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How Wordle is taking over Pakistani Twitter

The viral online game allows six guesses for a five-letter word to players worldwide

Entertainment Desk January 17, 2022

If you’re an avid Twitter user, chances are your timeline - with every refresh - is filled with tiny green, yellow, white, and sometimes grey emoji charts. The said chart is actually an addictive online puzzle game called Wordle that has gone viral immediately after its launch. After its precedented popularity globally, looks like it's making waves in Pakistan now.

But what is Wordle?

Simply put, it is a free online puzzle game, created by Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn-based programmer, that asks users to guess a pre-determined hidden five-letter word within six guesses. If you do manage to guess the word, you’re rewarded with bliss of self-satisfaction for 24 hours and the cycle begins again.

Since there’s a new word every day, which stays the same for anyone playing anywhere in the world, there’s an extra level of competitiveness on a shared global level. The game picked up its pace when a share button was added for people to brag about their scores without revealing the word.

How to play? Firstly, just make a random guess at a five-letter word. If a word turns green, that means it is a part of your word and is in the correct sequence. If it turns yellow, it means it is a part of the word but is not in its correct sequence. However, when turned grey or white, it means the letter is not part of the word of the day at all.

Before you take your chance at the addictive challenge, let’s have a look at how the game has dominated Pakistan’s virtual mediums now.

From comedian Shehzad Ghias Shaikh to author and activist Nida Kirmani, everyone is busy sharing their daily scores but this Twitter user has a legitimate alternative.

Why dont people just post the wordle word like make it easier for other people wont u
— roomesa (@ruhmzee) January 15, 2022

Living on the edge with tukkas (random correct guesses) during exams, this game is made for Pakistanis!

My imposter syndrome is yelling that this is a tukka.

Wordle 210 2/6

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— Neha Raheel (@NehaRaheel) January 15, 2022

It is apparently a "cakewalk" for Scrabble players.

Wordle is a cakewalk for anyone who plays Scrabble.
— Muniba Kamal (@MunibaKamal) January 15, 2022

This one cracked us up!

Current mantra: I am smart, I am enough, I am capable of getting the Wordle on line 2. https://t.co/ibIlPsFA3P
— Neha Raheel (@NehaRaheel) January 12, 2022

While half of the population is obsessed with sharing their scores online every day, the other half seems to be bored of it already-- not the game, the daily score updates, mind you.