In a world whereWordle failures can get you right in the feelings, sometimes you need a guaranteed win.
For me, that’sAntiwordle, a don’t-guess-the-five-letter-word game.
It questions the very idea of what it means to lose.
Antiwordle sounds mind-boggling until you actually play it.
It looks a lot like classic Wordle, the daily word-guessing game that’s swept the internet.
There are rules in place that make the goal challenging.
If you guess a letter that’s not in the word, that letter is grayed out and unusable.
A correct letter in the wrong location turns yellow and must be used in the next guess.
Antiwordle is constantly herding you toward the right word.
It’s your job to resist.
So far, my best score is eight guesses.
What does it mean to lose Antiwordle?
Perhaps you would accidentally guess the word of the day right off the bat.
But is that really losing?
That would be a matter of luck that has nothing to do with your level of vocabulary prowess.
In my book, the act of playing Antiwordle is a win.
There’s a creative flair required to play it.