Like the video game Animal Crossing, baking sourdough bread and completing 1,000-piece puzzles, Wordle is the latest activity to become a viral sensation during the pandemic. But what is it, exactly?

1:50 V-I-R-A-L: What’s behind the internet’s Wordle obsession? Wordle is deceptively simple to play, but harder to solve than it looks. The once-per-day deduction game asks players to figure out a ...