Some of these word games are challenging while others are more casual.

HelloWordl also allows you to adjust the number of letters in the puzzle, making each game as unique as you want it to be. Better with numbers than with letters? In that case, you're in luck. Primel ...

For the past week, my family and I have started a new text message thread. It’s a sacred space. Each message is typically three words long, something like “Wordle in three.” Yes, like plenty of others ...

What started as a fun, daily word-guessing game has turned into an overnight viral obsession. Wordle, created by software engineer Josh Wardle, challenges players to guess a five-letter word of the ...

Josh Wardle launched Wordle in 2021 and it has grown to be one of the most popular word and puzzle games. The game asks players to figure out a five-letter word in six or fewer guesses (we have a ...

According to a lovely New York Times profile of Wordle creator and software engineer Josh Wardle (get it?), he devised the game as a gift for his partner Palak Shah, who loves word games and crossword ...

Josh Wardle, a software engineer based in Brooklyn, created the game for his partner, Palak Shah, who loves word puzzles, and named it Wordle as a play on his last name, according to The New York ...

Josh Wardle, a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York, created Wordle as a game to play with his partner, who “loves word games.” He formulated an online puzzle that gives players six tries to ...

Wordle has taken the internet by storm, capturing the hearts—and puzzle-brains—of word game enthusiasts everywhere. So what is Wordle and why is everyone so obsessed with it? This is hardly the first ...

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