Wordle – a five-letter word to be guessed in less than six attempts. Sign onto the New York Times and get working—wait too long and someone might spoil it.

To start off a Wordle, type in any five-letter word. My strategy is to use the word Adieu because it has so many vowels. From there, if a letter turns grey that means that word is not in the Wordle. If the letter turns yellow, the letter is in the Wordle, but not in the right spot. And if it turns green, the letter is in the right spot. You have six tries to get it right.

Figuring out a Wordle gives the satisfaction of completing any puzzle or mind game. Wordles require varying amounts of brainpower and the payoff is getting to see all of your carefully placed letters flip to green.

I strongly identify as a competitive person and completing the Wordle every morning lets me expel some of the built-up competitiveness that I seem to accumulate in my sleep. There’s also the added delight of seeing peers attempt the Wordle and being able to give them hints when asked. (Just a word of advice from one “Wordler” to another, don’t give a hint if someone doesn’t ask for one because some may count that as cheating).

Every 24 hours a new word is set to Wordle and that’s all you get for the entire day. I feel as though in every aspect of life it is so easy to consume as much of something as you want. It’s absolutely possible to play eight hours of Mario Kart or eat an entire bar of chocolate in one sitting. Getting six tries a day to guess a word is the equivalent of taking one piece of that chocolate bar at a time. Wordle hooks you and keeps you coming back for more.

There are definitely other websites where you can play as many times as you would like, but I think it isn’t as exciting. It’s too easy to give up and throw away one try because it’s expected that there will be another word to guess later. When you finish a Wordle a little score sheet pops up from past Wordle scores and a countdown for the next one. If someone dares to spoil the Wordle they will undoubtedly make enemies, and I would most likely be one of yours.

There’s also something calming about having a moment to myself to do a Wordle. Sitting down at the dining room table with my breakfast and working through it before a busy day. It’s almost a form of self-care and a part of my day that I look often forward to.

Struggling through the Wordle with a big group of friends can be equally as fun. Especially setting it all up at the same time and seeing who figures it out first. In a way, Wordle helps create a little community of its own. Full of “Wordlers” if you will.

Keep Calm and Wordle on.