Guessing games are great to use as warmers, fillers, and review activities. Not only are they a lot of fun, but they are also fantastic for learning vocabulary and grammar.
On this page we list the 10 super fun guessing games for kids. Although these activities are mainly aimed at young learners, many of these guessing game ideas can be easily adapted to use with adults and teenagers.
For more classroom game ideas, check out our other post, 10 Incredibly Fun Vocabulary Activities For ESL Kids.
1: Guess the Word Games
Whichever topic you are teaching, a simple guess the word game, although simple, can be very effective. Show students some flashcards and ask them to repeat after you. Once students have practiced enough, choose one flashcard, and don’t show the students. Then ask them to try to guess what the word is while using the target expression.
For example, if you teaching animal words, when students guess they can ask the teacher ‘Is it an elephant?’, and the teacher can respond ‘Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.’.
2: Hidden Picture Guessing Games
In this guessing game there is a picture hidden behind some color squares. As you click the squares the image is slowly revealed and students must try to guess what it is.
This guess the picture game is a great way to introduce or review new words with students and can be used with any vocabulary. For hidden picture PPT games on many topics, and an editable template, click here.
3: Guess the Picture (Pictionary)
This simple guessing game idea needs little to no prep. All you need for this game is something to draw on. To play as a whole class, ask a student to draw something on the board from the lesson and ask students to guess what the picture is of.
To make it more fun, divide the class into two / three teams. Give each team 30 seconds or so to guess as many pictures as they can. This game is a lot of fun and young learners especially love showing off their artistic skills.
4: Guess the Mystery Object
Using real objects in the classroom is a great way to connect the vocabulary and grammar that students are learning to the real world. A great way to do that is with this guess the object game. To play, you need a bag or a box to put the mystery objects in.
Invite students one by one to come up to the front of the class and reach into the bag/box and feel the object inside. Without looking at the object, they must try to guess what the mystery object is. This can lead to some hilarious guesses! This activity is great for both kids and older ESL students.
5: Online Guessing Games
In these online guessing games, students must use ‘Telepathy’ to read the teacher’s mind and find out the answer. Of course, your students can’t really read minds, but kids love pretending that they can.
In these guessing games each answer as two possible answers and students must choose ONE and write it down. If they get it correct, they get a point. If they get it wrong, they don’t. Many online guessing games can be found on our Activity Videos page.
This game can be played individually or in pairs / small teams. For a Telepathy game PPT template, and a printable answer worksheet, click here.
6: ‘I Spy’ Guessing Games
When you were a child you probably played a variation of this game at one time or another. In the classic (British) version of I Spy, one person would look around and choose an object that they can see and then say ‘I spy with my little eye something beginning with (b).’. At which point the other people must try to guess what object beginning with the letter b he/she is thinking of.
This kind of guessing game can be used in your English class to review many different words and topics. For example, if teaching colors, one student can look around and choose an object and then say ‘I see something (green)’. The other students must then guess what green thing they are thinking of.
Or, if you are teaching adjectives, one student can look around and choose something and then describe it using adjectives. For example, ‘I see something big and heavy.’.
7: ‘Act It Out’ Guessing Game (Charades)
In the classic version of charades people would use actions instead of words to act out the title of a movie, book, play, or song. In the English classroom, this kind of activity can be used to review key vocabulary and expressions that students have learned.
To play, write down the key words / phrases from the lesson on pieces of paper and put them all in a small container. Then divide the class into 2/3 teams. One person from each team will choose a piece of paper and act out the word without speaking or making any noise. If the team guesses correctly, then they get a point.
8: Guess The Word To ‘Save The Teacher’ (Hangman)
Hangman is a classic classroom game in which students must try to guess the word the teacher is thinking of by guessing letters of the alphabet. If students guess the wrong word then the teacher would begin drawing a picture of a hanging man. If students get it wrong too many times and the teacher completes the picture, then the students lose.
Although this drawing is just a simple stick figure, the idea of showing children a drawing of a man hanging from his neck seems quite gruesome to me, and not appropriate for kids. As a fun alternative to hangman, try ‘Save The Teacher’ using the video above. The rules are exactly the same as hangman.
To play, think of a word and draw a small horizontal line corresponding to each letter of that word. Then ask students to guess the word by first guessing letters from the alphabet. If they guess correctly, then write it in the correct space on the board. If students guess wrong play the video and the fuse will get closer to the rocket. When students guess wrong too many times, the teacher and the rocket will blast off into space!
9: ‘What Am I?’ Guessing Game
In this guessing game, the teacher would think of something and then give students 3 clues as to what it is by saying sentences as if he/she is the object. For example, if the word the teacher is thinking of is ‘The Sun’ then the 3 clues he/she might say “I am hot. I am bright. You can’t see me at night. What am I?” This is a great way to reinforce students’ understanding of the lesson’s vocabulary and a fun review activity. For more ‘What am I? quizzes check out these ’40 What Am I?’ questions.
10: Guessing Games With Cards
Most ESL textbooks these days come with small word/picture cards at the back. If you’re not so lucky, you can download and print free mini-flashcards from our flashcards page. To play this game, ask students to make groups of 3/4. Then give each group a set of cards. Then one student from each group should close their eyes while the other members of the group point to one of the cards.
Then the student should open his/her eyes and guess what card they chose while using the target language. If he/she guesses correctly then they can keep that card. Then it’s the next students turn. The game finishes when all the cards are gone and the students with the most cards is the winner.
Thanks for reading. I hope you found some useful guessing game ideas for your next class. Before you go, don’t forget to check out our free other free games and activities including PowerPoint Games, Online Quizzes, and Online ESL Games.
Free word search maker with clues. This game is more challenging than wordsearch. The students don’t get the word search words, but they get clues to find the words in the puzzle.
Make your own word search puzzle with clues. With this word search puzzle maker you can create or your own puzzle or load an existing puzzle. This game is a varation of the famous word search game. But in this game the player gets the descriptions of the words that are hidden in the puzzle. With these clues they can find the words in the puzzle. You can change the size of the puzzle and the directions of how the words are placed in the puzzle. Add a small description of the puzzle. Then click on download the puzzle. It will take a second before your printable pdf file is created.
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Games for Days
Here is the list, all of the games, tools, compilations, and variations we’ve catalogued, with more being added all the time!
Original Wordle
Word Games
Multiple Words
Clones
Jokes
Variations
Not Daily
Multiplayer
Not Words
Music & Media
Numbers
Geography
themes
Compilations
Looking for languages other than English? Check out the list here: Non-English Games
Favorites
Pin your favorite games to find them more easily!
Basic Wordling
Original Wordle, and sites related to playing the original.
Wordle
The game that started the craze, now owned and hosted by the New York Times. Six guesses to find the same five-letter word each day as the rest of the world.
WordleBot
After doing Wordle, evaluate your guesses and see what the NYT WordleBot would have done.
Scoredle
After you’ve solved a Wordle, analyze your guesses and see what Scoredle would have done.
Solvle
Enter your guess results and get possible words and statistical analysis
Solver
Enter in your letters by colored result and get a list of possible words.
Wordle Solver
Solve wordles step-by-step from a fixed list of starting words.
wordleshares
Aggregates Wordle squares shared on Twitter (on Glitch)
Save My Wordle
Create an account and save your Wordle scores by text message
Word Game
Create challenges for friends and strangers, with stats and leaderboard!
