My daily dose of riddles

Hi there, I hope you had a relaxing summer! After a long summer break, it’s time to resume my weekly series ‘The Goody I Found (TGIF)’. Well, I start off playfully …

Quiz question: What does a Silver Surfer+ like me do after waking up in bed with my partner? Correct: Grab my mobile phone and turn off the alarm clock! But next – to activate my little grey cells – I play “Wordle”.

Wordle is a web-based word game in which you have six attempts to guess a five-letter word: https://lnkd.in/eZej_TUx
I like the fact that there is only one game per day, and the story behind its creation is simply wonderful: Wordle was developed in 2021 by developer Josh Wardle (sic!) as a gift for his partner Palak Shah, who is a big fan of word games. He published it online and the game became popular very quickly. In January 2022, Wardle sold Wordle to The New York Times for a ‘small’ million-dollar sum.

Meanwhile I’m pretty good at it and usually need four attempts, and yes, I’ve even managed a few “twos” and a “one”. (There is also a German version: https://lnkd.in/ebzV-CUs)
Of course, I share the results with my daughters and friends.😊

Now, however, a second game has been added every morning, which a colleague brought to my attention a week ago: https://chartle.cc/
Chartle is a visual guessing game in which a chart with a headline and line graphs for several countries is displayed every day. The player’s goal is to match a highlighted line graph to a country in five attempts – it encourages thinking and includes ‘aha’ moments.

Give it a try and let me know what you think in the comments.
(I’ve always wanted to write this!)

Have a great weekend,

Lars

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