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Jan 3, 2022 · It was just him and his partner, Palak Shah, killing time during a pandemic. Mr. Wardle said he first created a similar prototype in 2013, but his friends were unimpressed and he scrapped the...
In January 2021, he returned to his 2013 prototype to create a word game for his partner, Palak Shah. During the COVID-19 pandemic , he and Shah had played many New York Times games including Spelling Bee , and he wanted to make a new word game that they could play together.
Feb 1, 2022 · It was fashioned for an audience of one: his partner, Palak Shah, because she likes word games. It went out into the larger world almost as a whim, without any of the things that could generate...
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Feb 15, 2022 · Software engineer Josh Wardle from New York decided to develop the game for his other half, Palak Shah to ease boredom during lockdown. Wife Palak was a huge fan of the New York Times ’...
Feb 1, 2022 · Wardle, who left the UK to pursue a career as a software engineer and is now based in Brooklyn, invented the game during Covid lockdown to entertain his partner, Palak Shah. Wardle shared...
Jan 31, 2022 · As an earlier New York Times profile details, Wordle was originally created by Wardle as a gift for his partner, Palak Shah, after the two of them got hooked on word games (like the Times’...