Wordle Group
Create a group to track your scores and compete with friends!
Fix My Wordle
Move your stats and streak to a new computer or device, or restore them after an error (use with caution!)
Emojle
Solving Wordle by emoji alone (evaluate solution grids)
DeWordle
Enter the colors of the solution grid to find words that match the possibilities.
Golfle
Paste in your Wordle result to convert it to a golf score (par is always 4)
Hybridle
Guess the daily word from clues on the alphabet and keyboard.
Warple
Replay all Wordles from the start and track your scores.
Worble
Create your own miniature Wordle website, just by signing up and setting up your words.
/wordle
Tool to find possible words, suggest guesses, and track your results
Wordle Replay
Replay the Wordle from a date in the past, and get some word suggestions to practice with.
Wordle Sketch
Color in the grid and provide a word to see guesses that match
NOTE: This is literally the game’s instructions, you could come up with a better description if you can.
WordleBuddy
Enter your letters and colors, and we’ll give you a hint.
Wordvita
A game like wordle but with 5 guess and each turn, a word related to the main word is shown
The Same But Different
Games with a similar playstyle as Wordle, with slight tweaks
5pace6ar
Use five-letter words to gather information about a six-letter word.
Your five-letter guesses will have a space in them.
6by6
Find a six-letter word in six guesses.
Absurdle
Guess the word of unknown length (size 5-8).
Betweenle
Guess the secret word which is always between entered words in alphabetical order. Clues tell you which word is closer to secret word.
Bordle
Wordle but every word has a 🅱 (which is a wild card, not a «B»).
Chortle
Guess the punchline to the joke, with Wordle-style clues
Fyvaa
Find a five-letter word in five guesses.
Hardle
Guess the word of the day with clues that change color from day to day.
Instant Wordle
Find the hidden word in one guess, from the two provided clues.
Is That Even a Word? le
Wordle, but the solution is any 5-letter word that the New York Times does not include in their word list
Killer Wordle
Guess the word by gettingfrom clues only about letters that are in the correct position
Lingle
Six letters, seven guesses
NFTWordle
Hourly wordle competitions on the blockchain network, where you can win ETH for playing!
Obscordle
Play like Wordle, but every possible guess is a potential answer (no matter how obscure)!
PlayNerdle
Plays just like the wordle we know, but guesses don’t have to be real words!
QWRTL
Wordle in a world where the letter E doesn’t exist
Repeatle
Wordle, but all guesses and the answer must have at least 1 repeated letter
Spellie
Words with kid-friendly vocabularies
Spotle
The letters guessed on the «incognito» squares of each row will not give any clues about the secret word.
Stepdle
Guess a 4-,5-,6- and 7-letter word with 20 total guesses
🦙
Weirdle
Wordle with words you haven’t heard of.
WordAll
Find ALL the words that fit the given Wordle pattern.
WordHurdle
Guess a new six-letter word twice a day
Wordle 6
Find a six-letter word in six guesses.
Wordle Junior
Kid-friendly version with four-letter words and seven attempts
Worgle
Find a six-letter word in six guesses.
Wrdl
Words with five letters after vowels have been removed
Multiple Words
Play more than one word at a time with the same clues
Dordle
Two words at once with one set of guesses! Play the daily word or unlimited free play.
Dordle
Play two words at the same time
Tridle
Good things come in threes, like secret words.
Trordle
Guess three words at the same time
Quordle
Three not enough? Try four words at once!
Topicle
Find four words with same guesses, but all the words are connected by a daily theme!
WordHash
Guess five 5-letter words in a grid, one word at a time.
Octordle
Why stop at four when you can play eight words at the same time?
Octordle
Find eight words with 13 guesses.
Cleverdle
Play multiple boards on the same screen with the same clues (and a novel interface for switching them)
Sedecordle
Play sixteen words at the same time with the same clues.
Duotrigordle
Find 32 words with 37 guesses; only five to spare!
Centordle
Play one hundred words at the same time with the same clues.
Kilordle
Play through 1000 words, because why not?
Omnle
You have 2314 guesses to get all 2314 words correct.
N-ordle
Wordleⁿ for a chosen value of n.
Polydle
Actually, why don’t you just choose how many words you want to solve together?
Polyordle
Choose how many words you want to solve
CrissWord
Use clues to find two words with common letters.
Crosswordle
Solve two related, intersecting words at the same time.
Mirrordle
Guess 2 normal words and 2 words written backwards all at the same time.
Squardle
Solve six words in two dimensions.
Thirdle
Daily wordlelike crossword. Solve three five letter words with color feedback.
Attack of the Clones
Enhancements on or copies of the original without changing the game
AEIO
Create your own or play a random Wordle.
AnyWordle
Daily word puzzle with a varied word length each day!
Furdle
Daily word and difficulty setting (for number of guesses allowed)
Griddler
Wordle clone with unlimited, daily, and head-to-head (soon) game modes
Guessle
Play with Scrabble dictionary and option to exclude repeating letters.
Gummidge
Unlimited random play with stat tracking
hello wordl
A clean remake of Wordle, with the option of unlimited free play and varying word lengths.
Hourdle
Get a new word every hour instead of every day. Also has a nifty AI solver.
Jordle
Unlimited play with random words
Longle
Unlimited play with variable word length (up to 52-letter words!)
More WORDLE
Three daily words with different difficulties
NGage Wordle
Wordle for Nokia N-Gage, playable with a web-based emulator.
Online Lingo
Named for the 80s game show that inspired Wordle, a simple clone with a fun game interface
Reactle
Open-source clone that made many of these other games possible!
Speedle
Solve a number of puzzles as quickly as you can!
Termy
Clean clone with five- or six-letter option
Word Game
Unlimited words, variable difficulty and word length.
Wordguessr
Wordle clone with variable word length and social challenge features.
WordLC
Unlimited words, variable word length. custom puzzle option.
Wordle Game
Fully-featured version with multiple languages, different vocabulary levels (including kids), and word lengths.
Wordle Unlimited
Unlimited random wordles, plus share a link to a custom or random wordle game to your friends
Wordle+
Daily, hourly, or infinite gameplay.
Word Master
Simple Wordle clone with unlimited random words
Wordplay
Wordle with unlimited play, the ability to create your own, saved stats, and more.
WRDLE
Open-source Wordle clone
Yawdle
Unlimited play with shareable seed values.
Jokes and Spoofs
Games and sites that are not intended to be taken seriously
Braginator
Generate random solving grids to share, without actually solving anything
Dumble
One letter. Six guesses. How lucky are you?
🐬
EEEEE
Eee eeeee E ee ee eee eeee eee ee ee eee eeeeeee eeee.
Foxdle
Wordle but the answer is always FOXES
Horsle
like wordle but the word is always horse
Jeffgoldblumle
90% of the times the answer is JEFFGOLDBLUM, 10% of the times it is a random 12 letters word.
Letterle
Can you guess the letter? You only have 26 tries.
Luckle
A remake of Wordle for people who are «lucky».
Randle
«Spin» words that match the clues, slot machine style, and try to get the target word.
More Like Guidelines
Changing the rules of the game
adverswordle
Wordle but backwards, score the AI’s guesses (starting from the word of the day).
Alphabeticle
Guess the word of the day from clues about the placement of each letter in the alphabet.
