Yesterday, the creator of Wordle, Josh Wardle, revealed a bit more about the origins of the word puzzle game during a presentation at Figma's Config conference (via The Verge). Including the brilliant fact that he had originally intended to call it Mr. Bugs' Wordy Nugz—a shred of knowledge that'll haunt me for some time.
"This is true: I was going to call Wordle, Mr. Bugs’ Wordy Nugz," Wardle says. "Had I called the game Mr. Bugs, I like to think it would not have been successful." It's...