Dear Humans,

Wordle is all the rage. It’s the first thing I do each morning. And, for the first few hours of my day, every time I blink, I see those little gray boxes.

Wordle is all about patterns. And that’s because words are all about patterns. There’s a lot of five letter words in English, but not that many patterns. If you know the patterns, you’ll do pretty well.

I talk about patterns all the time in class. “Do you see the pattern?” “Look for the pattern.” You’re probably sort of sick of it. And I don’t just talk about patterns in math class. It’s also inherent in our language and history and science.

If you can see the patterns, then you can see the future. If you can see the patterns, then you know how things work and can make those things work for you.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt