A friend of the photographer plays "Wordle" on January 12, 2022 in New York City. On my very first attempt at playing Wordle, I correctly guessed the right word on my third try.
The word "impressive" popped up on my computer screen. According to data, Wordle is a new craze among millennials. But, what is this game, why is it popular and how do I not know about this trend as a millennial, myself?
Let’s find out.Wordle is a web-based puzzle that requires players to guess a valid five-letter word in six tries or less. After each guess, the color of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was to the word.Everyone is given the same word daily, and after 24 hours, the word changes.
According to the New York Times, the game was created by Josh Wardle (Wordle is a play on his last name), a software engineer in Brooklyn who knew his partner loved word games, so he created a guessing game for just the two of them.