Hooked on Wordle? Flex your cúpla focal with a round of Foclach

The Irish-language version of the popular word game is garnering a cult audience - one of the many little ways Gaeilge is surviving and adapting
Hooked on Wordle? Flex your cúpla focal with a round of Foclach

A screenshot of Foclach, the Irish-language Wordle alternative

So, by now, the world is familiar with Wordle, the word-based puzzle game that's gone from drawing a devoted fanbase to dominating social media newsfeeds every morning in a hail of green and gold squares.

It's also a bit of an anomaly at present - in an age of social media titans, Wordle has millions of people every morning pointing their browsers at a humble mobile website. For now.

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