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What Is Wordle?

Wordle is the daily word game published by The New York Times. Players get six attempts to identify a hidden five-letter word. Each guess triggers a color-coded response: green means the correct letter in the correct position, yellow means the letter exists in the word but belongs elsewhere, and gray means the letter is absent entirely. One puzzle per day. Every player in the world solves the same word.

The game was created by software engineer Josh Wardle in 2021 as a private gift for his partner. It became a global phenomenon within months. The Times acquired it in January 2022, and it has since become the fla...