Is Wordle in your world?

I don’t Wordle, and neither does Himself, but so many of the people I know are Wordlers (if such a word exists) that my Twitter feed is filled with images of those little coloured squares and, this past week I’ve noticed it on Facebook too. Before you know it, there’ll be an Instagram hashtag for it – #wordlegrammers anyone – and TikToks of people Wordling while dancing 😀

I understand there is now also a Wordle 2, a Nerdle, a Quordle and Le Mot (Wordle in French).

If you’ve managed to avoid it all, nice work – and it can only be because you avoid all forms of social media other than WordPress. Hopefully my mentioning the word over here on WordPress multiple times won’t be like some form of invocation of Beetlejuice….

As someone who knows how easy it is to get addicted to this sort of stuff on my phone, I’ve not allowed myself to take even a look – as that never ends well. Yet, little by little, I’ve gone from having absolutely no idea what that pattern of coloured squares means, to a growing understanding of what’s going on. I can appreciate when someone’s had a cracker of a result, and when someone has been frustratingly close but it’s ended up being no cigar. I am also vastly amused by the outpouring of disgust when a word has befuddled my British friends by being spelt the American way. I’ve no idea if the reverse is frustrating to Wordlers across the pond, so if you are one – do tell 🙂

I’ll admit, I can see the lure – especially as it’s only one word a day – but still I refuse to be lured. Knowing my luck, it would immediately signal the NY Times putting it behind that expected paywall – and no-one would thank me for that 😀

For now, I remain on the outside of the Wordle world – and contentedly so.

What about you – do you Wordle? Do you play any other games on your phone? Or do they have absolutely no lure for you?

© Debra Carey, 2022

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  1. I tried it once but didn’t inhale. Oops, sorry wrong addiction!

    It was in the very early days I didn’t find the instructions particularly clear and got confused with which letters were wrong and which were in the wrong place. And this is from somebody whose whole life had been bound up with wordplay. (Small boast: in my primary school every so often our headteacher would have a spelling test. Get two wrong in a round and you were out. Admittedly it was a small village primary school – 30 in our class) but I was the last one left in and the head only stopped because she had reached the end of the book. My classmates had had a lovely extended playtime so I was,for a short while, extremely popular!)

    So no, I am not inclined to let it invade my life – as you say there are plenty of other time consuming distractions

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  2. I discovered Wordle in February. I play it some days, but I don’t feel addicted to it. On my cell phone I have WordScape which I like very much. Playing it soothes my wordy soul.

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  3. I am an intermittent Wordler. I enjoy doing it, but I generally don’t remember it exists unless I’m standing in line or waiting for something and bored. Even though I see the squares all over Twitter and FB, I tune them out. Sometimes I don’t even…(gasp!) post my own results! So I’ll go days without playing. Too bad you can’t solve the puzzles from previous days.

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  4. Wordle. Love it. Talk about it with my friends and family. The only other game I play is words with friends but just with the husband

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  5. My daughter, her girlfriend and I have a “wordle club” message thread on our phone where we share our results. I have to say I get a bit of pleasure when I am able to beat their score (they are both teachers). HOWEVER now they have started doing octordle (8 games) and I refuse. I told them I have a life. One game (okay maybe some days I do the quordle) is plenty for me. I don’t need the added stress.

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  6. Ha ha Alan! 😀 I’m glad I sidestepped it even more now. That confusion would have done my head in if trying to participate.

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  7. Ally, I used to love playing word games and playing online scrabble, but found I could quite literally lose hours. So I deleted them off my phone. I’d not mind if I wasn’t constantly bemoaning uncompleted projects, but I am, so it had to be done. Sounds like you’ve got your word game fitting comfortably into your life. I may be a tiny bit envious 🙂

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  8. Autumn, if I could do it the way you do, I’d be right there. But it’s like smoking for me. I was never able to have just one cigarette. I’d be straight back to a pack a day. Not posting your own results? Surely if it’s posted not online, it didn’t happen? 😉 😀

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  9. LA, it really has taken over. I feel decidedly the odd one out among my friends, but I am resolute. Word with friends is another I had to quit.

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  10. Yay Janet on beating two teachers! 😀 You are very wise to keep your crown there and leave them to the other options. And, as you say, you’ve got plenty to keep you busy already.

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  11. I’ve been playing Wordle daily for about a month and love it. I also play Spelling Bee every day. Occasionally Letter Boxed. All are NY Times games. Addiction is such a strong word. I play because I enjoy it and try not to judge myself too harshly.

