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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.
Jan 3, 2022
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What was Wordle inspired by?
Wardle created the prototype of Wordle in 2013, inspired by the color-matching game Mastermind, under the name Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz. The prototype allowed players to play puzzles consecutively, and its wordlist was unfiltered.
Did the inventor of Wordle make any money?
Wordle had no advertisements and Wardle's goal was not to make money. Despite Wordle's success, Wardle did not want operating the game to become his full-time job. In January 2022, The New York Times Company announced that it had acquired Wordle "for an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures."
What is the logic behind Wordle?
Basically, a user guesses a 5 letter word and it compares it to the computer generated word and if the letter is in the right place it marks it 'X', if the letter is present but in the wrong position, marks with 'o', and when missing completely it marks '.
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