It's... really nice? I like to watch it. I suspect I'm not alone, and if the tiles simply changed color in an instant without animation, wordle would not be as successful.
> A juicy game feels alive and responds to everything you do, tons of cascading action and response for minimal user input.
He talked about this as the end of a [podcast][2] he was recently the guest on, Syntax
[1]: https://youtu.be/Fy0aCDmgnxg
[2]: https://syntax.fm/show/430/creator-of-wordle-josh-wardle
Edit: realized my point seems reductionist. I meant that to be that it is not just a technical marvel. The artistic choices that went into building it are truly impressive.