Alphabeticle
Guess the word with alphabetical clues without getting too many incorrect letters.
Alphabreak
Break the given word into smaller words.
Anigrams
Unscramble each word to reveal the next letter, then unscramble a new word!
Antiwordle
Anti-wordle, play in hard mode and try to avoid getting the word as long as you can!
Attractle
Guess the word with hints about how close to the target each letter of your guesses are in the alphabet.
Avoidle
Earn as many points as you can with unique letters and avoiding the red ones.
Avoidle
Earn as many points as you can without guessing the avoid word.
Backwordle
Fill the grid with words that fit the given pattern.
Blankle
Guess the missing word from the given sentence.
Blockables
Blockables is a daily word game combining aspects of crosswords, Boggle, and Wheel of Fortune. Can you find the 25-letter secret phrase?
bookli
Solve multiple wordle puzzles to reveal the hidden text from a classic novel.
Cadoggle
Change one word into another, one letter at a time
Caesardle
Find the word encrypted in the Caesar cipher
Categlory
Solve the puzzle with as few revealed letters as possible (inspired by Wheel of Fortune and Wordle).
Changelist
Change one given word into another, one letter at a time. New puzzles every day!
Cladder
Change one letter at a time to find words matching all the clues, against the clock!
Cludl
Get the daily word with one clue and one guess.
Cluedle
Find the word from the preset clues within the time limit.
Concludle
Concludle takes games of trivia, guessing, and quickplay and merges them together.
Confusle
Find the word with colored clues to your guesses —but each line will have one incorrect clue!
Contexto
Find the secret word based on similarity using Stanford’s NLP Project, GloVe. Inspired by Semantle.
Crissle Crossle
Find the word of the day when each clue has interference from another word.
Cross Wordle
Build a crossword by connecting all the given letters on the board.
Crosswordle
Crossword mashup with varied word lengths and Wordle-style clues.
Crosswordle
Find the words to fill in the given hard-mode Wordle solution grid
DALL-E-dle
Guess the word with a DALL-E generated image of the answer and only 4 guesses.
Dawdl
Play like Wordle, but try to take as many guesses as possible.
Dayfine
Guess the word with a limited number of clues and its definition.
Deceptle
Guess the word with hints about how where in the alphabet each letter of your guesses is, relative to the letters in the secret word.
Diffle
Find a secret word of unknown length using word differences.
Dowsle
Find the hidden word with clues about similarity to your guesses in both spelling and semantic meaning.
Eldrow
Find words that match the clue colors for a given solution
Expandle
Get hints for as many letters per word as the number of guesses you have made
Extendle
You are given the answer and you’re trying to take as many guesses as possible (follows hard mode+/superhard mode rules).
Fast Four
Change one letter at a time from the word of the day to make as long a chain as you can within the time limit!
Feudle
Guess the word from Google search autocompletion results (from GoogleFeud)
Fibble
Find the hidden word with wordle-like clues — but every row of clues has one lie!
🌵
Five Lives
Survive the duel by not guessing the word, neat retro videogame interface.
Forester
Find the word of the day by uncovering letters in the word-find search grid with your guesses!
Four Word Grid
Rearrange the letters to make four words that intersect in both directions.
Fourword
Navigate to the goal word by changing one letter at a time.
🦊
FoxiMax
Guess a five-letter word, one letter at a time (hangman-style). Each incorrect guess gives you an extra word to solve!
Fusele
Find the hidden word with a different rule applied to each guess!
Gauntletle
Solve a series of words where the previous solutions are the starting guesses.
Griddle
Arrange the given letters into a crossword-style grid of valid words.
Griddle
Place the given letters on a Scrabble-like board to make the highest score you can.
Growdle
Find the word as it grows in size!
Hardl
Guess what… Mastermind again.
Hocus Focus
Race the clock to reveal an image and find the target area.
Hurdle
Solve a series of words using previous solutions as clues.
Hurdle
Guess the word of the day with Mastermind-style clues.
Infinidle
See how many continuous words you can play, using each answer as the first guess for the next puzzle!
Inquiredle
Guess the word from a redacted definition and a blurred, AI-generation image of the target word.
Interword
Find the word of the day by alphabetical search.
It’s a SYN
Use the given letters and guess them on the squares to solve a crossword-like word grid.
You are given a word which is either a synonym or an antonym of the words in the grid.
Joined Words
Find the compound word from clues to its pieces.
Laterle
Get clues about whether the letters in the secret word are in the same keyboard row as the letters of your guesses.
Lattice
Use all 12 tiles to make words that cross.
Letterblocked
Get the highest score you can by finding unique five-letter words to fit the patterns.
Lettershot
Guess the word of the day one letter at a time (hangman-style).
LetterZ
Use the given letters to make words with limited uses per letter.
Linkle
Figure out a word with 5 clues that are words that form another word when put before or after the answer word, the length of the word and the starting letter.
Lyricdle
Connect to Spotify and guess one of your own top songs based on part of its lyrics.
Modle
Find a word with wordlelike clues that matches a certain color pattern (five green is not the goal!)
Moledle
One column will always have lying clues.
moo-rdle
Guess the word of the day with Mastermind-style clues
Murdle
Spooky Hangman mashup where each incorrect letter brings you closer to death!
MusicVidle
Guess the song based on still frames of its music video
Name That Ride
Guess the car as quickly as possible while an image is revealed.
Newswordie
Guess the trending news word of the day from the given choices
Notwordle
Find the word based on various clues
Numbword
Find the word that adds up to the target number alphanumerically (A=1, B=2…)
Optimle
Finish a partially solved, adversarial puzzle with a limited number of guesses.
Ordleway
Guess the word spelled out in Pig Latin.
Pfeffel
Make a guess and get clues — but the clues are always lying.
PhourWord
Try to guess all four words by arranging letters around the grid.
Phrasle
Guess the phrase of the day by picking letters (Wheel/hangman style)!
Pictle
Match a colored guess pattern from a given clue word.
π
Pimantle
Semantic search, with a nifty visualization of how close you are.
Pixletters
Guess the hidden word from pixel-based clues for each letter!
PlusWord
Crossword with bonus Wordle-style word.
Polygonle
Guess the daily word in 6 tries with a shape-based clue
Proximle
Get clues about where on the keyboard the letters of your guesses are relative to those of the secret word.
Quina
Find the word with Mastermind-style clues about how many letters (but not which ones) match the solution.
Quintissential
Drag and drop to solve five different words based on the theme of the day.
Qwordle
Quantum version of Wordle (uses entangled word-pairs)
Raganam
Find the anagram of the given letters with wordle-like clues.
RareWordle
Guess the most obscure word that matches your clues.
Recurdle
Recursive wordle, solve the layers of the mystery.
Referdle
Guess the words that were used in the provided game grid.
Replacle
Find the hidden word with colored clues, without knowing what the colors represent!
Reveal Word
Find the secret word by uncovering parts of its letters.
Reverdle
Try to make 10 guesses without placing any letter in the same position as the hidden word.
Reversle
Find the missing words to fill in the given solution grid.
Revertle
Enter words but avoid the same-letter position of the word of the day!
Rhyme Time
Guess the three rhyming words with wordle-eqsue clues.
Riddle
Solve the daily riddle with wordlelike clues!
ScrabWordle
Find a secret word with a certain Scrabble score
Scramble
Find words that fit the wordle-style pattern of at least one of the rows.
