Q is for Quordle, Hurdle, and Wordle

 Are you participating in the Wordle word game phenomenon? It's a simple online game in which you get six attempts to guess a five-letter word. With each guess, you get feedback on whether or not the word you tried has any of the letters in the word of the day and if they are in the correct position. It was released in October 2021 by Josh Wardle, who first developed it for his partner. The game took off like crazy, and just a few months later, it was bought by the New York Times in January 2022. I think the brilliance of the game is that there is only one puzzle released every day, so there is no chance that you can binge play it. 

I was a little late to the game and started to play about a month ago when Miss Landers showed it to me. I quickly became hooked like everyone else. When I couldn't get enough of Wordle, (forget this one word, one game per day) I started to play Wordle 2, a knock-off of the original that has you guessing a 6-letter word. Not surprisingly, Wordle 2 has had to change its name to Word Hurdle. And because two of these games a day were still not enough, I started to play Quordle, which has you solving four five-letter words simultaneously.

 However, I am trying very hard not to try any of the other 40 or so copycat games out there because I don't need any more excuses to spend time on the computer. So when I finish my online word games for the day, I sate myself with an old fashion pencil and crossword puzzle book.

Do you like word games? Do you play Wordle or a similar game?