Josh Wardle is a Welsh software engineer who developed the viral web-based word game Wordle. The New York Times Company acquired Wordle from Wardle in late January 2022. [1] Wardle lives in Brooklyn, New York. [2] [3]

Mar 28, 2022 · Josh Wardle, creator of the extremely popular word game Wordle, has explained why he decided to sell his game to The New York Times back in January. Wardle gave a talk at the Game Developer...

Jan 31, 2022 · According to a report on the NYT itself, Wordle creator Josh Wardle sold his game for a price "in the low seven figures." It'll join a long list of games already available on the New York Times...

Jan 13, 2022 · 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.

Feb 1, 2022 · While it may seem easy for a lone creator like Josh Wardle to make a free website to support a simple game like Wordle, the reality of the situation is that the project’s sudden popularity has...

Jan 12, 2022 · What is Wordle? The game's creator Josh Wardle talks about scaling a viral hit, getting interest from VCs, and dealing with Wordle clones.

Mar 27, 2022 · The brains behind the game, Wordle, Josh Wardle, revealed why he was compelled to sell off his immensely popular word game to The New York Times. He listed the reason of how many were cloning it and profiting from it without the permission from the owner.

Feb 5, 2022 · On Monday, the New York Times revealed that it had bought the viral megahit Wordle for a "low seven figure sum". The web-based word puzzle, which launched last October, was originally intended as a...

Jan 31, 2022 · The game is the brainchild of Josh Wardle and his partner Palak Shah, and once day it gives players six chances to guess a five-letter word.