Selectle
Find the hidden word as you select which type of clue to receive for each guess.
Semantle
Find the secret word based on semantic similarity to your guesses.
Semantle Junior
Find the target words based on semantic similarity to your guesses, with an easier word list than original Semantle.
Semdle
Find the secret word semantically in 20 guesses
Shiftle
Guesses and solutions are five-letter words with a letter shifted 1–3 steps in the alphabet!
Smixed
Use the letters of the day as many times as you can to come up with a set of words
Splitle
Guess the ten-letter word, one five-letter half at a time!
Squaredle
Find as many words in the Boggle-style grid as you can, with useful hints as you proceed.
Squaredle
Swap letters in the grid to make 10 words
Squaredle Maker
Create a Squaredle and see what words result (tool for designing, not actually playable)
Stressfle
Hardcore variant. You’re only told how many letters from your guess are present in the answer, and whether they’re in the right place.
Survivle
All information must be used, to take as many guesses as possible.
Swapple
Swap letters on the grid to form words (10 swaps to make 3 words).
Syllacrostic
Place the given syllables to form answers for each of the daily questions.
Symble
Figure out what the clue symbols mean in order to find the word! Daily, unlimited, and shareable custom game modes.
Thirtle
Guess thirty words in a row as fast as you can.
Threadle
Guess the word that matches the given theme with only four guesses!
Verticle
Find the daily word with clues from vertically-entered guesses.
Voclimb
Guess the daily word from clues about how high each letter can «climb» in the alphabet.
Waffle
Drag-and-drop word game on a pre-filled grid.
Warmle
Find the hidden word based on how «warm» each letter is in the alphabet.
Weaver
«Weave» one word into another one in the fewest steps.
Weird Wordle
Wordle with a twist, and the twist is always changing!
🐺
Weredle
Figure out the word with a werewolf tile that might be lying to you.
Wheredle
Guess where a five letter word appears among ten blank spaces, using up to seven guesses
Wikipedia Speedruns
Click links to navigate Wikipedia from a given article to the specified target article.
Woodle
Figure out the word from clues that don’t tell you which letter positions they refer to.
Worble
Find the daily word as it changes after each guess!
Word Frenzy
Find words from the given letters. Take too long and you lose a letter to work with!
Word Huddle
Guess the phrase of the day by revealing one letter at a time.
Word-in-one
Figure out the secret word with clues that are provided for you.
Word Lie
Make your guesses but some clues will be lying to you about the solution.
Word500
Find the word in eight guesses with clues that do not tell you what letters they refer to.
Word Bord
Drag rows and columns of letters to create words.
Wordinate
A seven letter word is hidden in a six-row grid. Choose letters to find the word in eight attempts.
Wordipede
Create a word chain by changing one letter at a time.
Wordle Peaks
Find the hidden word with clues based on how high each letter is in the alphabet.
Wordle Squared
Fill in the crossword grid with Wordle-style hints. with an automatic hint grid.
WordLock
Lock in your five-letter words to use up all of the given letters.
Wordologic
Use Mastermind-style clues to deduce four words
WordVita
Guess the word of the day, using clues and word similarity.
Worwordle
Find the daily eight-letter word comprised of two overlapping five-letter words
Worwordle +
Find the daily seven-letter word comprised of two overlapping five-letter words
Wroud
Find a six-letter word from a cloud of potential letters
Xordle
Find two non-overlapping words with clues about letters in both words at the same time.
Zip-zap-bam!
Word ladder game where you can change 1 or 2 letters at a time.
NOTE: Don’t turn on hard mode, it doesn’t work properly.
At Your Own Pace
Wordle-esque games that do not have a single daily word to find
Twordle
Solve two words by playing letters in a 5 x 5 grid.
Absurdle
Adversarial variant of Wordle, Absurdle actively chooses solutions to try and stump you by keeping as many different solutions as possible.
Blurdle
Find the hidden word of unknown length.
Codle
Decode the word from a clue where each letter is offset alphabetically.
Dirdle
Find the word when your only clues are the left/right direction of misplaced letters.
Ǝ⅃ꓷЯOW
Wordle in reverse, think up a word to stump the game!
👿
Evil Wordle
Another adversarial game which chooses the pattern that makes the solution most difficult.
Favle
Type into the browser window and get colored wordle clues in the favicon! Only works on desktop browsers that support favicon updates.
Filmsaw
Guess the movie from image sections of a frame from the film (currently archive mode only).
Flappy Birdle
Type letters to keep the bird flying while solving as many words as you can!
Gram Jam
Swap letters on the grid to make words and earn points, wordfind-style.
High Score Day
Guess the video game based on screenshot frames from the game (currently archive mode only).
Obscurdle
Wordle-like puzzle game with rules you have to figure out as you play.
Onedle
Find the word, one letter at a time (hangman style).
Rundle
Chase and corner a word when only the last three guesses are considered.
Survivle
Find as many words as you can before time runs out!
Tweenle
Connect two words, changing one letter at a time, using only real words.
Twordle
Try to guess as many words as you can in a certain amount of time.
Wheeldle
«Instant Wordle» with streak counter and a unique retro-game interface.
Wordalle
Guess the words that prompted the AI-generated DALL-E images.
Worldle Unlimited
Find the country from its shape and distance from your guesses — in unlimited mode!
Multiplayer
Play with —or against— friends (or strangers)
Alphabattle
Guess a word given by a friend — or the bot — using non-position-specific (Mastermind style) clues.
Custom Wordle
Make up your own puzzle with a word of any length to share, with multiple language dictionaries (or none).
Leaderboardle
Sign up with a mobile number to save your scores via text message to share and compete with friends.
Mordle
Play against friends or up to 100 strangers, with classic or sprint game modes.
Mydle
Create and share your own challenges with varying word lengths.
Word.rodeo
Another site to make and share your own puzzle.
Semantle Battle
Choose a secret, your opponent chooses a secret. The first user to solve wins!
Squabble
Play Wordle, battle-royale style!
VSORDLE
Play Wordle with strangers or with your friends! Play with the classic settings of the Wordle you know and love, or create some chaos with 15-letter words on expert difficulty.
WeWordle
Compete against online opponents to solve the same word in as few guesses as you can.
word / off
Exchange guess words and challenge your friends!
WordAll
One word per week, one guess per day. Challenge yourself against the most popular guesses from the community.
🦉
Word Hoot
Play online with your own account or with multiplayer room options
Wordle Cup
Competitive Wordle where speed is king.
WORDLE — Flex
Wordle clone with varying word length and difficulty options, with shareable created puzzles
Wordle Off
Play a puzzle cooperatively or competitively with a friend.
Wordle Off
Play with friends or family with a shared session!
Wordle with Friends
Create a puzzle with your own word to share with friends, along with an optional clue.
Wordlelator
Create custom Wordles with many options for customization and personalization
Wordle Vs
Create a room and play Wordle against your friends!
Word Race
Fast-paced race against a random opponent.
Worduel
Play with or against friends, with time trial option.
Worduel
Enter your name, select a word, send the link to your friend, start dueling
Wordversary
Play a puzzle cooperatively or competitively with a friend.
Yordzzle
Play a puzzle and challenge a friend to do it better.
