Wordle

Is Wordle “new” or just an old game in a new format? Wordle, of course, is the word game that has taken the internet by storm. One (only) Wordle is available each day. The player has 6 attempts to determine the Wordle of the day, getting feedback at each attempt. If they have a letter in the correct place, it turns green. If they have a correct letter but not in the correct place, it turns yellow. Letters not in the word show as grey. By deduction and reasoning, and some luck, the player then has to work out what the Wordle is. There has been screeds written about choosing your first words to give you a better chance of getting the Wordle out in six tries - although the fun is trying to get it out in as few tries as possible - to score bragging rights. You can share your Wordle result without sharing the words although some folk have been known to Tweet screenshots of their working - which is a bit mean giving there is only one Wordle a day.

Wordle has recently been purchased by The New York Times so it will be interesting to see if they monetise it or whether it remains free to play.