What to Read About Wordle—While Everybody’s Still Talking About It

“It did not take long for me to conclude that Wordle is a metaphor for life, meaning that you can learn a lot about different ways to see the world from different ways to play Wordle.”

A game like Candy Crush exploits burnout. Wordle, much like a puzzle or crossword, offers a moment of restoration.

Unpacking the ingenious simplicity of the Internet’s favorite new word game.

The word game has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. It was created by a software engineer in Brooklyn for his partner.

Linguists, engineers, and puzzle obsessives unite in the quest for the perfect first word.

Take it from a crossword pro.

The key to success in the viral word game is understanding the rules that govern how sounds fit together.

The hottest online game of early 2022 is spectacularly easy to beat if you’re a liar.

Word games on mobile and PC.

Viral word game Wordle is a triumph of pretty much everything except testing vocabulary skills.

Who cares if those green squares are annoyingly everywhere? In such alienating times, isn’t it nice to make such a massive intersectional connection?

“It doesn’t make us feel as if we’re old, or bad parents, or that we need to make vertical baked ziti and improve our bullet journal game.”