Wordle

[wurd-l]

Trademark.

1. the brand name for an online word game giving players six attempts to identify a five-letter word.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wordle¹

Pun on the family name of Brooklyn-based software engineer Josh Wardle, who developed the game (2021)

Example Sentences

Wordle addicts panicked that their long-running streaks would be reset to zero, students fretted over blown deadlines as their Canvas learning portals stopped working.

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Merril, speaking to this new incarnation of her sister, can’t help wondering if a human being is no more than the sum total of their emails, voicemails, private messages, online search history, social media activity, entertainment choices, Wordle solutions and purchases and returns.

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Wordle, the addictive digital puzzle game offered daily by the New York Times, could soon be coming to television.

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NBC has ordered a pilot based on Wordle, according to people familiar with the project who were not authorized to comment publicly.

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The Wordle project is being produced by “Tonight” host Jimmy Fallon’s company Electric Hot Dog, which already has two prime-time game shows on the air at the network, “That’s My Jam” and “On Brand.”

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