What is Nerdle? All about the new Maths 'Wordle' game and how to play it

While world was busy solving puzzles on Wordle, online gamers w have a clone of viral word game called 'Nerdle'. Based on concept of Wordle, Nerdle is a numbers game wherein players have to arrange a series of numbers to complete puzzle. Created by data scientist Richard Mann, he came up with this maths-based alternative while talking about Wordle craze with his 14-year-old daughter, Daily Express reported.

Here is how to play Nerdle

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If you are aware of concept Wordle works on, all you have to do is be ready to fill in a few more blocks. Unlike Wordle, which required players to fill a five-character word in six guesses or less, Nerdle has eight blocks but with same number of chances. As you can see in im above, numbers are placed in a random order, which needs to be rearranged for a perfect sequence. Similar to Wordle, blocks start to turn green if you place number on perfect square, turn purple if number is in equation but at wrong spot and remain black if number does t belong. It is worth ting, that this numbers game also shares one puzzle every 24 hours, just like word game. Interestingly, this game also provides option of solving puzzle of previous days, and is perfect for those who can t wait for next puzzle. 

Last week, a mini version of game called mini Nerdle was introduced which only has six squares to fill, but according to creators, is equally tough as original. 

In an interview with Daily Express, creator Richard Mann said, "We (him and his daughter) agreed re must be an equivalent for us maths fans (she’s one too) and a few minutes later we had decided on rules of game and name. My son worked out full list of (tens of thousands) of valid calculations and we launched it to world with some help from friends and colleagues". 

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