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Grade B17 sourcesHIS-00998

Worldle

Game · 2022 · Notable

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Antoine Teuf's geography spin on Wordle drew 2 million daily users by February 2022.

teuteuf

@teuteuf · Jan 24, 2022

Okay, Wordle is fun, but what about WorLdle? 🌍 Everyday, guess a new country! :D Worldle #3 X/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ worldle.teuteuf.fr

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Okay, Wordle is fun, but what about WorLdle? 🌍 Everyday, guess a new country! :D Worldle #3 X/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
@teuteuf on X
Antoine@PinkBeanStudio (teuteuf) published a post on Ko-fi
Antoine Teuf / Ko-fi
Meet Worldle, The Name-That-Country Wordle Spinoff For Geography Nerds
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Worldle
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How it works
Reach33Contagion65Breadth30Velocity19Longevity7543

Numbers

Daily users (The Guardian, creator-derived)
2M
As of Feb 21, 2022 · Self-reported · The Guardian
Seed to peak proxy
3 weeks
Jan 24 ’22 to Feb 14 ’22
Platforms
4
Started on X
Origin
Seeded
Gaming

Mechanics

  • Shareable outputPrimary
  • Daily ritual
  • Newsjacking

How it spread

Trace the origin

Worldle entered an existing Scottish football community when welshbairn shared the playable link and a failed result grid. Players compared attempts there. Later posts discussed bonus questions, and Lurkst reported continued daily play in July 2023.

Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.

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  1. January 2022

    Antoine Teuf (@teuteuf) seed · Jan 24 ’22

    Teuf tweeted a playable Worldle with a Worldle #3 result: 'Everyday, guess a new country!'[1][11]

    Okay, Wordle is fun, but what about WorLdle? 🌍 Everyday, guess a new country! :D Worldle #3 X/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
    Open the first post ↗

  2. Antoine Teuf owner response · Jan 30 ’22

    Teuf published a Ko-fi post linking to the playable game.[2][4]

    Antoine@PinkBeanStudio (teuteuf) published a post on Ko-fi

  3. February 2022

    welshbairn / Pie & Bovril platform jump · Feb 6 ’22

    Started a thread with the playable URL and a failed #16 result grid; other users supplied their own results.[16]

Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
  1. 2026-10-16Added 2 events · Added 4 sources · Revised 1 number
  2. 2026-10-15Added: 10 events, 11 sources · Score 41
Origin
Seeded
Sector
Gaming
Region
FR
Daily users (The Guardian, creator-derived)
2M
As of Feb 21, 2022 · Self-reported · The Guardian
Evidence
Grade B

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Open web · 2022

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  1. January 2022

    Antoine Teuf (@teuteuf) seed · Jan 24 ’22

    Teuf tweeted a playable Worldle with a Worldle #3 result: 'Everyday, guess a new country!'[1][11]

    Okay, Wordle is fun, but what about WorLdle? 🌍 Everyday, guess a new country! :D Worldle #3 X/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
    Open the first post ↗

  2. Antoine Teuf owner response · Jan 30 ’22

    Teuf published a Ko-fi post linking to the playable game.[2][4]

    Antoine@PinkBeanStudio (teuteuf) published a post on Ko-fi

  3. February 2022

    welshbairn / Pie & Bovril platform jump · Feb 6 ’22

    Started a thread with the playable URL and a failed #16 result grid; other users supplied their own results.[16]

  1. platform jump · Week of Feb 8, 2022

  2. platform jump · Feb 12 ’22

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