My nitpickiest article yet on “Why you shouldn’t brag your Wordle accomplishments”
The Game
Wordle is a clever little word game. No doubt about it. I absolutely enjoy playing it once in a while. If you haven’t yet played this game, please do so before reading further.
Once you figure out the word, you are given an option to share your score. This is a good way to pique the interest of the public to get them to play this.
The Problem
I hate when people brag.
I’m tired of coming across people sharing their scores on social media platforms every day. The game is a fun way to pass some time and has no bearing on one’s skills of deduction or grasp over the language itself.
One way to stop this bragging is to reduce the perceived value of any score that one gets because of playing the game.
If the solutions are easily accessible, anyone who figures out the current word in lesser attempts and brags would now have to prove that they did not cheat.
Eventually, people would just play the game for their satisfaction and keep their results to themselves. People who got into the game due to a fear of missing out would probably stop playing the game and save themselves some precious time.
The Solution
I whimsically made Wordle Solutions. [Edit - this site is no longer accessible due to cost-cutting decisions on hosting this blog :P] The solutions were previously accessible in the source code of the game anyway. Solutions are now easily accessible.
The page lists three words at all times, yesterday’s word, today’s word and tomorrow’s word in that order. This is because the current word of the day is dependent on the player’s current geographical location.
The complete list of words is here. As per the list, the last word is shave and would happen on 25 October 2027.