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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 ...

What started as a fun, daily word-guessing game has turned into an overnight viral obsession. Wordle, created by software engineer Josh Wardle, challenges players to guess a five-letter word of the ...

Josh Wardle launched Wordle in 2021 and it has grown to be one of the most popular word and puzzle games. The game asks players to figure out a five-letter word in six or fewer guesses (we have a ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Wordle became an ...

Wordle seems like it is everywhere these days. And now it has a new owner. The New York Times said on Jan. 31 that it was buying the viral online word game for a price in the low-seven figures. Here’s ...

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 ...

Mark Serrels is an award-winning Senior Editorial Director focused on all things culture. He covers TV, movies, anime, video games and whatever weird things are happening on the internet. He ...

Playing games like Wordle is a great way to satisfy your daily puzzle cravings, so if you're looking for more daily word puzzles to tease your brain and share with friends, you've come to the right ...