Hilarious TikTok Video Perfectly Shows How Wordle Influence is Spreading

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The popular web browser game Wordle has taken the internet by storm. Even after the sale of the game to the New York Times, the game has seen millions of players tune in daily to try their hand at the 5-letter puzzle.

As Wordle has become a daily ritual for many players, so too have videos cropped up describing the Wordle experience, or more accurately the feelings the game creates in players. Some videos describe the feeling of guessing the word correctly in a few tries or even less, while others have pointed out the sinking feeling of reaching the dreaded 5th or 6th guess of the game.

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Though Wordle has been performing extremely well on Twitter, one other social media site has seen a rise in Wordle posts. That site is TikTok, and recently one TikTok user created a hilarious clip that captures the frustration of starting a game of Wordle out with a poor word choice. User @shaeitaintsoo created a TikTok using clever audio to show her struggling to figure out the word, finally guessing correctly on the 6th and final guess.

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For those wondering where the audio for the video came from, it originates from the YouTube channel Bill Wurtz. The channel is built around Bill narrating videos on the history of the world; most of the time, he focuses in on particular aspects of human history, but the video the TikTok narration comes from is Bill's viral «history of the entire world, i guess» video. The catch to these history videos it that they are wildly funny due to Bill's narration, storytelling, and editing skills.

While one side of TikTok was competing to find Wordle's best starting word, users like @shaeitaintsoo found ways to convey everyone's shared experience on the