What is a Wordle puzzle?Wordle started as just a fun game that Josh Wardle, a software engineer, created for his partner, Palak Shah. Knowing that she loved word games, he designed one for them to play every day. He named it Wordle as a play on his last name.
“It’s really sweet. This is definitely how Josh shows his love,” Shah told the New York Times in an article exploring the love story and success behind the game.