# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [December 24, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604 "2021-12-24T21:12:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/918 "2022-01-27T02:27:04Z")

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Just FYI going forward:

- Everyone gets the same puzzle each day, so please hide your solution behind spoiler tags
- You can also post the little squares by clicking the “share” link, which saves them to your clipboard
- Timezones mean the puzzle updates at everyone’s unique midnight, so include the puzzle number that comes with the “share” link, or include the date you solved it on

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