Not Just Words
Symbols, codes, songs, and other things that are not words
Actorle
Guess the actor based on details (year, genre, rating) of movies in their filmography.
album.wtf
Guess the album by a portion of the cover art.
Animedle
Guess the anime from a blurred image.
Appraisle
Appraisle is a daily real estate game where you guess the listing price of a property within 10% of the actual value.
Artistle
Guess the artist from sections of multiple paintings.
Artle
Guess the artist from pictures of their work.
AusEerdle
Phonemic Wordle for Australian English (HCE system)
Birdie
Guess the daily bird from a close-up portion of a picture.
Blockle
Clear the path to let a block escape in the fewest moves possible.
Boardle
Find the best next chess move for each player from the given position.
BRDL
Find the four-letter bird branding code.
Bugdle
Guess the sequence of bug emoji
Chessle
Guess the opening sequence of a chess game (both sides)!
Chesstacle
Find the best chess move sequence for both players from a given position.
Chordle
Guess the four-note chord in four tries or fewer.
Chrono
Put the historical events in chronological order within three tries.
Cinemadle
Guess the movie based on frames from the film.
Cinenerdle
Guess the movie by flipping tiles to reveal a frame from the film.
Colordle
Guess the hexadecimal color code in 6 tries.
Colorfle
Mix the correct colors together to match the target color.
Colourdle
Match the colour by RGB decimal values.
Commander Codex
Guess the Magic: The Gathering commander based on details and attributes (from EDHREC).
Craftle
Find the target Minecraft recipe with colored clues to its ingredients
Curdle
Guess the cheese from a section of an image
D’accordle
Guess which French politicians support which proposals.
Daily Squirdle
Guess the Pokémon, but instead of letters in the name, clues are based on their game stats!
Daydle
Narrow down the year for an event that happened on this date in history.
Dictionarium
Guess as many words of today’s words as possible given their dictionary definitions.
Diffudle
Guess the prompts that were used for the AI-generated image.
Dogsdle
Guess the dog breed based on its silhouette and attributes.
Dungleon
Figure out the secret rules to fill in the dungeon.
EmojiClue
Guess the secret movie or book title from rebus-style emoji clues.
Emojidle
Guess the emoji, as five-character unicode codes
Emojidle
Guess the sequence of five emoji with wordle-like clues.
Emotle
Guess the Twitch Emote from a blurred image.
Emovi
Guess the movie from the emojis
ESC-Wordle
Wordle, but with Eurovision Song Contest song titles. Contains words from many languages.
Factle
Rank the items in the factle with five tries.
Filmdle
Guess the movie based on the given clues.
Flickle
Guess the daily actor based on degrees of separation from the actors you guess.
Footble
Guess a footballer by their team, number, position, and rating
gamed.wtf
Guess the video game by its cover art.
Gamedle
Guess the game based on a decreasingly pixelated image from the game.
Gridle
Test your knowledge of F1 racing in a Wordle-style quiz.
Heardle
A phonemic version of Wordle
Hexle
Guess the color of the day by its hex code!
Hexle
Guess the hex code of the daily color with wordle-like clues
Hexle
Guess the color of the day by its hex code!
Hollywoodle
Connect one actor to another in as few steps as possible.
IYKYK
Find the words that make up the culturetag with the given initials.
Jazle
JavaScript library names
Jungdle
Discover the mystery animal with the sillhouete
Learnle
Learn something new with a daily higher/lower guessing game.
Linkr
Connect the colored dots without crossing lines, with three daily puzzles!
Locatle
Guess the country where the picture of the day was taken.
Logle
Guess the brand name for the logo by revealing as few pieces of the image as you can.
LoLdle
Guess the League of Legends champions
Lookdle
Guess the famous person from a pixelated image
Lyricle
Guess the song from portions of its lyrics.
Mislettered
Guess the daily word or phrase one letter at a time, Hangman style.
Missing 11
Guess the starting 11 lineup, wordle-style.
Morsel
English words written in Morse code.
Movlie
Find the movie with a new screenshot for each guess.
Movlie — 1970s
Find the 70s movie with a new screenshot for each guess.
Movlie — 1980s
Find the 80s movie with a new screenshot for each guess.
Movlie — 1990s
Find the 90s movie with a new screenshot for each guess.
MTRdle
Find a secret trip in the Hong Kong subway system.
MURDLE
Solve a murder mystery deduction puzzle.
Musicle
Guess the notes of the chord in the proper order and register.
Nflxdle
Guess the Netflix poster from an obscured image within the time limit.
OWLel
Guess the Overwatch League player based on their stats, country, division, etc.
PairGuess
Memorize the cards for the day, then collect them in pairs.
Pathsweeper
Memorize and follow the path through the squares. New puzzle every day.
Peptirle
Guess the target peptide (a random 5-mer staring with «M»)
Periodle
Guess a word spelled from five elements of the periodic table.
ph·la·gl
Guess the six-letter words spelled with flag emoji as two-letter codes.
Pixel Movie
Guess the movie from a pixelated image of its poster.
Plurality
Guess the top answers from a survey
Poker Handle 2
Guess the poker hand from colored clues to your guesses.
Pokerdle
Guess the poker hand with clues based on card position and hand rank.
Pokle
A Daily Texas Holdem Puzzle
PopCultured
Guess the release year of the given movies, shows, books, or games
Posterdle
Guess the film based on a decreasingly pixelated image of its movie poster.
Pundle
Answer the pun of the day in as few letter hints as you can.
Quantle
Quantum variant where the guesses are quantum equations.
Quizl
Score as high as you can with five daily quiz questions.
Quolture
Guess the movie or TV show for the given quote
Rankdle
Guess the rank of the gameplay clip from one of several video games
Redactle
Guess the topic of a heavily redacted Wikipedia article
Roundle
Find a secret trip in the London Underground.
Shadle
Guess the color based on the given hex code!
Shaple
Choose the shape that matches the colors of the rotating target.
six°
Connect two actors with six or fewer movies
Songdle
Guess the famous song from the lyrics presented.
Subwaydle
Find a secret trip in the NYC subway system.
Tacticle
Find the best chess move sequence for both players from a given position.
Tradle
Guess the country by its exports
Turdle
Guess the animal poop from its PICTURE (you’ve been warned).
🐢
Turdle
Guess the frame position and colors of a jumping turtle
Turnipleon
Guess the sequence of the Turnip Boy characters, guided by rules you must figure out!
TwoKinds
There are only 2 kinds of people in this world…
Unlockle
Guess the daily unlock pattern of five dots in six tries.
UNLOCOdle
The solution will be a UNLOCODE flagged as having an Airport, Port and Road Terminal.
Versle
Guess the reference of a given Bible verse.
wɜːdəl
Guess the word based on its pronunciation as represented by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Watchle
Guess the movie based on trivia facts
Weddle
Guess the NFL player by team, age, jersey number, and other stats.
/wɚdəl/
Guess words based on the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Who Are Ya
Guess the European footballer from an image and details such as team, age, and position.
Whodle
Guess the celebrity by uncovering the fewest tiles.
WRDLE
Wordle for UK RNAV waypoints
Yeardle
Guess the year for the three historical events each day.
Music & Media
Games with music, audio, video, and other media as clues
Heardle
Guess the song by listening to audio snippets.
Musicle
The music-guessing game in several flavors!
