No Wordle update leads to discovery of 80-year-old hostage
The Hindu
One of her daughters became worried that her mother wasn't reading her texts or updating her about Wordle, leading her to call the cops
Police rescued an 80-year-old suburban Chicago woman who was held hostage for nearly 21 hours in large part because she couldn't text one of her daughters her daily Wordle score during the ordeal.
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