A simple word game is the newest social media phenomenon

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A simple word game is the newest social media phenomenon

A simple word game is the newest social media phenomenon

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Software engineer Jack² Wardle created the game Wordle as a little side project for him and his partner to enjoy. Over the last few months it's gotten hugely popular.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

People who spend time on social media - or maybe I should say, people who spend too much time on social media - have noticed posts that feature a grid³ of multicolored blocks - squares within squares.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

They're from a game - a word game - called Wordle. The game grew popular, even though it was initially⁴ meant for just two people.

Software engineer Josh Wardle made Wordle as a side project.

JACK WARDLE: I made the game for my partner. She and I play word games, and I wanted to make a game that she would enjoy.

INSKEEP: If you play, you get six tries to guess a randomly⁵ selected five-letter word. And the game will tell you if a letter is wrong or just in the wrong place.

MARTIN: That's the whole game - tiles on a blank background and just one word a day.

Wardle says this was intentional⁶.

WARDLE: Making Wordle, I specifically rejected a bunch of the things that you're meant to do for a mobile game.

INSKEEP: There are no ads, no notifications sent to your phone, no way to just keep playing all day long.

WARDLE: The rejection⁷ of some of those things has actually attracted people to the game 'cause it feels quite innocent, and it just wants you to have fun with it.

MARTIN: I mean, that sounds cool. You can apparently⁸ share your results online easily, but maybe too easily, because my feed, at least, is full of these things. And unless you speak Wordle, you have no idea what they mean.

INSKEEP: A New York Times article on Wordle said that just 90 people were playing this game at the first of last November, and it's now around 2 million players per day.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句

6 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

7 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

8 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。