Was the NYT the end of Wordle's popularity? A story told with tweet sentiment
Choosing our Twitter query
wordle -"🟩" -"⬛" -"🟨" -"⬜" lang:en
Tweet counts over time
Analyzing sentiment to find out how people feel about Wordle
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1478916474353770500
Yay! Did my first wordle in 3. Dick move to spoil it? How does this work?
1
1481648894320668700
This email is like “wordle? what about finishing your application?” https://t.co/LX7ebEncnH
2
1496145107590037500
Nailed German Wordle! https://t.co/ZyrqpUK3Qo
3
1489623452990517200
Mfs really wake up and choose to cheat on wordle. Like bro these mfs down bad.
4
1483823749099044900
I appreciate everyone who posts their wordle results for the day because it reminds me to go do it.
5
1506651533521428500
Wordle can count it’s damn days
6
1487991509131489300
@joethim Wordle is becoming more of a chance than logic
7
1498683194744488000
i am a wordle queen https://t.co/Lp7qy21EDR
8
1494876550327677000
RT @WillOremus: “The New York Times declined to comment on the addition of trackers to Wordle.” https://t.co/uYoUMv0Uoa
9
1500130664502505500
@7_To_Infinity @VYOVI_ 😎 WORDLE-BTS 220305 1/6 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 https://t.co/kP2FA6aIdM
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2021-12-04T00:00:00.000000
Negative
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2021-12-04T00:00:00.000000
Neutral
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2021-12-05T00:00:00.000000
Positive
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2021-12-05T00:00:00.000000
Negative
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2021-12-05T00:00:00.000000
Neutral
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2021-12-06T00:00:00.000000
Positive
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2021-12-06T00:00:00.000000
Negative
17
2021-12-06T00:00:00.000000
Neutral
18
2021-12-07T00:00:00.000000
Positive
19
2021-12-07T00:00:00.000000
Negative
Understanding the sentiment timeline
December 17: The honeymoon period
December 27: What happened over Christmas?
February 1: Peak Wordle
February 17: All-time low
March 21: Recovering positivity
Are more tweets bad news for Wordle?
Conclusion
Choose a day yourself
Top positive tweets
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1511363110023614500
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511363110023614464
62101
1511366238219518000
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511366238219517954
62757
1511164886721605600
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511164886721605632
62316
1511358005618647000
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511358005618647045
62264
1511359958079713300
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511359958079713283
62352
1511356988181131300
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511356988181131266
62311
1511358154684223500
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511358154684223491
62652
1511171673797668900
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511171673797668867
62109
1511365840125497300
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511365840125497349
62796
1511162822075555800
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511162822075555848
Top negative tweets (warning: explicit language)
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1511354078428860400
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511354078428860424
62750
1511165461668692000
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511165461668691969
62676
1511169931647225900
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511169931647225859
62222
1511361659994087400
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511361659994087426
62513
1511181326820552700
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511181326820552706
62384
1511355685942055000
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511355685942054915
62169
1511363523523354600
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511363523523354627
62366
1511356499611824000
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511356499611824137
62635
1511172742338412500
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511172742338412545
62582
1511177211134419000
https://twitter.com/i/status/1511177211134418947