Developed by Josh Wardle, a software engineer based in Brooklyn, the game was originally a gift for his girlfriend who loved ...

then went viral in January as the world woke up to its charms. In fact, it proved so successful that The New York Times bought Wordle for a seven-figure sum in early February and the game is now ...

Wordle is the daily challenge that keeps the players guessing. The challenge? Guess a five-letter word in just six attempts.

But I got lucky – WordleBot said the expected number of solutions was 3.1, but in reality it left just a single one, VISOR. I played that next for my four. Wordle answers: The past 50 I've been ...

A Times spokesperson told me it lists the very first Wordle as appearing on June 19, 2021, and the paper celebrated the game's 1,000th word on March 15. Spoiler: That 1,000th word was ERUPT.