By Veronika Bondarenko The newspaper paid “in the low seven figures” for the popular word puzzle game. Going from obscurity to a household name in weeks, the popular word puzzle game has now been snapped up by the New York Times (NYT) – Get New York Times Company Class A Report. On Monday, the newspaper announced that it had bought the online game created by software engineer Josh Wardle for a sum “in the low seven figures.” You Still Haven’t Heard Of Wordle?The game, in which you get six chances to guess a five-letter word by eliminating letters, went from 90 daily players when Wardle launche…