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Everyone Wants to Be Wordle - The New York Times
Jan 15, 2022 1 min, 6 secs
Wordle went from a gift to an internet sensation, and now everyone wants in.

In the span of three months, Wordle went from a personal gift to a viral sensation — and now, everyone wants in.

The buzz can be attributed to the spoiler-free scoring grid of green, yellow, black and white blocks that allows players to share their Wordle wins across social media, group chats and more.

The yellow and green squares indicate that Wordle players guessed a correct letter or a combined correct letter and correct placement for that letter.

Josh Wardle, a software engineer, initially created the game as a gift for his partner.

Wordle alternatives appeared just days after the original game went viral.

However, the most notable imitator was aptly named Wordle and offered as an app, unlike the original iteration of the game, which is a web page.

The app’s creator, Zach Shakked, offered players a free trial of the same exact game with additional options for shorter and longer words.

Lego created its own green and yellow grid out of bricks, and the Smithsonian tweeted a picture of a green, yellow and black tablecloth from its Cooper Hewitt collection.

The game, which was created and published by Zynga, practically took over Facebook, with users tending to their virtual crops and nudging their Facebook friends for help.

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