Wordle: An Addictive Word Game
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Wordle is an addicting word game that has been taking the world by storm over the past month.
Each day, there is a new five-letter word for players to try their hand at guessing. After each guess, the color of the tiles will change to show how close the guess was to the word. The letters that turn grey are not in the final word, the letters that turn yellow are in the wrong spot, and the letters that turn green are correct. If it takes you more than six tries, you have failed the Wordle and your streak is over. Junior Haley Bryan voiced, “It’s nice that they give us letters and where they are, but I get so stuck on those letters that words just don’t come out to me.” This is what makes Wordle so challenging.
Sophomore Paige Olson said, “Wordle is really fun and it’s a good way to get your competitive spirit out.” Many have been obsessed with competing against their friends to complete the Wordle in fewer tries. Having the same word as everyone else does have its challenges. If you don’t play Wordle in the morning, you are likely to find spoilers by the end of the day.
Josh Wardle, a software engineer from New York made the word game for his wife back in October of 2021. Wardle created a variation of Wordle in 2013 but got rid of the idea after his friends didn’t like it. After his wife became obsessed with the New York Times word games in quarantine, he decided to bring the idea back.
The New York Times bought Wordle on January 31st from Wardle for at least 1 million dollars. As of now, the game will continue to be free, but it is unknown if the game will cost money for non-subscribers to play in the future. The game joined New York Times’ other games on February 12th. There is no credit to the original creator on the website. Sophomore Cameron Lindsey said, “I would say that at least giving the credit to the original maker of something should be required. Especially when so much time has been put into their very own idea.”
This fun game has brought on many fun Wordle variations, so people can play more than just one a day!
This is the original Wordle, as described above.
This game allows people to play all of the Wordles from past days.
The glammed-up, beautified version of Wordle. The words in this Wordle shift between 4 and 8 characters each day. Two words could be put together or a letter may be repeated for its effect.
This game allows Taylor Swift fans to show off their Swiftie expertise and try to guess the Taylor word of the day. Senior Ariana Aponte said, “On a scale from naurr to yasss [this game] would be a slay!”
This version is for the choir kids. This game is very similar to Wordle, as there is a new five-letter choir-related word every day.
Evil Wordle is exactly as it sounds. Evil Wordle makes it their goal to look at the words entered and make the final word something that will take the largest amount of tries.
This wordle is for people who enjoy the environment. Very similar to Wordle, each of the words is related to the environment.
This variation changes from a five-letter word to one math problem per day. Solvers compete to figure out the true equation.
This version of Wordle allows you to create your own Wordle and share it with your friends.
This Wordle variant allows you to try and guess the airport code (ex. DSM) each day. Only airport codes will be accepted as valid entries.