Update (9 February 2022) – The new website for playing Singlish Wordle is – https://www.word-leh.com/
Lai Liao.
Wordle is essentially mastermind, but with alphabets.
The game that has taken the world by storm, and one of the the few things left in this world that is worth looking forward to (except for the day where the word was knolll, and the other day where we learnt that it uses US-English the hard way), is now in Singlish.
SINGLISH wordle!
My talented friend Sha-mayne make one. Damn stim.
— Hossan Leong (tick myself) (@HossanLeong) February 8, 2022
Prior to Wordle’s entry into our mundane lives, we usually looked forward to 12.01 only for special occasions like New Year’s Eve and the birthday of our loved ones. These days, it is like Bài nián (everybody’s birthday) as we all keep our last 2 brain cells alive as the clock strikes 12 so as to solve tomorrow’s wordle, today.
My last two brain cells when I make them stay up till 12:01am to play Wordle. pic.twitter.com/batYT0u4qA
— Khalid El Khatib (@kmelkhat) February 5, 2022
Now, World-Leh is going to give us, and our 2 remaining brain cells, another reason to stay awake until 12.01am and live to regret it the day after. The game, who was created by one Sha-Mayn Teh, even received endorsement from the Professor of Singlish himself, Dr Gwee Li Sui. According to a Facebook Post by Leigh Pasqual, Dr Gwee’s book, Spiaking Singlish, helped “bulk up the word list“.
Word-Leh even has a dark mode, a feature that isn’t present in the original wordle. Also, if you guess a word that is wrong, the prompt is in Singlish too:
Word not found leh. Must be English or Singlish
Well, although the Singlish version of Wordle, called Word-leh! is up and running, some have pointed out the absence of certain beloved expressions from the local venacular.
GELAK AND LEMAK NOT SINGLISH WORDS KIMAK ALSO 😭😭😭 I’ve never felt so un-singaporean my entire life https://t.co/AWZodzxDzv pic.twitter.com/RCA0ir2mr9
— mira (@MiraAmoeba) February 8, 2022
Are profanities excluded? If so, there goes kimak, nabei, and cibai. Rabak man. How can liddat? (is “liddat” that a word that Word-Leh will recognise?). Actually, while we are on a roll, we can’t help but wonder how long this game can last.
Do we have 365 5-letter Singlish words? Perhaps it is time to dust off the trusty old Coxford Dictionary.
Memes Galore
Wordle has also inspired many memes, especially from government agencies. Credit must be given to the resident meme-masters from SPF, NEA and PUB. It is not easy to come up with 5 related 5-letter words while staying on point (trust me, we tried).
Our Wordle of the day – did you manage to get yours right today?
Don’t forget to #ClearYourTable after eating at our hawker centres, coffeeshops and food courts.
P.S. You don’t have to clean your table, as cleaners will be cleaning and sanitising tables. pic.twitter.com/2l6AokyBs6
— NEA (@NEAsg) January 28, 2022
Some on Twitter have also brought the “Not a Wordle, Just a X” trend home.
not wordle, just the singapore parliament
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⬛️⬛️⬛️— 🧣🐝 🐑 (@pauriahcarey) January 31, 2022
Oi. Why are you still reading this article? Go play Word-leh, leh.
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