An excuse to teach a lesson on information theory and entropy. Special thanks to these supporters: https://3b1b.co/lessons/wordle#thanks Help fund future projects: https://www.patreon.com/3blue1brown An equally valuable form of support is to simply share the videos. Contents: 0:00 - What is Wordle? 2:43 - Initial ideas 8:04 - Information theory basics 18:15 - Incorporating word frequencies 27:49