Wordle has recently been taking the internet by storm as I’ve seen plenty of Twitter users, as well as friends and family, posting up their Wordle results for people to see. And, I get it. It’s satisfying to get the word of the day in 4 tries or less—and a little embarrassing to not get the word at all. Wordle has also now been cemented into Google forever, as a cute little easter egg.
I’ll recap what Wordle is to those who might still not be in the know, but it has quickly turned into a worldwide phenomenon. There’s no app to download, and all you need is a browser to visit Wordle’s site. Once you’re there, you can already start playing—and you only get to play once a day.
“Guess the WORDLE in 6 tries. Each guess must be a five-letter word. Hit the enter button to submit. After each guess, the colour of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was to the word,” wrote Wordle. You can read a little more information on my last article.
It seems like the game is so popular, the folks at Google took the effort to make it a cute animated easter egg for fans to notice. You’ll be able to find it after Google-ing the word “Wordle“.
On the top left corner, where Google’s icon or Doodle appears, you’ll be able to see an animated easter egg inspired by Wordle. It depicts the game like how it’s played—in which the word ‘Google’ is the correct word. Granted, usually, the game is to guess five-letter words, but fans of the game are sure to get a kick out of seeing a three-try gameplay animation. Typing Wordle on your phone’s browser will also give you the same Google easter egg animation.
As Wordle is getting more popular, you hear of more and more haters on the internet trying to ruin the experience for everyone else. Software engineer Robert Reichel shared that he had reverse-engineered Wordle to find out what the free browser game’s word of the day will be the day before it’s live. Someone then has used this knowledge to create an automated Twitter bot called “The Wordlinator” to ruin the next day’s word for players who have shared their results on social media. The account aims to “terminate Wordle bragging”.
