Word game "Wordle" has become the latest trend over social media. Blocks of yellow, black and green are seen on Twitter, Facebook and other social media pages. For the unknowns, these blocks are arranged as per the guessing work done by the user.
Games like Wordle no doubt improve the cognitive ability of the brain. This game is a brain workout in a way.
What is Wordle?
Wordle is a word game where you have to guess a five lettered word within six attempts. The game is played on mobile apps. Yellow blocks means the alphabet you have entered is present in the word though the position of the alphabet is not correct, black block means the alphabet entered is not present in the Wordle word. A green block means the entered alphabet is in the right position of the Wordle word.
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Who can play Wordle?
Anyone. Anyone with a love for word games can play Wordle game. The game is both fun and insightful.
How is Wordle helpful for mental health?
“It’s important to challenge yourself with new problem-solving exercises,” says Dr. Douglas Scharre, a neurologist and director of the Center for Cognitive and Memory Disorders at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. “Puzzles and games, especially those involving novelty, can stimulate and challenge key parts of the brain, including reasoning, language, logic, visual perception, attention, and flexibility,” he told a journal.
Activities that directly use our brain like playing a word game improves focus unlike watching TV which has a passive effect on the mind. Playing games like Wordle daily will sharpen the brain and will condition it to find new words.
Many experts have also said that Wordle is effective in reducing sorrow and depression in a person.
How does social media help?
In a world full of comments and suggestions on staying away from mobile phones, Wordle is an exception.
Pandemic has forced mankind to take help from mobile phones and laptops and when life is so dependent on digital technology, why not use it in a good way. Instead of indulging in other online activities it is worthwhile to extract the best from artificial intelligence.
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Wordle is not just a game, it's knowing about things and then discussing it with people online.
When the Wordle is difficult, you can check how others are faring on it. Tweet about it and will surely get immediate responses to that. For example, on February 16, Twitter was flooded with tweets on how difficult the Wordle was.
