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 Dan Walker and Sally Nugent discussed the hit game Wordle with Countdown’s Susie Dent today.The pair attempted to play the game and managed to guess the word after an impressive three tries.Dan, 44, took to Twitter to brag about his Wordle score to his 747,400 followers.He wrote: “We are talking to @susie_dent about the obsession with Wordle on #BBCbreakfast this morning.“@sallynugent and I combined our brains and got it done in 3,” he added with a trophy emoji.The presenter also attached a picture of the green squares appearing from two, to three, to five, as each letter was placed in the right order.Wordle is a daily word game where players are invited to guess a five-letter word in six tries.Each time the player enters a five-letter word, the colours of each letter tile indicate how close their guess was to the word, allowing them to guess more accurately each time.In response to the tweet, BBC Breakfast’s Nina Warhurst commented: “Dan. You said you wouldn’t.“It was in the name of research,” Dan replied with a laughing emoji.“Minus points for not doing it yourself,” BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Steve Crossman pointed out, with reference to Sally.“Sally was looking over my shoulder.

Dan Walker has shown support for his friend and co-presenter Helen Skelton after she decided to quit her job on 5 Live. The radio host broadcast her final shop on Sunday morning after taking over the slot from former Love Island host Laura Whitmore.

Helen Skelton appeared emotional as she signed off on her final Sunday morning radio show for BBC 5 Live but told her listeners 'needs must'.

Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton beamed as she left the BBC studios in Manchester after quitting her radio gig live on air. On Sunday, the 40 year old broadcast her final show for BBC Radio 5 Live in a bid to spend more time with her children. Helen has hosted the Sunday morning programme for the past year after taking over the slot from former Love Island host Laura Whitmore.