Some of these word games are challenging while others are more casual.

Wordle is a daily word game that tasks players with uncovering a five-letter word in no more than six tries. Created in 2021 by software engineer Josh Wardle, it rose to worldwide prominence thanks to its clean design and a social-sharing feature.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover. His predecessor and namesake, Pope Leo XIII, was also passionate about wordplay, anonymously publishing riddles in Latin.

If you're a Wordle obsessive, you'll be pleased to know that the latest iOS 17.5 software update included more than a critical bug fix. In its latest major software update, Apple released a new word puzzle game called Quartiles. Quartiles join two other ...

In nearly five decades of directing puzzle competitions, New York Times crossword editor and NPR puzzle master Will Shortz has encountered a cheater only once, at a Sudoku championship in Philadelphia.