Wordle: That's behind the hyped mobile game with the boxes

Created: 03/04/2022, 08:17

By: Omer Kayali

"Wordle" is a simple play on words that quickly spread through social media.

© Screenshot from powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle

Mobile games that require you to guess words abound.

Nevertheless, "Wordle" caused a lot of hype.

What's behind it?

A simple play on words is the latest phenomenon on social media.

The game is called Wordle.

You may have seen screenshots of the gray, yellow, and green boxes in a feed.

“Wordle” has gained a lot of notoriety mainly thanks to Twitter.

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 New York based programmer Josh Wardle who chose the name of the game as a nod to his own name.

The task is

.

You have

.

After each try, the boxes change color to show which letters are in and out of the word.

The colors have the following meaning:

• Gray

  : Letter is not in the word

• Yellow

  : Letter is in the word but in the wrong place

• Green

  : Letter is in the right place

You can play the game at this link.

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"Wordle": Each day there is only one word to guess

The unique thing about Wordle is that

have to figure out the same word and there is

to guess each day.

Anyone who succeeds can share their result on social media without showing the letters.

As a result, there have recently been a lot of screenshots of the yellow-green-grey boxes on Twitter and Co. and more and more people have been interested in "Wordle".

What's more, the game is

and can be played

registration.

, the game is played directly in the browser.

All of this makes Wordle extremely user-friendly and is what made it so popular.

It is of course more difficult for most German players to come up with the right word, since it is always an English word.

Fortunately, a German version of Wordle is now also available.