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C-H-E-A-T: Wordle cheating is related to religiosity and cultural tightness.
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Description: Wordle is a daily, online brainteaser. Lots of people cheat at Wordle, as evidenced by Google searches for the solution. Here, we use data from Google Trends and Twitter to explore state-level correlates of cheating on Wordle, also at the state level. We find that cheating behavior is negatively related to religiosity and cultural tightness. Though a benign example of cheating, we discuss how popular trends can be used as case studies of group-level behavior.