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If you thought your Wordle addiction was doing something for your brain health — think again. A top neuroscientist explains why there are better things you can do for your mind. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.

People of all ages have now made the game Wordle part of their daily routines, but is figuring out that mystery five letter word just a fun craze? Or is it also an activity that’s beneficial for your brain? Neuroscientist and Brain HQ CEO Henry Mahncke told News4 Wordle might not be doing much to improve your cognitive function...

A last-minute change to Monday’s Wordle answer may have players seeing different puzzles, with one of them apparently linked to a controversy gripping the nation. The new owners of the highly popular online game removed “fetus” from the daily puzzle in an effort to keep Worlde “distinct from the news.” It comes on the heels of a leaked draft...

The New York Times “categorically” denies making the popular word game more difficult since acquiring it last month. “No, we did not make Wordle harder,” the paper’s games chief says

Team USA curler John Landsteiner scared his fans with a tweet where he announced an end to his career… in Wordle.  Wordle, the massively popular new word game recently bought by the New York Times, challenges players to guess a five-letter word in six guesses. Landsteiner, an Olympic gold medallist in Pyeonchang 2018 and a five-time World Champion, faces Norway…

After an 80-year-old woman from Lincolnwood didn’t send her daily Wordle score to family, those close to her notified police, who found the grandmother held captive by an armed intruder inside her home, according to authorities.