Wordle is a daily word game you can find online here. It's fun, simple and, like a crossword, can only be played once a day.

Every 24 hours there's a new word of the day, and it's up to you to figure out what it is.

Wordle gives players six chances to guess a randomly selected five-letter word.

As shown above, if you have the right letter in the right spot, it shows up green

A correct letter in the wrong spot shows up yellow. A letter that isn't in the word in any spot shows up gray.

You can enter a total of six words, meaning you can enter five burner words from which you can learn hints about the letters and their placements.

Then you get one chance to put those hints to use. Or you can try for performance and guess the word of the day in three, two or even one go.

Yeah, it's just a word game. But it's super popular: Over 300,000 people play it daily, according to The New York Times.

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That popularity may sound perplexing, but there are a few tiny details that have resulted in everyone going absolutely bonkers for it.

This creates a certain level of stakes. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until tomorrow to get a brand new puzzle.