{"id":4605,"date":"2022-02-02T12:36:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/incredible-from-wordles-welsh-beginnings-to-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T12:36:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:36:17","slug":"incredible-from-wordles-welsh-beginnings-to-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/incredible-from-wordles-welsh-beginnings-to-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incredible\u2019: from Wordle\u2019s Welsh beginnings to the New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The puzzle\u2019s global success has turned Josh Wardle into a megastar in the gaming world and bemused his family<\/p>\n<p>He is the toast of New York, of London \u2013 and of a small village called <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/welsh-creator-of-wordle-sells-the-game-for-at-least-1m-after-its-success-becomes-overwhelming\/\">Llanddewi Rhydderch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just four months after Josh Wardle invented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/jan\/08\/wordle-review-josh-wardle-free-word-guessing-game-simplicity-works-like-a-charm\">wonderfully simple and soothing puzzle Wordle<\/a>, he is a megastar in the world of games and is a great deal wealthier after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/jan\/31\/wordle-new-york-times-buys\">the New York Times acquired his creation<\/a> for a seven-figure sum.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2022\/feb\/01\/incredible-wordles-welsh-beginnings-to-the-new-york-times\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e67e8ea6fe3f235ca085fe33e79e9170e1b1c9cc\/0_200_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d0cb1e6ed61602d1a6f19ae972c19063\" title=\"\u2018Incredible\u2019: from Wordle\u2019s Welsh beginnings to the New York Times\" \/>The puzzle\u2019s global success has turned Josh Wardle into a megastar in the gaming world and bemused his family<br \/>\nHe is the toast of New York, of London \u2013 and of a small village called Llanddewi Rhydderch.<br \/>\nJust four months after Josh Wardle invented the wonderfully simple and soothing puzzle Wordle, he is a megastar in the world of games and is a great deal wealthier after the New York Times acquired his creation for a seven-figure sum. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The puzzle\u2019s global success has turned Josh Wardle into a megastar in the gaming world and bemused his family He is the toast of New York, of London \u2013 and of a small village called Llanddewi Rhydderch. Just four months after Josh Wardle invented the wonderfully simple and soothing puzzle Wordle, he is a megastar &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/incredible-from-wordles-welsh-beginnings-to-the-new-york-times\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Incredible\u2019: from Wordle\u2019s Welsh beginnings to the New York Times<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}