Most mornings, as we sip our coffees, my partner and I play Wordle. It’s a guessing game, dictated largely by chance, and so the outcome doesn’t matter at all. Sometimes his guess wins, sometimes my guess wins, sometimes we yell out the word together.

Word games can bring out a competitive streak within couples.Credit: iStock

The trouble comes when we play Spelling Bee, which is not at all a game of chance. In Spelling Bee, one must unscramble a series of letters to find as many words as possible, including at least one word using all seven letters.

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