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  1. Jan 3, 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.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Josh_WardleJosh Wardle - Wikipedia

    In January 2021, he returned to his 2013 prototype to create a word game for his partner, Palak Shah. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he and Shah had played many New York Times games including Spelling Bee, and he wanted to make a new word game that they could play together.

  3. Jan 5, 2022 · For Josh and his partner, Palak Shah, they developed a love for word games. The pair enjoyed working through The New York Times' Spelling Bee and daily crossword puzzles. As time went on, they continued to share that love — and then Josh made it something more.

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  4. Feb 1, 2022 · It was fashioned for an audience of one: his partner, Palak Shah, because she likes word games. It went out into the larger world almost as a whim, without any of the things that could generate...

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  5. Feb 15, 2022 · But did you know it all started as a simple love story? Software engineer Josh Wardle from New York decided to develop the game for his other half, Palak Shah to ease boredom during lockdown.

  6. May 16, 2024 · Josh Wardle originally created the game for his partner, Palak Shah. The Times acquired the game in early 2022 with about 2,300 potential solutions, all of which had been handpicked by Ms. Shah...

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  8. Jan 4, 2022 · Josh Wardle, who graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2006, created the app to play with his partner Palak Shah over the pandemic as he knew she loved word games.

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