A Little Bird Told Me: Why Wordle Works

I AM OBSESSED WITH WORDLE! For the uninitiated, Wordle is an online word game that has taken the Internet by storm. You are basically tasked with guessing a daily 5-letter word with no context clues. You get six attempts to get it right. The rules are simple:

People all over Twitter are posting their results which show the color-coded attempts without revealing the correct answer. What is it about Wordle that makes it so engaging? Check out the Tweet below from Dan Meyer, a math instructor and developer at Desmos, as he ponders "Why Wordle Works" and what lesson design ideas teachers can take away from it.

I asked some of the most talented learning designers in the world "Why does Wordle work?" Here are their answers. @Desmos https://t.co/pIIvaEBoUo

— Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) January 19, 2022