Are You a Wordle Wonder?

Each morning I pour myself a cup of coffee and log on to my laptop to play the new word craze: WORDLE.

This simple word game is the newest social media and pop culture phenomenon. The task is to guess a five-letter word. You have six tries. After each guess, the tiles change colors to show which letters are not in the word (gray), which letters are in the word but in the wrong position (yellow) and which ones are correctly in the word and in the right position (green).

What makes it extra fun is that not only am I playing, but Steve, our boys, their wives, and some of our friends have gotten into Wordle, too. The game allows you to share your score without giving away what your words were (no spoilers, below).

Wordle 225 4/6

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⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜

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It also keeps track of your stats so you know how well (or how poorly) you have done over all your attempts. And it counts down how long you have to wait until you can play again.

What I love is the fact that the game is the same for everyone with a new, unique word each day. In addition, you can play only once a day (no falling into a Wordle rabbit hole).

When delving into the mental math of Wordle and how it’s ushering in a sense of community, Smithsonian Magazine quotes psychologist Lee Chambers, as saying “it [Wordle] leads to the release of dopamine, a chemical that causes people to seek out a positive experience again”. “The fact that we are all trying to solve the same puzzle brings us together. There’s both a sense of community in terms of ‘How difficult did people find it this time?’ and a competitive angle in terms of ‘How well did I stack up in finding this word compared to everyone else?’”

What's not to love? I can't wait for tomorrow morning!

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