Wordle

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/wordle

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the developer?Josh Wardle
2. What is the game mechanics?Six attempts to guess a five-letter word with color-coded feedback
3. How does the color feedback work?Green means a letter is in the right spot, yellow means the letter is in the word but in a different spot, and gray means the letter isn’t in the word.
4. Why can you share your results on social media?Wordle lets you copy a grid of colored squares that shows how many guesses you used, so friends can see your score without knowing the word.

Lexical: Relating to the words of a language.
Monetization: The process of converting something into money.
Curation: The careful selection and organization of items, such as words in a game.
Benchmark: A standard or point of reference against which things may be compared.