Wordle’s creator is back with a game that aims to ease players into cryptic crosswords

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Parseword is available to play now.

Parseword is available to play now.

by Andrew WebsterMar 10, 2026, 12:59 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

A few years after selling Wordle to the New York Times, creator Josh Wardle has returned with a new word game — albeit one that’s quite a bit trickier. Wardle and a team of collaborators have just released Parseword, a game that tries to make cryptic crosswords easier to understand. “Cryptics are beautiful and rich

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