someone else guessed a five-letter word.

For the dwindling number of uninitiated then, what is the point of Wordle? It is to guess a five-letter word within six tries. Another friend posted on Twitter that he’d rather give up his password than share his “Wordle starter”. The puzzle editor at the Times offers tips on how to improve your score; the Guardian ran a column explaining the linguistic history of commonly used consonants.

As social media once again divides into two defiant camps, the sharing that keeps the game alive has already moved underground.

 

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