# Text message display problem (Wordle related)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-display-problem-wordle-related/959780>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [February 19, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-display-problem-wordle-related/959780 "2022-02-19T14:26:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-display-problem-wordle-related/959780/1 "2022-02-19T14:26:34Z")

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My wife and I play Wordle daily and text our results to each other. On her phone, the messages (both sent and received) display properly with the gray, yellow, and green blocks. On my phone, only the gray blocks display - both green and yellow blocks display as little boxes with an X in the middle.

What doesn’t make sense to me is that both of us have Android phones and are using the same messaging app (same version too). We do have different phones - I have a Moto z3 and she has an LG ThinQ. Also I think she is an Android version or two ahead of me.

I looked at settings in the messaging app to see if maybe I had a different font setting or something, but everything looks the same settings-wise. Anything else I should look at?

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-display-problem-wordle-related/959780/2 "2022-02-20T06:53:00Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> I think she is an Android version or two ahead of me

That’s probably the reason.

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-message-display-problem-wordle-related/959780/3 "2022-02-23T17:04:49Z")

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Interesting… today I had my wife send me her Wordle results in Facebook Messenger instead of texting me, and it displayed properly.