Wardle, who is from Wales, said he played cryptic crosswords when he was younger. But he didn’t really get into them until he heard Craig Mazin, the showrunner of HBO’s Chernobyl and The Last of Us series, talk about them on the Scriptnotes podcast.

Josh Wardle had a hell of a tough act to follow. His last game, Wordle, became incredibly popular thanks to its blend of simplicity, clarity and shareability. Over four years (and a seven-figure sale of Wordle to The New York Times) later,

Parseword is from the creator of Wordle and is a real head scratcher

The new game is trickier than guessing a five-letter word in six attempts.

The creator of Wordle has returned with another word game based on cryptic crosswords, and it's completely free to play.

The world of Wordle is expanding: The New York Times Games is launching a “Create Your Wordle Puzzle” feature that will allow users to go beyond just playing the popular word game, and instead develop their own one-word challenges. Debuting Thursday ...

Wordle creator Josh Wardle has released Parseword, a web-based word game that involves guessing a word or phrase based on a set of clues.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. Here we are, the first weekend of January and it’s finally starting to feel like winter. A chill has descended ...