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https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle mechanics are nearly identical to the 1955 pen-and-paper game Jotto and the US television game show Lingo He had created a similar prototype in 2013, the prototype allowed for endless play, with players able to play puzzles immediately after each other, and its wordlist was unfiltered. In mid-October 2021, he made it public after it "rapidly became an obsession" with relatives The game became a viral phenomenon on Twitter in late December 2021, after Wardle added a sharing element to the game, letting users copy their results in the form of a grid of colored square emoji. The feature was inspired by a group of friends from New Zealand