In Wordle, word-game fans might recognize older incarnations of popular puzzles with similar DNA. The 1950s saw the invention of a pencil-and-paper word-guessing game called Jotto, for example ...

Wordle, the daily word puzzle created by Josh Wardle, challenges players to guess a five-letter word in six attempts. The game's popularity led to its acquisition by The New York Times and ...

He created Wordle — a riff on his last name — for his word-game-loving wife as a way to kill time during the pandemic. It became wildly popular in his family’s WhatsApp chat, and Wardle ...