After every guess, each letter is marked as either green, yellow or gray: green indicates that letter is correct and in the correct position, yellow means it is in the answer but not in the right position, while gray indicates it is not in the answer at all. The emoji grid copied by sharing the result from the Wordle game.Įvery day, a five-letter word is chosen which players aim to guess within six tries. The game was purchased by The New York Times Company in January 2022 for an undisclosed seven-figure sum the game was moved to the Times website in February 2022 and remains free for all players.

Many clones and variations of the game were also created, as were versions in languages besides English. The game gained popularity in December 2021 after Wardle added the ability for players to copy their daily results as emoji squares, which were widely shared on Twitter. Wardle created the game to play with his partner, eventually making it public in October 2021. Wordle has a single daily solution, with all players attempting to guess the same word. The mechanics are nearly identical to the 1955 pen-and-paper game Jotto and the television game show franchise Lingo. Players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with feedback given for each guess in the form of colored tiles indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position. Wordle is a web-based word game created and developed by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle.

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