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Stephen Colbert challenges Obama to a tense Wordle race

Stephen Colbert challenged former president Barack Obama to a Wordle race during their recent interview.

Barack Obama and Stephen Colbert suit opposite one another holding phones and giggling.

Not intent with merely beating the former president at wastepaper basketball (twice), Stephen Colbert also challenged him to a Wordle race during their recent interview.

In the clip above the two sit in near-silence while trying to complete the puzzle. Obama manages to get it in three, while Colbert claims to have managed it in two — although some text on the screen suggests he's actually cheated his way to victory.

Obama's response? "You seem intent, every time I'm on the show, to exert your superiority in some fashion."

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