Morsle
Find the daily word played in morse code, starting fast and getting slower
Melodle
Guess the 5 note melody based on a small snippet. Has easy and hard mode.
Framed
Guess the movie from as few frames as possible
Moviedle
Guess the movie of the day by watching the whole thing in one second.
Anime Heardle
Guess the anime from audio snippets of its opening or closing theme song.
Blackpink
Guess the Blackpink song from audio snippets.
Crimedle
Guess The Classic Crime song from audio snippets.
Cuedle
Guess the song from the decade of your choice!
Flickle
Guess the movie from short video clips.
Gomezle
Guess the Selena Gomez song from audio snippets.
KK Heardle
Guess the K.K. Slider song from the intro in as few tries as possible
Lofidle
Guess the original song of the day by listening to a lo-fi cover.
Paramore
Guess the Paramore song from audio snippets.
RHCP Heardle
Guess the Red Hot Chili Peppers song from audio snippets.
Sonic Heardle
Guess the Sonic the Hedgehog song from an audio snippet.
Swiftle
Guess the Taylor Swift song, one second snippet at a time.
Themedle
Guess the movie or TV show theme song from audio snippets.
Warbl
Guess the song from audio snippets — played in reverse!
Numbers and Math
Put your math skills to use
Calcle
Insert numbers into the equation to achieve the given result
Daily 25
Your goal is to use each of the five given numbers exactly once to create an expression which equals the target.
Equatle
Guess the arithmetic expression for the given result.
Integerle
Guess the 5-digit integer in six tries. Daily and Unlimited play modes available.
Mathle
Guess the exact addition or subtraction in five tries.
Mathler
Find a hidden math equation that equals a given value.
Nerdle
Instead of finding a word, why not an arithmetic equation? Nerdle is a Wordle-esque number game with several variations.
Nmbr14
Make equations with all of the given values, and your own results, to achieve the target number.
Numberdly
Try to get to the target number, using various operations, in the fewest steps possible. Has a hard mode and past puzzle archives.
Numberle
Find the arithmetic equation in six guesses.
Numerle
Guess the five-digit number with Wordle-style clues about each digit and overall high/low clues.
Ooodle
Use each digit once to fill in the grid with the target equations.
Plusdle
Use the given numbers to make valid additions
Primel
Find a five-digit prime number.
Summle
Use the number tiles to reach the target sum.
Numble
Six tries to find the hidden equation for the given result value
X-dle
Guess the 3-digit number with mathematical hints from your guesses.
Zp-ordle
Guess an integer between 0 and 1000 based on p-adic distance
Geography Games
Test your knowledge of the world
Babelle
Guess the country where a city is located
Citydle
Find the city based on direction and distance from your guesses.
Cloudle
Guess the weather forecast in a random city every day
Countryle
Find the country of the day by following the clues.
Flagdle
Guess the flag of the country based on similarity (as a percentage) to the flag of your guess.
Flagdle
Guess the flag based off distance clues from the other guesses.
Flaggle
Guess the flag of a country or territory (with image clues showing similarity to the flag you guessed).
Flaggle
Guess the country for the given flag, with clues about size and position relative to the countries you guess.
Flaggle
Guess the flag based off distance clues from the other guesses.
Flagle
Guess the hidden flag based on similarity to the flags you guess.
Flagle
Guess the right flag in the grid by eliminating one color at a time.
Flagle
Guess the flag with a new portion of the flag revealing after each guess.
Flagle
Guess the flag with one color revealed at a time.
Geodle
Guess the country of the day based on population, government, and other attributes.
Globle
Find the mystery country with guesses colored based on how close they are to the mystery country.
🏝
Islandle
Guess the island based on its shape or aerial view.
landmark
Guess the landmark based on a portion of an image.
Metrodle
Find a station on the London Underground
Statele
Guess the US state or territory
Travle
Find the path between two given countries
WARDle
Guess the UK local authority by its shape with distance clues
Wherdle
Work out your destination from five photographs of a city.
Wheredle
Use streetview and directed guesses to figure out your location (Geoguessr and Worldle had a baby?).
WhereTaken
Identify the country where the daily picture was taken
WhereTaken (US)
Identify the US state or territory where the daily picture was taken
Worldle
Guess the country as in Globle, but with an outline of the shape of the target country.
Words With a Theme
Play like Wordle but all of the answers have a related topic
Adoptle
Adoptle highlights a pet that is available for adoption each day. Guess today’s adoptable pet’s name to see who’s waiting to steal your heart.
Bardle
Words related to the Bard (of Avon) by ShakespearGeek
Beerdle
Beer brands and related words.
Bikle
Five-letter cyclists’ surnames.
Birdle
Birds and bird-related words.
Blondle
Guess the famous blond in six tries or less.
Bookdle
Wordle for book lovers! Now with optional hints.
Byrdle
Choral themed parody of Wordle
Carsdle
Words related to the motor world, car models, and manufacturers.
Comicle
Words related to comics and comic books.
Crickle
Guess the cricket-related word or cricketer’s name in 6 tries.
🌸
Curdle
Words related to Indian food and culture
DODle
DOD / military acronyms. See if you know POTUS from your NORAD and the AWACS!
Dudele
Words, places, or Americanisms related to the USA.
Footle
From the Fantasy Footballers, [American] football-related words and names.
Galaxyle
Words related to the stars and outer space.
Geodle
Multiple daily puzzles related to Singapore: MRT/LRT stations, shopping malls, schools, and parks.
Geordle
Countries and capitals of the world
Geowords
Five-letter names of countries, cities, rivers, and other geographical locations.
Gordle
NHL and hockey-related words
Hodordle
Game of Thrones words, places, and characters
Hogwartle
More words from the Wizarding World, by HogwartsIsHere.
Indle
A daily word game with an Indian Touch
Jewdle
Jew-ish words, ranging from English to Hebrew to Yiddish to Aramaic and everything in between.
Lewdle
Just like the original, but all of the five-letter solutions are dirty («lewd») words.
LeWord
Guess the basketball-related word or basketball player’s name.
Mammordle
Guess the mammal from the given details and letter clues.
Mardle
Guess the Mario game title by combining words like «Mario», «Wario» and «Super».
Moistle
Wordle but all the words are gross
Moxle
Magic: The Gathering words (requires free moxfield account)
Numble
Math-related words and names
Otakle
Anime/gaming characters
Phoodle
Daily food-centered word puzzle
Plantle
Plants, herbs, fungi, and related words.
Poeltl
NBA Player guessing game
Queerdle
The «yassification» of Wordle, challenge your LGBTQQIA2+ vocabulary.
Radiole
Radio-themed words (for World Radio Day)
Searchdle
SEO-related words of varying length for a unique challenge.
Shield Wordle
Words and characters related to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Sweardle
More dirty words, but with a more natural (?) four-letter length
Taylordle
Wordle for Swifties, all of the solutions are related to Taylor Swift.
Tirtle
Wordle for Autostraddle fans
Visionle
Guess the label of a randomly chosen image from ImageNet-Sketch dataset in 6 tries.
WARdle
MLB player guessing game
Weezle
Words revolving around Weezer and their songs.
Whodle
First names (North American version)
WORDLIX
Wordle for POSIX commands and API libraries
Worlde
Country and global city names
Wordle-BTS
Play with words themed around K-pop band BTS, complete with purple tiles.
Yerdle
Kanye West and related words.
