'I haven't played Wordle since the day I sold it' says game's Welsh creator

'I haven't played Wordle since the day I sold it' says game's Welsh creator5 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAmelia Shone-AdamsBBC Wales PA MediaJosh Wardle created the viral web game for his girlfriend to play in the Covid lockdownsThe creator of the game Wordle has created another word puzzle despite struggling after the success of his first. Josh Wardle from Monmouthshire created Wordle for his girlfriend to play during the Covid-19 lockdowns. The game was sold to The New York Times in February 2022.Wardle told The Sunday Times: "I haven't played since the day I sold it."Wardle, 43, created the puzzle game, originally called "Mr Bugs' Wordy Nugz" in 2020 to entertain himself and girlfriend Palak Shah during the pandemic. The name later changed to Wordle, a play on his surname.When asked if he thought he'd create another word puzzle game, he previously said: "Why would I do that to myself?"Despite this, Wardle and a team of collaborators recently launched Parseword, a wordplay game inspired by Wardle's attempts to get to grips with cryptic crossword puzzles.Much like Wordle, the player gets to solve one cryptic crossword clue a day, the game becomes progressively harder as the week goes on. Wardle said: "I remember looking at clues and feeling utterly flummoxed. Like it was completely impenetrable."They've become my favourite format, because hidden under all this complexity is this amazingly elegant puzzle."Wardle said he wants to help "folks who haven't been able to break into cryptic crosswords, to teach them the rules"."I love language, this tool we all have access to, we use every day," he said."I think I'm just trying to make games that I would want to play."AlamyJosh Wardle was named one of Time magazine's most influential people of 2022The original Wordle game involves guessing a five letter word in six guesses. W...