Renowned puzzle master Peter Winkler invented When I was a junior in high school, I played the addictive word game “HIPE” with some friends. While Wordle may not have been an overnight success, the game did earn Winkler admission to Harvard University. According to his book, math brainteasers, He wrote a college admissions essay about how his verbal diversion sparked a local craze. Four years later, as a senior at Harvard, Winkler overheard an admissions committee member asking a colleague about HIPEs, even calling them HIPEs, a name coined by the teenage inventor. ——Jack Murtaugh read more