Wordle was invented during the coronavirus pandemic by Josh Wardle, a New York-based software engineer who was simply looking for a game “for me and my partner to enjoy.”
In October 2021, Wardle decided to release Wordle to the general public, and the game quickly became a hit across the English-speaking world, with some players taking to social media each day to share their scores and tactics. The New York Times purchased Wordle for an undisclosed low seven-figure sum in January 2022, though the game remains free to play.
In a previous interview with Newsweek, Erhan Aslan, a linguistics expert who teaches at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, offered some advice for Wordle players.
“One thing that I think is important in this game is the starting word chosen. Starting off with words that include commonly used vowels, for example, e and a, consonants such as r and t, and sound sequences might be helpful. Choosing a word that starts with q, …