Compilations
Other sites with compiled lists of Wordle-like games
Wordleverse
The Wordleverse, collection of wordlelike games with tools, stats, and more!
DBordle
A database for all known Wordle spin-offs and variations
Heardles
Compilation of Heardle-like games
Listdle
Categorized collection of Wordle-like games
Randle
Get a link to a random wordlelike game.
Randomle Bot
Get a random worlde-style game delivered to you every day by text message
Rdle.me
Visit the site and be transported to a random Wordlelike!
Rdles
List of «all the __rdles» with pictures.
What Wordle?
Visit the Wordle-like game of the day, or find a random one!
Wordel
List of wordlelikes in different languages
Subjects
- Arts & Humanities
Grade
- 3-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
Brief Description
In Secret Word, students work in teams and use clues to identify a word that only one team member knows.
Objectives
Students
- exercise vocabulary and thinking skills.
- work cooperatively with teammates.
- follow game instructions.
Keywords
game, vocabulary, word, secret, team
Materials Needed
- word list
Lesson Plan
In Secret Word, teams of students try to guess a word from clues given by a teammate who knows it. The activity may be adapted for any subject by selecting an appropriate list of «secret words.»
To set the stage for this game, set two chairs in front of the room and divide the students into two teams. Players will take turns in the role of the child who is «in the know.» Have one representative from each team take a seat in the chair and face his (or her) teammates.
Reveal the secret word to the two students in the chairs. Choose one of those students as the first to give a clue to his team. Clues must be relevant to the word and cannot include the word itself. The team confers briefly and makes a guess. If it is incorrect, the second team takes its turn with a clue and guess. Play alternates until one team guesses the secret word and wins a point. The team that does not receive the point gets to go first with the next secret word.
For example, given the secret word «apple»
Assessment
The team with the most points when time is up wins the game.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Cara Bafile
National Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K — 12
NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
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Guess the Word
Guess the Word is a fun vocabulary game for young learners and young teens with a level of A2 (Basic user) on the CEFR.
In this game students read a definition of a word and have to guess what the word is using the letters that appear. This game is a great way to practice reading, spelling and review vocabulary all at the same time. You can also use this activity to prepare Cambridge Flyer level students for the Flyers exam as a similar task appears in the exam though this game is a great game for any group with an A2 or below level.
There are a total 11 categories of vocabulary covering the most common language studied at this level. Can your students guess all the words?
How to Play Guess the Word
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- Project the game on the whiteboard.
- In teams or individually students have to read the definition and guess what the word is. If they don’t know the word they can buy hints which reveals some of the letters of the word.
- The team that guesses the most words wins!
More Online ESL Speaking Games
Discover more vocabulary activities
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Vocabulary Games
ESL Say It! – A simple no prep warmer/cooler or quick break for students. In this activity students have to say a word from a category that begins with a letter.
ESL Guess Who – Practice describing people with this fun online game.
MIXUP – A simple quick fire vocabulary game. How many words can you guess in 90 seconds?
Word Wheel – Get class started with this fun vocabulary challenge. In this game students try and guess what the nine letter word is while also making words using the letters and the key letter. The team with the most words and points will win!
Learn to tell the time – Practice reading the setting the time with this fun interactive game to practice telling the time.
ESL Scattergories! – A classic quick thinking vocabulary where students need to think of vocabulary quickly to get the most words beginning with a letter.
Scattagories for Kids! – Now play with young learner and lower level students in this simplified version of our classic game.
Name 5! – Name 5! is a simple no prep vocabulary warmer. In this activity students need to say a number of words based on a range of topics. Can your students beat the clock!
5 Seconds! – Students need to say 3 words from a random category in 5 seconds to score a point.
2 Pictures 1 Compound – Can you guess the closed compounds nouns from the pictures? Practice guessing the compounds nouns with this fun interactive game.
Interactive Board Games – Practice speaking, grammar and vocabulary with these interactive online board games. New board games added regularly.
ESL Vocabulary Fortunes – An online game for teens and adults that is a great way to practice vocabulary on a large number of topics.
Animal Vocabulary Games – Practice animals with these four interactive online games. These fun games are a great way to revise animal vocabulary with your students.
Story Dice – Get your students making and telling stories with this fun online story tool.
ESL Countdown – Practice vocabulary and spelling with countdown.
Anagram Word Game – A simple word game. Suitable for teens and adults with an intermediate and above level of English.
ESL Category Generator – Generate categories to get your students practicing vocabulary. Great activity to be used with a ball or in online classes to get students thinking at the start of class as a warmer.
Trivia Quiz Generator – Generate quizzes quickly with this simple tool. Ideal for teens and adults intermediate and above.
Random Letter Generator – Generate random letters from the alphabet with this simple letter generating tool.
ESL Idiom Generator – Generate over 100 of the most common English language idioms. Get students to draw or mime out the idioms as a way to introduce them to the most common idioms in English.
Random Noun Generator – Randomly generate over 200 of the most common nouns in the English Language. Great for Pictionary and other end of the class coolers.
Catchphrase – A quick fire word game where students explain as many words as they can within the time limit.
Pictionary – Automatically generate words from three different levels of difficulty and play Pictionary with your students in a flash.
ESL Boggle – Boggle is a great warmer that can be used in the classroom. With this online version get students writing words to be the top of the class.
ESL Quizzes – Our Quizzes are a great way to end class and practice key vocabulary for a wide range of themes. Check back regularly as we are adding new quizzes regularly.
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Play different games like Wordle. Here is the most extensive list of Wordle spinoffs, which currently includes 402 games.
Select category
Contexto Game
Contexto is a game where you have to find a secret word with an unlimited number of guesses. The words were sorted by an artificial intelligence algorithm based on how similar they were to the secret word.
twist
Squabble
Your favorite word game, now multiplayer! Play competitive multiplayer wordle against your friends or up to 99 people.
online
Feudle
The world’s most popular autocomplete game. How does Google autocomplete this search?
twist
Riddle
There is a new riddle every day.
Each guess must be a valid word.
twist
Tradle
Guess a country by their exports? 6 attempts to guess it and hint at how far and in what direction the right answer is.
economy
Polygonle
Daily worth puzzle with an extra clue in the form of geometric shapes
twist
Globle
Use your geography knowledge to figure out the mystery country in as few guesses as possible!
geography
Borderle
Try to guess the neighbors of today’s chosen country!
geography
Literalnie Bez Limitu
Zagraj w Literalnie Bez Limitu. Wylosuj słowo dla siebie lub wymyśl słowo i rzuć wyzwanie znajomemu.
polish
Chrono
A daily bitesized history game to challenge your perspective of history.
history
Huddle
A daily guessing game featuring all your favorite NFL players
sport
Letterle
Wordle but with a single letter instead of a word.
twist
Literalnie
Polska gra słowna bazowana na viralowym wordle — odgadnij dzisiejsze słowo!
polish
Wizarding Wordle
Harry Potter Wordle. Do you like Wordle? Do you like Harry Potter? This is the place for you.
movie
Wordle Unlimited
There is NO LIMIT to how much Wordle you can play with even more letters available to use.
word
Battleshipple
💣 Select a spot to fire a shot.
❌ means you missed.
