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Did you know? The viral word game Wordle was created by Josh Wardle as a romantic gesture for his partner. He named the game 'Wordle' as a playful pun on his own last name, combining 'word' with 'Wardle,' and originally built it exclusively for the two of them to play together.

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3 facts about Wordle

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    In the game's code, there is a hidden list of secret words that can be the answer, but there is also a much longer list of thousands of words that the game will accept as guesses even though they can never be the final answer.
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    The game was so popular in its early days that a different game called Wordle on the App Store saw its downloads spike by hundreds of thousands because people were confused and downloaded the wrong app instead of the web version.
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