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  13. Debs, the nice thing about Wordle is that there’s only one word a day, so addiction isn’t really an issue. Max of 6 guesses and your done for the day! Or you could try other free 1-entry-only each day, for example some geography guessing games: globle or worldle! 😊

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  15. Donna, I wish I could play games on my phones without them becoming an addiction like other people do. But I know myself. Drink and drugs have no danger for me, but put a phone in my hand with access to games…. I can lose hours, days even 😦 Have fun! I’ll be the one over here envying you your innocent enjoyment 😉

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  16. Deb, it has become THE thing. I so want to join in but I know any game on my phone is simply a gateway to all those other games on my phone, and then I’ll get nothing else done I tell you, nothing! 😀 Don’t let me put you off, you’ve got all that beautiful outdoors calling to you so you’ll be fine.

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  17. Jane, I nearly allowed myself to join in on exactly that basis. But once it’s done, that phone is in my hand and my dander is up. There’ll be other games on there, and then my time is lost. Best I stay away 🙂

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  18. Ha ha Alan, it got you! But you can safely say you dipped your toe in and have survived! 🙂

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  19. I do play Wordle every day. My husband and I play separately and compare results. So far, I have no desire to try all the spinoffs. I don’t play a lot of games on my phone. I have a couple downloaded, but I quickly lost interest. I should probably just remove the clutter. I admire your self-awareness to know that starting a game however well controlled is not a good idea for you.

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  20. Thanks Christie & lovely to see you here. All I can say in support of my decision is that I’m old and I’ve learned the hard way 🙂

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  22. LA, I’ve had to regard Wordle as a gateway drug, ‘cos it gets me using a game (any game) on my phone and, when it’s done, I simply can’t help myself, I go looking for more games to play. It’s weird how my brain is wired that way, when it’s not susceptible to drink or drugs or the more normal addictions, but I’ve lived and learned my lesson. I am fascinated to watch other people though….

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  23. Oh, I get it. I’m easily addicted to food, usually, but also activities like dance and volleyball.

    The good thing about Wordle is that the site only has one game a day. So you can’t spend hours playing…unless you do some of the spinoffs I’ve been hearing about.

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  24. Yes, I’ve become a Wordler. I like the challenge. As to your comment about different spellings, I did miss the switch to The NY Times version and had to come up with a word I’d never heard before – agora. Not a spelling issue but definitely not a word commonly used around here!!!

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  27. I do Wordscapes, Wordle and Jumble Crossword while I’m drinking my morning coffee. I do Alexa’s question of the day. That is enough to tax my brain for the day.

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  28. I haven’t tried Wordle yet but I also see the Wordle results peppering my social media feeds. I play Word Wipe which is kind of like a word search puzzle. I like it, especially since I found out I could turn off the sound. We all need a distraction – it is a perfect sorbet during a long work day. [BTW – Ally Bean sent me.]

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  29. Margaret that sounds like an excellent way to start the day. I’d not heard of Alexa’s question of the day. I may prompt my mother to check that out as she has an Alexa. I don’t have one as it feels too weird as I have a good friend called Alexa 😀

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  30. Hi Linda, nice to see a fellow Ally Beanite 🙂 Oh yes to turning off the sound, my world has been so much better since I muted everything (including notifications).

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  31. I like that “Ally Beanite”… yes, there’s way too much noise in the world now so we need quiet sometimes. When I worked on site, all the suites had white noise “piped in” by the building. Quiet is nice, but it was just my boss and me and when he was not around, that constant white noise made me nod off in a heartbeat. 🙂

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  32. Linda, that’s really interesting about the white noise. I’m a regular user of Calm’s sleep stories but can’t get my head round the concept of ASMR but your experience is that it works. I shall have to give those tracks a try.

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  34. Far too many spinoffs Autumn, FARRRRR too many. I saw someone say they were doing the “geography” version of Wordle rather than the word one – Whaaaat? I think this fact may have be saving me from its allure 😀

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  35. Linda, agora is a new word on me too 🙂 That would’ve stumped me completely.

    I’ve heard that people are seeing differences, when in fact the words are actually the same ones which were pre-set before the takeover.

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  36. Robyn, of course you don’t have time for Wordle, you’ve got a new home to “play” with. Far more fun for you. And, yes, I am envious 🙂

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