Q&A with Wordle creator Josh Wardle on the game's origin story, reasons for keeping it simple, app clones, and handling the traffic from its newfound popularity
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Discussion
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@waxpancake
Andy Baio
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This guy shamelessly cloned Wordle (name and all) as an F2P iOS game with in-app purchases and is bragging about how well it's doing and how he'll get away with it because Josh Wardle didn't trademark it. So gross. https://twitter.com/...
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@zachshakked
Zach
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This is absurd. 450 trials at 1am last night, now at 950 and getting a new ones every minute. 12K downloads, rank #28 word game, and #4 result for “wordle” in the App Store. We're going to the fucking moon. https://twitter.com/...
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@screenrant
@screenrant
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The creator of the viral word puzzle game Wordle has stated in an interview that there are no plans to implement ads or monetization into the game. https://screenrant.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@baieric
Eric
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I sometimes get exhausted talking to friends/co-workers in tech who only seem to talk about money. Folks who I show my personal projects to and ask me how I'll monetize it This interview with Josh Wardle is a great example of just enjoying making things! https://techcrunch.com/..…
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@minimaxir
Max Woolf
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“People have suspected, and we've now confirmed, that Wardle has been getting approached by investors who want to take Wordle to the next level.” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@taylor_soper
Taylor Soper
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“With Wordle, actually, I kind of deliberately did what you're not meant to do if growth is your goal. And bizarrely, I think, those things have led to growth.” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@jessicalessin
Jessica Lessin
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Wondering how Spelling Bee feels about Wordle. I am a Spelling Bee loyalist forever. https://twitter.com/...
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@asilbwrites
Amanda Silberling
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I got to talk to Wordle creator @powerlanguish with @ingridlunden for @TechCrunch! “I think people have an appetite for things that transparently don't want anything from you. I think people quite like it that way, you know?” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@techcrunch
@techcrunch
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By now, you might have already read or heard a little about Wordle's origin story (or blocked it on Twitter because you were so sick of it). So what's the buzz about? In mere weeks the game went viral and grew from under 1,000 to 2 million players. https://t.co/1K909pyuzX