# Waffle

> Waffle, a waffle-shaped Wordle spinoff posted to Reddit, reached 450,000 daily players.

- Owner: James Robinson (Waffle Studio Ltd)
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2022-02-13
- Peak date: 2023-07-18
- Spread Score: 24 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Shareable output, Daily ritual, Newsjacking

## Summary

James Robinson posted Waffle, a word game shaped like a waffle, to Reddit on Feb. 13, 2022. It had 8,000 players by Feb. 23 and 150,000 by March 29. By July 2023 it had about 450,000 daily players, and Robinson kept it independent.

## Timeline

- 2022-02-13 — James Robinson (jessian-io) (Reddit) — Robinson sought Reddit feedback; his introductory hourly puzzles would switch to a daily schedule the next day.
- 2022-02-23 — Players (Open web) — Robinson said Waffle hit 8,000 players on Feb. 23, 2022. (8,000 players)
- 2022-02-25 — Nerd's Chalk (Press) — Nerd's Chalk published a guide to Waffle as a Wordle spinoff.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/waffle

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Waffle.” Case HIS-00995. Spread Score v1.2: 24/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00995