WORDLE: Guessing a five-letter word is easy, right?

What is Wordle?

The latest social media obsession on the internet is a fun brain workout that won’t take all day.

Facebook feeds have been taken over by tiny grids of gray, gold and green squares. These are just people showing off their skill at the new game called Wordle.

Most have probably heard of it, or seen the shares in social media. It seems to be made for people who love Scrabble or Words with Friends.

Wordle is a free word game where participants have to guess a five-letter word.

There are only six guesses to try to figure out the day’s word, and nobody gets any hints or clues — just six rows of five empty boxes.

At the start, type any five-letter word (it has to be a valid dictionary word).

Hit the enter key to see if any letters are in the day’s word.

The letters will turn colors:

• Gray if a letter is not in the word.

• Gold if the letter is in the word but not in the right spot.

• Green if the letter is in the word and in the right spot.

There is an onscreen keyboard at the bottom of the window to show letters already tried.

A quick tip learned pretty quickly is to start out with a word with lots of vowels just to get some quick help. And don’t waste a try on a word with duplicate letters.

Credit the friend who shared his starter word (aeons), which has three vowels and two pretty popular consonants.

Ideally, the first guess will net one or two letters right.

Then it is just a matter of trying out words with the right letters from the first guess (gold or green letters), but not using any of the letters already tried that are not in the day’s word (the gray letters).

When finished (win or lose), the participant’s stats appear on the screen, telling how many games won and how many tries it took. And, as most have seen, the results can be shared through social media.

There’s also a countdown clock showing the time until the next game. The website is simple: There are no ads and there’s only one game per day (it resets at midnight).

Wordle was created by a Brooklyn-based software engineer named Josh Wardle.

Most people like that it’s a simple, five-minute diversion that gives a good brain workout. Since there is only one word per day and there’s no going back and playing previous games, participants won’t spend days playing it over and over.

Try it out at powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle.