Wordle has no flashing banners or pop-up windows demanding extras for ‘premium’ features — just the game itself. But though it has echoes of the old-fashioned game Hangman, the Mastermind board game and TV show Lingo, it’s pleasingly interactive. You type in your first attempt — any word into a grid comprising six rows of five spaces — and Wordle tells you whether any of the letters are contained in the secret word. Letters which aren’t in the secret word at all are marked in grey. Remember that Wordle only tells you if a letter is contained within the secret word, not how many times it occurs.

Source: The Times January 13, 2022 14:19 UTC