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 ...

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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 ...

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If 2022 has brought with it an obsession with five-letter words, you might be in the market for more games like Worlde — because sadly, you can’t Wordle all day. Whether The New York Times’ ...

Words With Friends is expanding. What was once just a popular way to play unofficial multiplayer Scrabble on mobile has now become a larger hub for other daily word games. “Words With Friends has ...

Trying to game Wordle isn't my bag, I'll admit. My ideal daily Wordle session starts with me plucking a legible five-letter combination out from my stream of consciousness and seeing where that random ...

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The popular online word puzzle game Wordle has attracted millions of players in recent weeks. As interest in Wordle grew, The New York Times paid creator Josh Wardle "low seven figures" for the game.