V-I-R-A-L: What’s behind the internet’s Wordle obsession?

Twitter feeds are being inundated with a barrage of green boxes, as people go wild for Wordle, a new online puzzle game. Mike Drolet explains what’s fuelling the viral vocabulary sensation, and why the idea isn’t entirely new.

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