09/12/2022
Wordle crowned as most Googled word of 2022 globally
San, Cal Siph..Edited By: Mukul Updated: Dec 08, 2022, 09:33 AM IST
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Wordle, the five-letter online wordplay game, that hooked users worldwide especially during the period of the pandemic, was the most-searched term globally.
The world was Wordle-obsessed this year, Google's Year in Search report showed. The report, published Wednesday revealed that the five-letter wordplay guessing game was the top-trending search term globally.
Every year, Google lists the top search term that had the highest spike compared to the previous year. Wordle took the top spot in search terms in the United States, with midterm election results trailing second.
What is Wordle?
The online five-letter guessing game became part of the routines of people of all age groups in 2022. Players get six tries to guess a five-letter word with only the previous guess giving clues.
Released by US software engineer Josh Wardle in 2021, Wordle's popularity reached its zenith in April-May 2022.
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The Wordlers, as Wordle players lovingly called themselves and fellow players alike, flaunted their Wordle guesses on social media in 2022 especially during the period of the pandemic, with fewer tries taken to guess the word implying a heightened wordsmith-ness.