There’s only one game every day, and it teaches you patience (although my guilty secret is that, if I’m awake after midnight, I sometimes find myself doing that day’s puzzle).

Easier than a crossword, quicker than sudoku, and more engaging than hangman, Wordle’s simple dynamic works across all ages.And an all-consuming passion for Wordle is not going to result in you losing your home, or your marriage. While many of these Wordle spinoffs may be considered knockoffs, many others attempt to add their own unique spin to the formula.

Puzzlers must guess what the correct word is, deducing from previous words in the grid what letters go where. Of course, the literature theme means that the game may not have the broad appeal of the one that inspired it.If you’re a fan of Wordle, the daily online teaser that’s spread almost as virulently as Omicron in a primary school, you’ll know exactly why I’ve used this linguistic trick. My own seven-year-old-by-proxy has also been drawn into Wordle’s appeal, one of the benefits of which is that she has just encountered the word proxy (yesterday’s solution).

Find out what letters are in the hidden word If any letters are marked in yellow, this means that this letter is in the hidden word, but doesn't match the exact location in this word. It is the perfect expression of these Covid times, allowing people to feel connected to others in a virtual dimension.Like other such sensations, Wordle has a narcotic property, but what I particularly like about it is that it doesn’t feed an addiction. If this word is found in our word bank, the link will be copied to the clipboard and then you can easily share it on social media. Of course, it’s a genre that may be in some amount of danger following Wordle’s acquisition by the New York Times.