Icebreaking? Wordle then!

Every morning, during my breakfast, I slide into my twitter and play wordle. For me, this game is addictive. Well, first thing first, do you know what wordle is?

 

To put it simply, it is actually hangman-alike. It is a web-based word game created by Josh Wardle. In the original game, the player has only six trials to guess a five-letter word, with feedback given for each guess in the form of colored tiles indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position. Grey means wrong letter, yellow means the letter is correct yet in the wrong position, and green means both letter and position are correct.

How this game can be played in your English class simply as a game? Well, it's super easy. It can be conducted either as an ice-breaking or exit-ticket after the lesson.

Before you start the lesson, make sure to inform your students about the procedures, the rules, and the answer-submission.

To create your own game, visit mywordle then type any proper English word, consisting of at least two to ten letters, as recommended to play fun game.

Share the link to your students. You may give them clue or without any; you decide. As for me, if I play with the first graders, I always give them clue. However, for the third graders, I let them explore without any clue. In one or two cases, when they find it too difficult, eventually, I give them a related lead.

For submission, you can have them with various options: private chat via WhatsApp, Line, DM’s twitter, DM’s Instagram, Telegram, or Whiteboard. To make it more interesting, I had a trial on Whiteboard. I made rule that anyone who submitted first, will be the initial for time-bomb. This means that the counting starts when anyone got the answer sent to the platform agreed. It can be around 2-3 minutes at most. Here’s an example of the result.

 

If you just want to have fun without anything to do with English, just word-game, you can use the site to create the word you want. It could be in any languages or just guessing particular word or name. 

Use your creativity in making the game fun. Well, my students love the game like I do. What about you? Go! Give it a try!