Weekend Frivolity: A Whole New Word le!

I have friends who play Wordle and post their results.

I have friends who play Wordle and do not post their results.

I have friends who do not play Wordle (how do you resist?).

I have friends who play Wordle and friends who do not play Wordle who find it annoying when people post their Wordle results.

You are all dear to me.

Some friends who play Wordle post their results and then say something else.

It can be anything, like “I only got it because I was thinking of my favorite song.”

Other friends who play Wordle respond to such statements with alarm: “I got it in only three guesses, but only because of your hint, and now my whole day is ruined!”

You are all dear to me.

And so, from now on, please do not tell one another, absent clear expressions of voluntary consent to such communications, whether or not you play Wordle.  Also, absent clear expressions of voluntary consent to such communications, do not, by any sign, sound, mannerism or activity give expression to anything that communicates or could be construed as communicating whether or not you play Wordle.

 

Moreover, whether or not you play Wordle, absent clear expressions of voluntary consent to such communications, do not, by any sign, sound, mannerism or activity give expression to anything that communicates or could be construed as communicating how you did on that day’s puzzle and what might have led you to the correct word or to have missed guessing the correct word.

I think, if we all live by these simple rules, we can all get along.