The Rise of Wordle: From Pandemic Entertainment to Global Phenomenon

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Wordle, an online game invented by Josh Wardle, has gained immense popularity since its release in October 2021. Originally created as a way to entertain his partner during the pandemic, Wordle quickly grew in popularity and was purchased by The New York Times in January 2022.

With its relative ubiquity across the globe and its role in spawning a whole new genre of brainteaser guessing games, it is hard to believe that Wordle only came about a little over two years ago.Invented by Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer, the online game was created as a way to entertain his partner during the coronavirus pandemic. The couple shared a love of crossword puzzles, so he developed Wordle as a way for them to spend quality time together.

Wordle was first released to the public in October 2021, and rapidly exploded from 90 users on November 1 that year to 300,000 on January 2, 2022, according to figures by Statista. The New York Times then purchased the game in January 2022 for an undisclosed low seven-figure fe

 

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