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Wordle creator almost named his game Mr Bugs Wordys Nugz


It's funny to think about names; if circumstances were just a tiny bit different, Chuck Spadina could have been telling…

It's funny to think about names; if circumstances were just a tiny bit different, Chuck Spadina could have been telling E3 how breathtaking they were; we might have all have been down the arcade playing at a Kong Dong cabinet; or perhaps sitting down over breakfast for a quick game of Mr Bugs Wordys Nugz. That's the title developer Josh Wardle once considered for daily word game phenomenon Wordle before settling on the one that's since become a household name. Watch on YouTube One prototype Wardle showed during the presentation was endless in design, quickly following one word with another, while a second attempt to refine the game's essence introduced lives.

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