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Mar 28, 2022 · Wardle gave a talk at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco last week where he discussed the creation of the game for his girlfriend. As The Independent reports, during the talk...
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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.
Occupation (s) Software engineer, artist, product manager. Known for. Wordle, Place (Reddit) Website. powerlanguage .co .uk. Josh Wardle is a Welsh software engineer who developed the viral web-based word game Wordle. The New York Times Company acquired Wordle from Wardle in late January 2022. [1] Wardle lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Jan 31, 2022 · Josh Wardle, a Brooklyn software engineer who created Wordle as a gift to his girlfriend, sold the site to the Times for a price in the “low seven figures”. The Times has in recent years...
Apr 3, 2023 · BBC News. A little over a year ago, Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle sold the word game he'd devised for his girlfriend to the New York Times (NYT), for a seven-figure sum. Wordle was a...
Josh Wardle created his app for his girlfriend Palak Shah, a fan of word games. It took on a life of its own and The New York Times has now bought it for more than $1 million. Lucy Bannerman....
Jan 12, 2022 · (Sidenote: Wardle’s employer Mschf is backed by VCs like Founders Fund. So that could be an interesting template for one direction to go. Or not.) But Wardle isn’t trying to turn a profit on ...