Wordle was created in 2008 by Jonathan Feinberg, a software engineer and artist

The original name for Wordle was "Guess-the-Wordle", but Feinberg eventually settled on just "Wordle"

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The game is based on the classic word-guessing game "Mastermind", in which players try to guess a secret code

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The six-letter word that you try to guess in Wordle is randomly generated each time you play

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The number of guesses you get in Wordle is always limited to six, but the game uses a scoring system to encourage players to guess efficiently

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Wordle was created in 2008 by Jonathan Feinberg, a software engineer and artist

The original name for Wordle was "Guess-the-Wordle", but Feinberg eventually settled on just "Wordle"

The game is based on the classic word-guessing game "Mastermind", in which players try to guess a secret code

The game is based on the classic word-guessing game "Mastermind", in which players try to guess a secret code

The six-letter word that you try to guess in Wordle is randomly generated each time you play

The six-letter word that you try to guess in Wordle is randomly generated each time you play

The number of guesses you get in Wordle is always limited to six, but the game uses a scoring system to encourage players to guess efficiently

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