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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Saman Javed

What is Wordle? The new word game explained

Wordle

If you’ve been on Twitter in the past week or two, you may have noticed a rise in people posting Tetris-like blocks made up of yellow, green and grey squares. The graphic is usually accompanied by two random numbers and the made-up word, “Wordle”.

A short investigation reveals that these tweets are the personal results of a game, which is currently taking social media by storm.

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