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Chris Morris

Google's top search result for 2022 shows the staying power of Wordle

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So far, 2022 has seen a war break out in Ukraine and the death of the world’s longest-serving monarch, but when it came to search engine queries, the world was more focused on Wordle.

The phenomenally popular word-guessing game topped all searches worldwide this year, according to Google. And despite those other two momentous events, as well as the kickoff of the World Cup, it was a cricket match between India and England that got the second most queries.

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