Last updated on April 11, 2024
Unless you’ve abstained from social networks, you’re probably heard of Wordle or have seen blocks of green, black, and yellow on your social feed. I have to admit, I’ve been caught up on the riptide – even google has acknowledged the popularity of it
I tend to stay away from mainstream fad – especially those on social media platforms. I did, however, read the article on New York Times – who later purchased it for 7-figures. Eventually, I gave in and played to see what the craze was about. To my surprise, I was instantly hooked. I was surprised by the simplicity of it. I’ve written 2 mobile games that I published on both Apple App Store and Android Play Store – both failed to retain players. My games were too monotonous and lacked meaningful engagement to maintain revisit. I never considered the “less is more” approach. The simple idea of releasing one puzzle a day is genius.
This brings me to the title, “7-Minute Abs.” An old colleague mentioned it when I shared WordHex, an app I created over the weekend. “7-Minute Abs” is a scene from “Something About Mary” where the hitchhiker shares his business idea based on “8-Minute Abs” but in 7 minutes! It’s a little spot on.
I created WordHex based on Wordle except it’s 6-letter words. One puzzle a day was just not enough for me. I wanted to play another round. I also hadn’t coded in a while. Last time I did, it was in golang – I may share the back story on that in the future. WordHex is available in beta. Once it’s stable, a friend suggested I create one for 4-letter, 7-letter, and 8-letter words as well.
If you do find Wordle entertaining and, like me, can’t wait another day; please visit WordHex.
