With Lynne Kiesling
One of the few things that has made this particular bleak midwinter bearable has been the sudden rise of the viral game Wordle. For those who have not yet been initiated, Wordle offers a single puzzle each day. The goal is to guess a 5 letter word. You have only 6 guesses to get it right. After each guess, color coded squares indicate which letters are in the secret word and in the right place, which are in the word but in the wrong place, and which are not in the word at all. It’s a charming little game, made all the more fun by the restraint it imposes (Only six guesses! Only one puzzle per day!) and by the ease with which one’s success–but not the solution–can be shared on social media.
The game has spawned imitators of all sorts: an
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