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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2026 · 16 MIN

The creator of Wordle on life after a hit and his new puzzle

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Josh Wardle made puzzling cool with his enormously popular word guessing game Wordle. Now he has a new puzzle called Parseword that aims to make cryptic crosswords more accessible. The common thread in his games from his early days at Reddit until now -- connection.

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