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Once Wordle made its switch to the, a plethora of problems arose, most significantly that the words for us to guess became significantly harder. ‘Cynic’, ‘caulk’, and ‘shake’ have traumatised us all in recent days — making that hit of dopamine harder to retrieve. “I definitely haven't enjoyed it since the NYT acquisition,” Sofie Tooke, a content and PR Manager in England says.
Most of us liked playing Wordle to get some joy out of being able to guess a silly little word. It gave us a sense of accomplishment. One of the main selling points of Wordle is that it was conquerable, which in turn helped people feel like some things in the world were actually able to be solved. And with theThe psychologist Lee Chambers says that the increased difficulty of the game “has created a benchmark for certain individuals and groups about how many guesses is seen as a success.
According to Lee, this has a lot to do with the feeling of community and harmony. “Because Wordle [culture] is intertwined with Twitter… there is a feeling from many players [that they should solve the word] in unison.” To spoil it at such a “turbulent and polarising time”, Lee adds, “would break that harmony.”
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