«Wordle: global dependence on the famous game The New York Times»
23 january 2025 в 16:37
The famous word game «Wordle» from the New York Times has become a global addiction. All players have six attempts to guess the five-letter answer for each day in the games section of the publication. So, what was the answer to «Wordle» today?
Check the hints for January 23, 2025, and the answer by scrolling down.
Today’s «Wordle» starts with the letter U.
The answer to «Wordle» has four repeated letters.
Programmer and artist Josh Wardle created «Wordle» during the COVID-19 quarantine with his partner Palak Shah. He studied media arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, and then obtained a master’s degree in fine arts in digital art. Josh worked at Reddit and Pinterest before «Wordle» became a global phenomenon.
The name of the game is a play on words on Josh’s surname. According to The Verge, Josh revealed that he initially considered naming the game «Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz».
«It's true: I was going to call 'Wordle' Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz», - he previously shared on stage. «If I had named the game Mr. Bugs, I don’t think it would have been successful».
During the development of the «Wordle» prototype, Josh only showed it to close friends and family.
«I was trying to make something that was authentic to me. I was trying to create something for the people I love», - explained Josh, according to The Verge. «It just so happened that other people loved it too».
Josh advises other innovators to follow their own path and avoid repeating someone else’s invention, like he did.
«Don't try to make 'Wordle.' Do what excites you and what matters to you», - he suggested. «And everything else will follow from that»
Check the hints for January 23, 2025, and the answer by scrolling down.
Today’s «Wordle» starts with the letter U.
The answer to «Wordle» has four repeated letters.
Programmer and artist Josh Wardle created «Wordle» during the COVID-19 quarantine with his partner Palak Shah. He studied media arts at Royal Holloway, University of London, and then obtained a master’s degree in fine arts in digital art. Josh worked at Reddit and Pinterest before «Wordle» became a global phenomenon.
The name of the game is a play on words on Josh’s surname. According to The Verge, Josh revealed that he initially considered naming the game «Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz».
«It's true: I was going to call 'Wordle' Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz», - he previously shared on stage. «If I had named the game Mr. Bugs, I don’t think it would have been successful».
During the development of the «Wordle» prototype, Josh only showed it to close friends and family.
«I was trying to make something that was authentic to me. I was trying to create something for the people I love», - explained Josh, according to The Verge. «It just so happened that other people loved it too».
Josh advises other innovators to follow their own path and avoid repeating someone else’s invention, like he did.
«Don't try to make 'Wordle.' Do what excites you and what matters to you», - he suggested. «And everything else will follow from that»
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