It happened very early for me because I know a lot of linguists, and linguists were very excited about this. When I first started seeing the colored boxes showing in people’s Twitter feeds, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. Holliday: Another key to Wordle success online has been the ability to share results. You can only play Wordle once a day and it’s the same word for everyone. As soon as you finish one puzzle, you could move on to the next one, which Wordle doesn’t do. Some of the big differences were it was endless play. I’d actually created a prototype of it back in 2013, and the mechanics were the same. But yeah, I wanted to try making a game that she and I would enjoy playing together, and Wordle was a result of that. It’s a bit too much for me, to be honest. Holliday: Oh, we’re big fans of Spelling Bee here. She and I got really into the New York Times crossword, and she plays a lot of Spelling Bee as well. Josh Wardle: The goal with Wordle actually was to create a word game for my partner to play. What inspired you to create this game? Was it just a pandemic project, like so many of us have been dabbling in these days? What happened? Nicole Holliday: So, Josh, you’re an artist, product manager, and engineer who’s worked at Reddit among other places.
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