{"id":22467,"date":"2026-03-25T16:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/wordle-inventor-gets-ahead-of-the-game-letters\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:38:25","slug":"wordle-inventor-gets-ahead-of-the-game-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/wordle-inventor-gets-ahead-of-the-game-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordle inventor gets ahead of the game | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julius Pursaill<\/strong>, Andy Roberts <\/strong>and Jane Oberman <\/strong>respond to Polly Hudson\u2019s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new game<\/p>\n

Josh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure to so many people during lockdown, reportedly sold it for a seven-figure sum<\/a>. According to Polly Hudson (The Wordle guy\u2019s latest move tells us a lot about modern-day ambition, 22 March<\/a>), he now has the temerity to create another word game, Parseword<\/a>, rather than kicking back on his yacht. Imagine if everyone who has a creative impulse kicked back after their first recognised achievement \u2013 if Michelangelo had kicked back after creating the Piet\u00e0, or Picasso had kicked back after Les Demoiselles d\u2019Avignon. Well done to Wardle, keep creating.
Julius Pursaill<\/strong>
London<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 It seems a little unfair to characterise Josh Wardle\u2019s new game as trying his luck again, equating it with naked ambition. It certainly seems out of kilter to be drawing parallels with that and the rampant egotism displayed recently by Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. Wardle just strikes me as a bit of a word nerd and coder who likes making games. His new one seems to be a love letter to cryptic crosswords \u2013 it certainly isn\u2019t a tilt at creating another viral sensation.
Andy Roberts<\/strong>
Witney, Oxfordshire<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJulius Pursaill, Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson\u2019s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new game
\nJosh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure to so many people during lockdown, reportedly sold it for a seven-figure sum. According to Polly Hudson (The Wordle guy\u2019s latest move tells us a lot about modern-day ambition, 22 March), he now has the temerity to create another word game, Parseword, rather than kicking back on his yacht. Imagine if everyone who has a creative impulse kicked back after their first recognised achievement \u2013 if Michelangelo had kicked back after creating the Piet\u00e0, or Picasso had kicked back after Les Demoiselles d\u2019Avignon. Well done to Wardle, keep creating.Julius PursaillLondon
\n\u2022 It seems a little unfair to characterise Josh Wardle\u2019s new game as trying his luck again, equating it with naked ambition. It certainly seems out of kilter to be drawing parallels with that and the rampant egotism displayed recently by Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. Wardle just strikes me as a bit of a word nerd and coder who likes making games. His new one seems to be a love letter to cryptic crosswords \u2013 it certainly isn\u2019t a tilt at creating another viral sensation.Andy RobertsWitney, Oxfordshire Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Julius Pursaill, Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson\u2019s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new game Josh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure to so many people during lockdown, reportedly sold it for a seven-figure sum. According to Polly Hudson (The Wordle guy\u2019s latest move …<\/p>\n

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