For the past week, my family and I have started a new text message thread. It’s a sacred space. Each message is typically three words long, something like “Wordle in three.” Yes, like plenty of others ...

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Twitter users may have noticed more and more people posting gray, green and yellow squares in a grid on their feeds this month. On other platforms, memes, art and even cross-stitching inspired by ...

The waning days of 2021 introduced us to a new genre of tweet: Green, yellow, and grey boxes arranged in a 5-wide grid with as many as six rows. The tweets also include some ...

You might have seen those rows of colored blocks on your social media timeline in recent weeks, but what do they mean? They're from a simple but immensely popular word game that has captivated the ...

Hungry for a new challenge? There's a new word game in town and it's perfect for food lovers. Hot on the heels of the Wordle phenomenon, "Phoodle," a word game with only food-related words, has ...