The game is a product of love. Brooklyn-based software engineer Josh Wardle created Wordle for free in October 2021 as a gift to his girlfriend Palak Shah. Wardle knew his partner loved word games ...

Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, knew his partner loved word games, so he created a guessing game for just the two of them. ... Palak Shah, killing time during a pandemic.

UO Alum Josh Wardle Created the Online Puzzle Game “Wordle” That Has Become a Cultural Phenomenon ... Palak Shah, became obsessed with The New York Times Spelling Bee and crossword puzzles.

Wardle’s partner, Palak Shah, now gets up every day and warms up with a spelling bee before a game of Wordle, adding that Wardle creating a game for her is “really sweet, this is definitely ...

Software engineer and artist Josh Wardle created Wordle during the COVID-19 lockdowns with his partner Palak Shah. He studied media arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, then earned a ...

Josh Wardle created Wordle for his partner Palak Shah. It was released to the public in October last year after Wardle received positive feedback from his family members.  Saturday, Jun ...

It is an online word game created by Josh Wardle at the height of the pandemic for his partner, Palak Shah, as a way of killing time when they had nothing else to do. Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

Wordle puzzles are designed to be achievable and not overly challenging, but even the game's creator struggles with some of them, as he admitted in an exclusive interview with Newsweek.. Josh ...

Josh Wardle created the viral game as part of his ongoing quest to design online spaces that don’t devolve into spam and swastikas. ... Palak Shah, who grew up in Queens.

In October, 2021, New York-based Welsh engineer Josh Wardle launched the deceptively straightforward Wordle, a word-guessing game that he invented for his partner, Palak Shah.