Wordler

English

Etymology

From Wordle +‎ -er.

Noun

Wordler (plural Wordlers)

A player of the web-based word game Wordle.
- 2022 February 3, Ken Ross, “Every 5-letter, wine-related Wordle word”, in The Republican, page E9:
  This week, I thought I would help out my fellow Wordlers by providing you with every five-letter word related to wine.
- 2022 February 9, Dan Bolles, “Love Language”, in Seven Days, page 29:
  Yet Wordle will soon take its place alongside Spelling Bee, the daily crossword and other Times puzzles because Wardle did something thoughtful for someone he loved. How cool is that? We couldn’t tell you whether Bruce Chalmer and Judy Alexander (pictured) are Wordlers. But, given the name of their podcast, “couples therapy in seven words,” it wouldn’t surprise us if the South Burlington spouses enjoyed a good word game.
- 2022 February 16, Ben Cost, “Wordle fans call out ‘villain’ NY Times for ‘trolling millennials’ with hard words”, in New York Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 February 2022:
  “The wordle word today was caulk,” wrote one baffled Wordler. “I had to look up words with aul in the middle. Ahh how the hell was I supposed to know the word was caulk? Smh anyway another word added to my vocabulary.”
- 2022 February 18, Linley Sanders, “Wordle: Three-quarters of U.S. players say they would not pay for the game”, in YouGov‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
  For many American Wordlers, part of the craze is sharing daily scores with friends, family, and other colleagues.
- 2022 March 24, Jill Pertler, “The world of Wordle”, in Villa Park Review, volume 18, number 14, page 7:
  In times that can seem scary and bleak, Wordle is a vivid bright light. It eases us toward peace, and when we solve, we shush so we don’t spoil the quest for others. It can bring out a sense of pride and unity with other Wordlers.
- 2022 April 4, Diane Haithman, “New York Times Games Chief Insists Wordle Is at No Loss for Words – at Least, Not Yet”, in Yahoo!‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 May 2022:
  When it comes to this five-letter word game, many Wordlers routinely turn to the four-letter variety.
- 2022 May 24, Mary J. Kwasny, “War of the Wordlers”, in Significance, volume 19, number 3, published June 2022, →DOI, page 6:
  War of the Wordlers / Abstract / Wordle, a word puzzle game, is a viral phenomenon. But who plays it better: humans or machines? Mary J. Kwasny investigates
- 2022 November 23, Ellen Gutoskey, “This Wordle Board Game Lets You Play in Groups, Pick Your Own Words, and More”, in Mental Floss‎^[4], archived from the original on 23 November 2022:
  Perhaps you’d like to play God now and then—i.e. choose the word yourself and watch in glee as Wordlers’ eyebrows grow ever more furrowed with each guess.
- 2022 December 6, Kathryn Mannie, “A gift guide for men who don’t want whiskey stones or golf clubs”, in Global News‎^[5], archived from the original on 6 December 2022:
  For a relaxed mind, try giving a gift subscription to the New York Times Games. This grants access to a huge archive of the Times’ crosswords, as well as the addictive Spelling Bee. This gift is perfect for avid Wordlers who are looking for even more daily puzzles to play.
- 2022 December 8, “Wordle crowned as most Googled word of 2022 globally”, in Mukul Sharma, editor, WION‎^[6], archived from the original on 8 December 2022:
  The Wordlers, as Wordle players lovingly called themselves and fellow players alike, flaunted their Wordle guesses on social media in 2022 especially during the period of the pandemic, with fewer tries taken to guess the word implying a heightened wordsmith-ness.
- 2022 December 12, Paul Warren, “Language Matters: Going into goblin mode to see you through a permacrisis”, in Stuff‎^[7], archived from the original on 12 December 2022:
  Americans immediately knew it [homer] as an informal term for a home run in baseball, but it had Wordlers outside the United States scratching their heads, opening their search engines and tutting in dismay.