Wordle: AmE and BrE

This article showed up recently regarding the word game Wordle.

Wordle sparks transatlantic rift as Brits denounce American English spelling of ‘favor’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/13/wordle-game-american-english-favor/

This led to an older article on British accents in the U.S.

Why do Americans think British accents are sexy?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2018/05/17/why-do-americans-think-the-british-accent-is-sexy/

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I’ve played my first round and earned just one point because I hadn’t read the rules properly :wink:

Wordle 214 X/6

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Here’s my first try. I just started using common letters. The first two words use six out of the eight most common letters in English. The third and forth words use the other two.

Wordle 1

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Wow, you solved this task very quickly. How many did you get for this?

I didn’t see any points. I also didn’t see anything like you posted ( 214 X/6 ).

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I got the next one in the same number of tries. I won’t post a spoiler though.

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Wordle 216 3/6

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