Want to play Wordle against your friends? Try NZ-made app Word Fight
Part of the appeal of Wordle, the viral five-letter word deduction game scooped up by The New York Times in January, is there's no wrong way to enjoy it.
It can be a relaxing daily ritual or a competition against the other players showing off their results on your social media feed.
The surge of copycats and Wordle-inspired games has slowed since peak Wordle fever, but it hasn't stopped completely.
Now, a new two-player adaptation, Word Fight, combines the puzzle format of Wordle with the competitive back-and-forth of Words With Friends.
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The app, which is available on iOS and Android, is the brainchild of Gavin Wong, a New Zealandtech entrepreneur.
Wong said he plays Wordle daily with his partner and was inspired to create a two-player version after racing with them one morning over coffee to be the first to solve that day's puzzle.
Two players take turns guessing a five-letter mystery word, and the first to guess correctly wins. Each player has 24 hours to take their turn.
Both have an infinite number of guesses, and there's no limit to the number of puzzles you can solve in a day.
You can add friends to face off against or match up with random players, and there doesn't seem to be a limit to how many "Fights" you can have going on simultaneously.
Similar to Wordle, a green tile indicates the correct letter is in the correct place, while an orange tile indicates that a letter is somewhere else in the mystery word. Players can see each other's coloured tiles, which
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