Wordle, the popular word-guessing game hosted by The New York Times, has over 1,700 words remaining as possible solutions.

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...