The best part of Wordle – that online word puzzle that has players posting their coloured-square achievements on social media – is not that millions of people have become enamoured with language, with participants plumbing new depths of their vocabulary and learning about linguistic patterns, such as letter frequency and combinations.

Wordle is wonderful – just look at the versions of word game it’s inspired in languages such as Hindi, Chinese, Arabic … even Star Wars’ Klingon comes via ChinaTechNews.com.