Wordle: That's behind the new hype mobile game with the boxes
Created: 01/13/2022, 11:29 AM
By: Ömer Kayali
"Wordle" is a simple word game that quickly spread through social media.
© Screenshot from powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle
There are plenty of mobile games in which you have to guess words.
Nevertheless, “Wordle” triggered a lot of hype.
What's behind it?
A simple word game is the newest phenomenon on social media.
The game is called "Wordle".
You may also have seen screenshots of the gray, yellow, and green boxes in a feed.
Thanks in particular to Twitter, “Wordle” has become very well known.
There are several reasons why the game is so popular.
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"Wordle": This is how the game works
"Wordle" game was developed by programmer Josh Wardle from New York, who chose the name of the game as a reference to his own name.
The task is
to guess an English word with five letters
.
You have
six
attempts
.
After each attempt, the boxes change color to show which letters are or are not in the word.
The colors have the following meanings:
Gray
: letter is not in the word
Yellow
: The letter is in the word, but in the wrong place
Green
: letter is in the right place
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“Wordle”: There is only one word to guess every day
The special thing about "Wordle" is that
all players
have to find the same word and there is
only one
word to guess every day.
Those who succeed can share their results on social media without showing the letters.
As a result, there have recently been a lot of screenshots of the yellow-green-gray boxes on Twitter and Co. and more and more people are interested in "Wordle".
In addition, the game is
completely free
and can also be played
without any advertising
or
registration.
Not even an installation is necessary
, the game is played directly in the browser.
All of this makes “Wordle” extremely user-friendly and ensured that it spread so quickly.
For most German players it is of course more difficult to come up with the right word, since it is always an English word.
You can play the game at this link.
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