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. As a play on his last name, he named it Wordle.

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. As a play on his last name, he named it Wordle.. But after ...

The short version is that British-raised New York resident Josh Wardle, ... originally built Wordle last year for his partner, a word puzzle enthusiast, for them to play together. ...

The Wordle creator Josh Wardle talks about why he created the game, ... It was fashioned for an audience of one: his partner, Palak Shah, because she likes word games.

Wordle was created by New York City-based software engineer Josh Wardle for his partner, ... Wardle and Shah told NYT that he has submitted 2,500 words to the game so far, ...

The game's creator Josh Wardle talks about scaling a viral hit, ... My partner and I play a lot of The New York Times word games, and they follow that one-a-day model.

Josh Wardle originally came up with the daily brainteaser as a way to entertain his partner during coronavirus lockdowns. ... [My partner] and I play it on the couch together each morning.

Software developer Josh Wardle and his partner passed the time with crossword puzzles from the New York Times. At one point, Wardle remembered an idea for a similar game he had thought up a few ...

In early 2020, Wardle and his partner were playing a lot of The New York Times’ crossword and its Spelling Bee game. He noticed that they were both once-a-day kind of games — there is only one ...

It’s a simple, free word puzzle that gives everyone six chances to guess the same five-letter word, with a new word every day. Created by developer Josh Wardle, Wordle is the hottest game of ...