Imagine having your loved one build a game just for you. The new Internet sensation, Wordle, is exactly that. Brooklyn-based software engineer John Wardle came up with the concept for his partner Palak Shah who loved solving word games. Wordle, which is a play on his last name, was initially built just for the two of them. It was only after seeing the obsession among his friends and family that he thought of it as something bigger and released it to the rest of the world in October. According to the article in New York Times, 90 people played the game on November 1 and by the start of January, there were more than 3,00,000 players.

Nirav Mehta is a marketing consultant who also runs a book club, Broke Bibliophiles in Mumbai. As a board game enthusiast and avid reader, Mehta says he felt compelled to try Wordle after it went viral. “I found out about the game earlier this month because of the NYT article and wanted to give it a shot,” he says. In the web-based word game, every 24 hours there’s a new word of the day. The five-letter word needs to be guessed in six attempts without clues. If you have the right letter in the right spot, it shows up green. A correct letter in the wrong spot is indicated by yellow. You only get one shot at the Wordle. If you mess up, you have to wait until the next day to get a brand new puzzle.