{"id":32137,"date":"2022-01-12T23:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=32137"},"modified":"2022-01-12T23:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T23:23:03","slug":"a-programmers-wordle-game-went-viral-and-along-came-the-copycatsunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=32137","title":{"rendered":"A programmer\u2019s Wordle game went viral \u2013 and along came the copycatsUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostFive letters, six attempts, and just one puzzle to solve per day: the \u201cWordle\u201d formula couldn\u2019t be simpler, but in a matter of weeks the online brain teaser has got millions guessing around the world.\u201cIt just grabs you,\u201d daily player Susan Drubin, 65, said of the code-breaking word challenge \u2013 perhaps best described as a cross between the retro board game Mastermind and a daily crossword.The puzzle\u2019s rise has been meteoric: according to The New York Times, 90 people played on November 1. Two\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3163178\/programmers-wordle-game-went-viral-and-along-came?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostFive letters, six attempts, and just one puzzle to solve per day: the \u201cWordle\u201d formula couldn\u2019t be simpler, but in a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}