Abstract
Wordle is a daily, online brainteaser. The widespread popularity of the game in the early months of 2022 has also led to widespread cheating. Here, we use data from Google Trends and Twitter to explore correlates of cheating on Wordle. We find that cheating behavior is negatively related to religiosity and cultural tightness. Although this is a benign example of cheating behavior, we discuss how popular trends can be used as case studies of group-level behavior.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 702-709 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Perspectives on Psychological Science |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2023 |
Keywords
- cheating
- culture
- religiosity
- tightness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology
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C-H-E-A-T: Wordle Cheating Is Related to Religiosity and Cultural Tightness
Wormley, A. S. (Creator) & Cohen, A. B. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2022
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.6271676.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/C-H-E-A-T_Wordle_Cheating_Is_Related_to_Religiosity_and_Cultural_Tightness/6271676/1
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C-H-E-A-T: Wordle Cheating Is Related to Religiosity and Cultural Tightness
Wormley, A. S. (Creator) & Cohen, A. B. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2022
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.6271676, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/C-H-E-A-T_Wordle_Cheating_Is_Related_to_Religiosity_and_Cultural_Tightness/6271676
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C-H-E-A-T: Wordle Cheating Is Related to Religiosity and Cultural Tightness
Wormley, A. S. (Creator) & Cohen, A. B. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2022
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.6271676, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/C-H-E-A-T_Wordle_Cheating_Is_Related_to_Religiosity_and_Cultural_Tightness/6271676
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