When it comes to video games, even the simplest premises have the capability of going absolutely viral. From ousting the impostor in Among Us to knocking beans off of platforms in Fall Guys, games can surge to massive popularity in a short amount of time, and Wordle is one of the latest to gain fame in this way.
Wordle, the daily word-guessing puzzle now owned by the New York Times, rose to extreme popularity and has fans returning day after day to test their luck and wits. The game is popular among old and young alike, and one such young fan received an impressive birthday cake based off of Wordle.
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Redditor nonvideas shared photos of the cake that their wife created for their son, Jamie. The round cake is covered with decorations that look like they're straight out of Wordle, with all of the words filled in. The cake reads 'Happy Birth Times Jamie,' fittingly, as Wordle requires users to enter a five letter word with each guess. With 'Jamie' being the correct word for this puzzle, the correct and incorrect letters are all properly color coded, just like one would expect from the actual game. There's only four lines, rather than the six guesses players normally get, but that would have taken a much larger cake to achieve.
According to nonvideas, the cake took 4-5 hours to create, and another 3-4 just to decorate it. It's a very impressive tribute to the game, and one that would likely delight any fan of Wordle on their birthday. Of course, fans were quick to point out that choosing the words 'Happy,' 'Birth,' and 'Times' would be pretty dreadful guesses to make in the actual game, as there's a number of missing common letters in
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