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The year Wordle took the world by storm

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Wordle challenges players to guess a secret five-letter word in six tries.

Wordle challenges players to guess a secret five-letter word in six tries.

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SINGAPORE – At the start of 2022, Twitter was a very different place. Instead of tech mogul Elon Musk, it was a

daily word puzzle called Wordle that took over the social media platform. 

Every day, Twitter feeds lit up with green, yellow and grey tiles as players shared their guesses on the platform and other channels such as Instagram and Facebook.

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