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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Wordle And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The daily online word game Wordle has absolutely exploded in popularity in recent weeks. It's a game that gives you six chances to guess a five-letter word, giving you clues along the way about which letters are right and whether they're in the right places. It's addictive, but it can drive you mad.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A warning, this episode contains language some might find offensive.

0:05.0

What are all those brain and yellow boxes on your Twitter timeline that is people posting

0:14.7

their results from the daily word game, Wordal, which has absolutely exploded in popularity

0:20.9

in recent weeks.

0:22.2

Wordal is a game that gives you six chances to guess a five-letter word, giving you clues

0:26.4

along the way about which letters are right and whether they're in the right places.

0:31.0

And it can drive you mad.

0:33.1

I'm Stephen Thompson.

0:34.4

And I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about Wordal on Poppilcher Happy Hour from

0:38.4

NPR.

0:39.8

Joining us today from his home studio is Glenn Whartle Weldon of NPR's Culture Desk,

0:44.9

High Glenn.

0:45.9

Hey Linda.

0:46.9

And also here from her home in the West Coast is Aisha Whartle Harris.

0:50.1

Hey Aisha.

0:51.1

Let's stop my fellow wordlers.

0:53.1

Oh my friends, we are here to discuss Wordal.

0:59.1

Now Wordal is not an app.

1:01.2

It is a game you play in a browser.

1:03.1

It's a pretty classic format, honestly, presented in a new way.

1:07.4

You're trying to guess a five-letter word and you're given six chances to guess the word.

1:11.5

And each time you type a word as your guess, the clues are revealed.

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