Since the internet browser-based word gameWordleexploded in popularity there have been a ton of games put out there that aim to capture that popularity. This particular iteration takes the basic premise ofWordlebut incorporates fun facts about the Formula 1 racing circuit.
For the uninitiated,Wordleis a game that allows players to give six guesses at the word of the day with specific hints when someone gets close to guessing a correct letter in the word. The degree of difficulty is that there is only one word per day, and it’s aimed at people getting one go at making the correct guess. Right or wrong, users need to wait until the next day for the next word.Games likeAdverswordleare almost identicalto the original with a twist here or there meant to allow them to stand apart. Now there’s another title that leans on people’s understanding of howWordleworks but changes things up quite a bit.
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Gridletakesthe idea ofWordleand instead turns it into a trivia game that is focused on the F1 racing circuit. Like the game that inspired it,Gridleis totally free and is accessible through a web browser. However, this game actually strays away from the original after that.
Rather than guessing at letters like so many of theotherWordleclones have players do,Gridlewants users to guess at which F1 personality is the correct answer using a series of clues. Those clues are things like “I was born in 1953,” and then the game offers multiple choices of names that can be selected.
Should the player guess wrong, they will get another clue and the wrong guess is taken off the board. The biggest similarity toWordlein this regard is that players have six guesses to pick the right F1 driver, and then they are done for the day. There is also only one round of guesses per day.
With new games like this popping up seemingly every day, it will be interesting to see just how long this phenomenon continues. Perhaps games likeGridlecan have an original enough take on the genre that they will survive after the original starts to fade. It does appear the fad is starting to fade a bit, as there are some numbers out there that showWordleis starting to lose users, gradually over time, especially since the New York Times acquired it.
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