Having a Few Words with Wordle

I ran across Wordle while pursuing other Flickr photos. I was intrigued and decided to give it a whirl. I’d been avoiding installing Java on my machine due to my distaste for the poorly coded apps that tend to use it, but my desire to give Wordle a try overcame my desire to remain Java free. I ran it against my site with interesting results.

Wordle of Reid's for Fun by Steven Reid, on Flickr

I was actually quite surprised with what words did and didn’t make it on the list. Wordle gives you a pretty high degree of customization with just a few options. The wordle version of the image will, if you have Java installed, let you stretch it to fit your screen. If you give it a try, I’d be curious to see your results. Note: this no longer works and I don’t recommend you use Java in your web browser.

# July 3, 2023 Update

Like all good things, Wordle is no more. Looks like the domain went dead around December of 2020 and has been taken over. I updated the link to the old version on Internet Archive. To be honest, I’d avoid the current site. I did use the Mac version for a bit, but there are other ways to build word clouds.