I could not figure out today’s Wordle puzzle. And that’s OK.

I didn’t share that one to the thread I use for my results because I don’t really need to share my failures. (I have a single Facebook thread for Wordle instead of making a new one every day.) But I feel like maybe I should have.

For the first few days of the Wordle craze, I resisted. And for no real reason other than the stupid mind games that follow any Internet craze. Then I did a puzzle and fell in love with the game.

I love the rhythm of one daily puzzle that we all can share. Of course, this has been ruined by people whining about colored squares in their Facebook or Twitter feeds or the ultra-competitive who make it seem like not guessing a word is some sort of moral failing.

Neither of these groups should make me pause before posting my result. The first one definitely does not. In fact, they make me more eager to share what I have done because their humorlessness deserves pushback.

The second one, however, gives me pause. Because I am competitive even though I don’t always do my puzzle at the most ideal time which leads me to not share my result some days.

I generally do my puzzle very early in the morning before I try and catch another hour or so of sleep. If I don’t do it then, I might toss and turn thinking about Wordle. If I do log in, I might get frustrated around guess 4 or 5 and just throw in the towel.

And that is what happened on this one. I just didn’t care at some point. But I did care enough to not show it, which is dumb because this is a free word game that means absolutely nothing.

Can you forgive me?