Wordle
A daily English word-guessing game in which players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word, receiving feedback on letter correctness through green, yellow, and gray tiles, and featuring one puzzle per day and a shareable results grid.
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Wordle is a daily word-guessing game released by software engineer Josh Wardle in late 2021, in which players get six chances each day to guess a five-letter English word, and after each guess the tiles give feedback on the correctness of the letters in green, yellow and gray.
After being acquired by The New York Times in early 2022, Wordle quickly became a global phenomenon, with millions of players each day at its peak sharing score grids pieced together from emoji squares.
Wordle's core design principle is "one puzzle a day, the same puzzle for players worldwide, results shareable without spoilers," rather than the word-guessing mechanic itself.
Wordle's color-block feedback mechanism is both a core part of its gameplay and constitutes a highly distinctive visual language.
Wordle was a personal gift from engineer Josh Wardle to his partner.
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Wordle is a daily word-guessing game released by software engineer Josh Wardle in late 2021, in which players get six chances each day to guess a five-letter English word, and after each guess the tiles give feedback on the correctness of the letters in green, yellow and gray.
50%UnverifiedAfter being acquired by The New York Times in early 2022, Wordle quickly became a global phenomenon, with millions of players each day at its peak sharing score grids pieced together from emoji squares.
50%UnverifiedWordle's core design principle is "one puzzle a day, the same puzzle for players worldwide, results shareable without spoilers," rather than the word-guessing mechanic itself.
50%UnverifiedWordle's color-block feedback mechanism is both a core part of its gameplay and constitutes a highly distinctive visual language.
50%UnverifiedWordle was a personal gift from engineer Josh Wardle to his partner.
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