An English software engineer invented a word guessing game for his friend that attracted thousands of players within a few weeks.
Josh Wardle lives in Brooklyn. In 2006, he graduated from Royal Holloway University of London. Wordle was created by him and his partner Palak Shaikh.
Wordle allows players to enter a guess of a five letter word every day. Wordle then tells them if their letters match the secret word.
Six attempts are given to players to guess the secret word.
He first tried the game out with his partner. Then he shared it with his loved ones on WhatsApp.
Wordle was home to 90 participants on November 1. More than 300,000. people participated in the Daily Challenge last Sunday.
Wordle allows users to solve daily word puzzles. They have six chances of guessing the five-letter word.
Josh Wardle lives in Brooklyn. He graduated in 2006 from Royal Holloway University of London. Wordle was created by him and his partner Palak Shaikh.
Mister Wardle told The New York Times that he was happy with his online success. You don’t have to share your data with anyone.
The game is also very easy to play and takes only three minutes per day, according to him.
Wardle stated that it encourages people to take three minutes each day. That’s all. This doesn’t need any additional time from you.
His partner, who was also the first to try the game out, played an important role in making it available for everyone.
Wordle’s original list of five-letter English words – approximately 12,000 words – included obscure words that the couple believed would be nearly impossible to guess.
Mr Wardle eventually narrowed the list of Wordle words to about 2,500, which should last for a few years.
Hundreds of thousands of fans are playing Wordle – in which the aim is to guess a single five-letter word known as the ‘Wordle’ within six attempts
Fans have complained that certain words are not correct. REBUS and TAPIR were not familiar enough.)
Ms Shah claims that she wakes up each morning to play Wordle. Although it’s now open to the public, Ms Shah said that she still appreciates Mr Wardle creating it.
She replied, “It is really sweet,” she added. “This is Josh’s way of showing his love.