Pretty Much Everyone Is Playing Wordle on The Viral List

Wordle (no, it’s not an app) is the new Words With Friends, the Golden Globes Awards were “broadcasted” on Twitter and quickly became a meme, young people are celebrating Disney’s Encanto for its authentic representation of intergenerational trauma, a TikToker’s open verse duet challenge is taking off—plus more internet buzz on this week’s Viral List. Wordle: The Internet’s Latest Game Obsession Created by software engineer Josh Wardle, Wordle is an internet word puzzle that hit the internet in October, but has gone suddenly viral this week. The game has been slowly picking up steam, and as of Monday, Wordle counts nearly 3M players. The rules are simple: players try and guess the “wordle” of the day in six tries by guessing different five-letter words to figure out what letters are in the wordle. For example, say the mystery word you’re trying to guess is “weary.” You have six tries to guess it by throwing out different five-letter words, and if any of those letters are in the wordle, they’ll...