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Life & fun · January 10, 2022

Wordle

A daily word game

Wordle launched on January 10, 2022 with 301 votes, #57 of 2,891 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

In plain words

Wordle is a free daily word game that combines mechanics from Mastermind and Hangman. Players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word, receiving feedback after each guess to indicate which letters are correct and in the right position. The game offers a single puzzle per day, making it a quick, accessible activity for word game enthusiasts of all skill levels.

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From the sources

A simple, free, daily game. If Mastermind and Hangman had a baby, you'd get Wordle.

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    Wordle reminded me of Mastermind, a game I played as kid, so just for fun I made a version of the game that plays a lot more like Mastermind. I think this version is way more challenging :)

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    I've been playing Wordle and remembered this puzzle game I used to play with my grandfather. It's inspired by the block puzzles in many newspapers but made to be shorter: just guess the nine letter word. So I made a quick thing to play with my family like we used to. I thought you guys might enjoy it.

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