And the Wordle backlash begins: ‘Blaming this on the Americans’

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And the Wordle backlash begins: ‘Blaming this on the Americans’
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Wordle players in Britain have taken offense — or “offence,” according to them — to the game’s preference for American English.

is the latest viral trend

among English language puzzlers on social media. The purpose of the game is to guess the correct five-letter word in only six attempts, using only the letters on the board as hints. First released in October 2021, the game platform has launched one new puzzle for each day — but only recently has it sparked debate over spelling, with No. 235.“Na, not having this. Americans spell the word wrong! No one outside the US is going to get this,” said one British user, insisting that theirs is the dominant English dialect outside of the US.

Spoiler alert: The word in question is “humor,” or “humour,” as they write on the other side of the pond.

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