Wordlemay very well be the first viral craze of 2022, ending 2021 on a strong note and beginning the new year on an even stronger one. The word game involves figuring out the placement of letters to guess a five-letter word, and it has covered social media with people posting their dailyWordlesuccesses and fails. It’s a pretty engaging word game, and it’ll be interesting to see how long it remains in the public eye, especially afterWordlewas acquired by the New York Times.
Nonetheless, it has captured the most casual gamer to the most hardcore in a way that only viral crazes can. So, it’s not surprising that popularYouTube streamer TimTheTatManrecently played a game for his viewers, but his reaction to it is beyond hilarious—as his loss in the game comes with a twinge of irony.
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After reading the instructions for the first time, he begins with the word “Trash,” finding an S in the right spot and then confirming a T is in the word. He then guessed “Blink,” apparently not realizing that he was trying to guess one word. Blink did confirm that “I” was in the right spot for thisWordlepuzzle. After his third guess, he is able to determine that the final three letters are “_ _ i s t.”
With three guesses left, he states that he wants his chat to know he’s smart and that he’s an “intellectual genius.” He spells out “doist,” “goist” and “moist,” pronouncing them all as “do-ist,” “go-ist” and “mo-ist,” but he doesn’t actually submit them as answers. He eventually guesses “zoist,” confirming the final four letters were “_ o i s t.” His final guess is “joist” before he loses, and the game confirms the word was “moist.”
In losing his firstWordleattempt, TimTheTatMan pops off with a hilarious: “MOIST! MOIST! Oh my god, did I write that?! DUDE! DUDE! I swear to god I think I put that in. Did I put that in? I think I read that wrong.” Indeed, he did write in but did not submit it, and as a result, he could have had the word guessed properly much sooner than that.
It’s certainly entertaining to seeTimTheTatMan apply his streaming personato a game of Wordle, as well as the reaction it elicited when he almost had it pretty early on. Nonetheless, asWordlecontinues to be a viral sensation, it’ll be interesting to see what other popular streamers play it online.
