Wordle

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Person holding a smartphone displaying the Wordle start screen with a Play button, wearing a silver ring and white dotted nails.

Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle, stands at a podium speaking into a microphone at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

Wordle: Media

How finding a five-letter word became a 21st-century obsession.

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Person holding a smartphone displaying the Wordle start screen with a Play button, wearing a silver ring and white dotted nails.

Do you Wordle?

Millions of people try to solve the word game each day.

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Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle, stands at a podium speaking into a microphone at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

The man behind Wordle

Josh Wardle created Wordle in 2013 and sold it to The New York Times in...

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