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The Wordle creator Josh Wardle talks about why he created the game, the internet's ethos, and why he sold to the New York Times. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe.
What is Wordle? The game's creator Josh Wardle talks about scaling a viral hit, getting interest from VCs, and dealing with Wordle clones.
Josh Wardle originally came up with the daily brainteaser as a way to entertain his partner during coronavirus ... "Well, I did create Wordle and I'm not very good at it, so there's your ...
Steven Cravotta is the lone creator of “Wordle!” — no, not that one. Six years ago, the self-taught developer built a word-based puzzle app for fun. Cravotta, who was 18 at the time ...
SAN FRANCISCO—Josh Wardle, creator of the game Wordle, arguably holds a world record for the fastest sale of a massive new game the instant it became a worldwide phenomenon.. Hence, his ...
This guy shamelessly cloned Wordle (name and all) as an F2P iOS game with in-app purchases and is bragging about how well it's doing and how he'll get away with it because Josh Wardle didn't ...
Josh Wardle: The goal with Wordle actually was to create a word game for my partner to play. She and I got really into the New York Times crossword, and she plays a lot of Spelling Bee as well ...
It's a breath of fresh air in the tech industry, as we discussed with the game's creator, Josh Wardle: no mobile app. ... Wordle, where you guess a five-letter word in six tries, ...