Time magazine has a tradition of publishing an issue listing 100 people that seem to be influencing the world or big parts of it. That issue gets me emotionally because they have the habit of asking someone famous to write a short salute to a famous person. For instance, they had Bill Clinton write a short comment about Joe Biden and his presidency.
You may have heard of the word game "Wordle", invented by a Welsch software engineer. Time has "Questlove", also known as "?uestlove" write about the inventor of the popular Wordle. The inventor's last name is Wardle. The article on Mr. Wardle and his game is entirely written in words that might be the word of the day, in the Wordle game. To play Wordle, you get six tries. You list a five letter word that is a typical English language word. The software colors each letter's box green if that is the right letter for that position, yellow if that letter appears somewhere else in the word and black if that letter is not used.
Wardle is the creator of the five-letter-word online game Wordle.
Today.
Alarm.
Arise.
Teeth: brush, floss.
Grabs phone.
Loads. Rules clear.
Legit words, slang taboo.
Ready? Ready.
Plays.
Picks usual first guess.
Sonar? Cable? Novel? Stare?
Ashen block after ashen block.
Lucky!
Clues. Hints.
Tries again.
Fifth space, amber (maybe lemon?).
Right vowel, wrong place.
Tries again.
Three right!
First, green. Third, green. Fifth, amber (maybe lemon).
Brain stirs.
Words. Order. Usage. Logic.
Tries again. Worse.
Feels faint. Think!
Needs quiet.
Fight doubt.
Avoid doing badly.
Tries again
Wrong!
Shock, truly.
Stuck.
Brain blank.
Sharp panic.
Takes pulse.
Keeps faith.
Brain spark: vowel twice?
Final guess.
Every fiber tense.
Waits.
First block flips.
Green.
Green, green, green, green!
Bliss!
Alive again!
Prize: pride.
Inner peace.
Waits.
Night, alarm, teeth, phone, newly blank board.
First guess again.
Final point:
minor thing, major magic.
Daily light among bleak times.
Happy place.
Hence,
folks thank
JoshW ardle.
Thompson is a Grammy- and Oscar-winning musical artist and director
