Capturing the attention of children and adults alike, the online word game Wordle has grown overnight. Starting in October 2021, Wordle was created by Josh Wardle for his partner to cure her boredom. 

Josh Wardle is a Welsh engineer who has previously worked at Reddit and created social experiments on the site. This was called The Button and Place, which is a 60-second timer created for April fools. You have one chance to press the button each day. Place was an online canvas that had one million pixel squares where each day you could change the color of one-pixel square. But sadly these have been archived and no longer exist. 

His latest project consists of guessing a five-letter word in under six tries. His partner picks the word for the day and we get to guess the obscure vocab like REBUS and TAPIR. This game has taken over the minds of millions and has even started a cult-like following. People are so obsessed because of its one-shot only policy it allows people to get the rush of adrenaline while they try to guess the word of the day. 

Hannah Nussbaum, a Wayne Hills Sophomore, says that “playing the wordle every morning in the car to school has become part of my routine. I love a fun challenge and Wordle definitely gives that to me!”

Perhaps the weirdest wordle has been TAPIR, which is a nocturnal hoofed mammal with a stout body, sturdy limbs, and a short flexible proboscis. They are native to tropical America and Malaysia. Sometimes the easiest words are the hardest to get because of words like REBUS and TAPIR since they mess with your head. Wordle allows you to expand your vocabulary and creativity.

Ms. Langan a junior English teacher said, “I do the Wordle just about every day and I love it. I love the word puzzles I recommend it and please don’t share the answers. There is also a Shakespeare Wordle called Bardle now which is everything related to Shakespeare.”

Recently the New York Times bought Wordle for at least $1,000,000 but the actual number has not been released to the public. People are scared the New York Times will require a subscription in the future for Wordle but so far it has not been the case. All you have to do is search the word “Wordle”  in your search engine and it will automatically pop up on your screen. Have fun “Wordle” -ing!