BRDL
Wordle, the word guessing game that has taken the Internet by storm and racked up millions of daily users in only three months, is certainly already familiar to you if you're a word nerd. But there's a game for you too if you're a bird fanatic as well as a word nerd. BRDL, a game that tests players' ability to decipher the four-letter banding codes that scientists use as a shorthand for species names, was created by Alex Tomlinson, a graphic designer for Audubon (like MODO for mourning dove or GREG for great egret).
The game has gained popularity and has given rise to a British birders-only variant that uses different codes. "It's really unbelievable!" Tomlinson disclosed to Audubon. "I never imagined such a specialized thing would be so well-liked,"