Cambridge Dictionary Reveals Its ‘Word Of The Year 2022’, Inspired By Wordle

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: November 19 2022

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The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022 as "homer", saying that it was inspired by the global word game sensation, Wordle.
The word ''homer'' was searched for nearly 75,000 times during the first week of May 2022, when it was an answer in the word game Wordle.
“Homer” is an informal American-English term for a home run in baseball, Cambridge Dictionary.
Not only homer, Cambridge Dictionary saw bursts of searches for many five-letter words in 2022.

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Cambridge Dictionary Reveals Its ‘Word Of The Year 2022’, Inspired By Wordle