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The joy of playing had fizzled. He'd become competitive about Wordle, and arguably even addicted. Hwang decided to stop playing for months — and would only return to the game after identifying ways to apply the skills he'd learned as a meditation teacher.

Singe is a verb that means to burn the surface of something slightly. In the context of the game, it’s a brilliant word because it utilizes high-frequency letters in a sequence that feels very natural once you see it, but can be hard to visualize when you only have a few yellow tiles.