💥 means you hit the battleship.
twist
Chessguessr
You are given a position from a real chess game. Guess the continuation!
chess
Flagle
Guess the hidden country flag in a daily game of Flagle
geography
Framed
Guess the movie from the images. New movie each day!
movie
Murdle
Solve a new murder mystery every day!
board-game
Wordinate
Wordinate is an online word game. Find the hidden seven-letter word by clicking on the letters, but you only have 8 goes.
difficult
Worldle
Worldle is a game where you have six tries to guess one country or territory based only on its shape outlines.
geography
Beadle
You have 5 chances to guess the Beatles song name.
music
Chessle
Guess the entire opening sequence, for both white and black!
chess
Daily Dungeon
A randomized dungeon crawler with puzzles that changes every day.
video-game
LOGODLE
1 famous logo, hidden by 6 squares. Remove 1 at a time to try and guess the famous daily logo.
twist
Smixed
Smixed is a fun new daily word puzzle to test your vocabulary and problem solving skills!
word
Counter Strikle
Guess the mysterious CS player.
video-game
Custom Wordle
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. You can also share your own word!
word
Daydreams
☁️ Guess the A.I. generated image in this Hangman-style daily game.
twist
Dordle
Try to solve the Wordle puzzle with 2 words in seven tries. Can you guess 2 Wordles at once?
twist
Mathler
A daily math challenge inspired by wordle
math
Quardle
Fill in the grid with the correct letters
twist
Quizl
Compete for the highest score with five trivia questions daily
quiz
Reversle
You are given a wordle pattern and the solution word. You have to guess the rest of the words.
twist
Spelling Bee
Create the maximum number of words using 7 letters from the hive.
twist
Symble
Symble is a code-cracking logic game. The goal is to guess the secret 5-letter word within 8 attempts
online
64ordle
Solve sixty-four Wordles at once! You have seventy guesses to solve all sixty-four words.
difficult
Actorle
Guess the actor of the day based on their movies and share your score with your friends. The full title of a movie will be revealed if your guess is in the cast.
celebrity
Birdle
uess the sequence of bird emojis in 6 tries. Bird emojis may occur more than once, but never next to itself.
animal
Colorfle
Colorfle: the daily color mixing game! Try to match the Colorfle in six tries.
twist
Countryle
Guess the hidden country every day. Use the clues to guess it with the fewest attempts possible.
geography
CoWordle
CoWordle is a multiplayer spinoff of the Wordle game. You have to guess the hidden word together with a random opponent.
online
Crossy Cross
You construct a crossword before you run out of health points.
twist
Easy Wordle
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
word
Emojidle
Guess the Emoji in 6 tries. The color of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was to the Emoji Unicode.
twist
Equatle
Guess the math equation in 5 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
math
Errordle
Guess the error message in 6 tries. After each guess, the color of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was.
programming
Growdle
It’s Wordle, but the word grows in size two times.
twist
Haskle
The goal is to guess a function from prelude, from its obfuscated type. Each type element is initially replaced with the 🤷 emoji.
programming
Heardle
Listen to the intro, then find the correct artist & title in the list.
music
Minecraftle
Your goal is to try to craft the secret item from the ingredients in your inventory.
video-game
Moviedle
Can you name the movie in 6 seconds or less?
movie
Ordel
Klurigt ordspel — du har 6 försök på dig att gissa ordet. Den mest populära svenska versionen av Wordle.
swedish
Plurality
Decentralized family feud! Guess the top answers to past surveys, submit responses for future surveys!
quiz
Poeltl
Guess a new mystery NBA player every day.
sport
Primel
Guess the prime in 6 tries. After each guess, the color of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was.
math
Quintessential
A daily 5 word jumble game. Try to make all 5 words in as few as 8 moves!
twist
Quordle
Put your skills to the test and solve four Wordles at once! You have 9 guesses to solve all four words.
twist
Sedecordle
It’s like wordle, but you solve 16 wordles at once! You get 21 guesses to solve all the puzzles.
twist
Subwaydle
A Wordle-inspired puzzle game for NYC Subway nerds
twist
SWordle
SWordle — Wordle for Star Wars. Guess the word each day, like Wordle, but for Star Wars
movie
Tuble
Daily Tube puzzle where you guess a randomly selected station in six tries.
twist
Weaver Unlimited
Play Weaver game unlimited! Weaver is a game where you have to find the way from one word to another.
twist
Weddle
Weddle — NFL Wordle — Guess the NFL player in as few tries as possible.
sport
Wherdle
Do you recognize today’s mystery place? You will be shown 5 travel photos to work it out.
geography
Word Search
Solve Word search puzzles online! Try to find all the words in the grid of letters in the shortest possible time.
word
Wordle Together
You know the drill.
1 word, 5 letters, 6 guesses.
Can you beat your friends?
online
6mal5
Errate das versteckte Wort in 6 Versuchen. Jeden Tag ein neues Rätsel. 6mal5 deutsche Version spielen.
german
6times5
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. Your daily puzzle completely free & against hundreds of thousands of other players.
word
Adoptle
Play Adoptle each day and see what adoptable pet is featured! You have six guesses to figure out the pet’s name.
animal
Adverswordle
Adverswordle is Wordle but backwards. A free online word game.
twist
Album WTF
Guess the Album in 6 tries
music
AlphaBreak
Break each day’s word down into smaller words, using each letter exactly one
word
Artistle
Guess the Artist in 6 tries.
art
Avoidle
You are given a word to Avoid: you can enter as many words as possible before the Avoid word is the last word available.
twist
Besedko
Besedko je slovenska verzija igre Wordle. Vsak dan ugibate besedo, ki sestoji iz 5 črk.
slovenian
Birdle Game
Guess the name of the pictured UK bird (changes every 24h).
animal
Boludle
Averiguá si sos un Boludle en el Wordle del mejor país
spanish
Bookli
Daily wordle-like challenge; figure out the words that make up a piece of text from a classic novel
books
Bookordle
Guess the book in six tries. A new quote is revealed with each guess.
books
Byrdle
Guess the hidden choral-themed word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
twist
Bytle
A Wordle-like game where you have to guess the unsigned 8-bit binary number!
math
Cardle
A daily quiz for car fans, inspired by Wordle. Guess the car from the photos. Each wrong guess gives more clues.
twist
Chesstacle
Like Wordle for Chess puzzles. The easier version of the Daily Tacticle.co puzzle.
chess
Chilloff
Its a wordle derivative with an unlimited wordles and a daily wordle.
word
Cinemadle
Try to guess the movie in 6 tries. A new frame from the film will display after each incorrect guess.
movie
Citydle
Guess the city! There will be a new city every day.
geography
Cladder
A simple word game where the answer is just one letter away
twist
Cloudle
Guess the weather forecast for a different city every day
twist
Colour Match
Match the colour in the box to that of the background by adjusting the red, green and blue values of the screen’s pixels.
color
Colourdle
The object of the game is to correctly guess the RGB value of the target colour swatch within 6 tries.
visual
Commander Codex
Magic: The Gathering! Uncover a hidden Commander as information about its card properties is revealed with each guess.
video-game
Compositle
Guess the 5-digit composite number in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
math
Creek Birdle
A daily bird word puzzle
animal
Crissword
CrissWord is essentially a 2-clue mini crossword where there are multiple common letters in the answers.
clue
Crosswordle
Recreate a valid wordle grid given the final row and color coded tiles for the guesses
twist
Cuedle
A thrilling new aural adventure where music aficionados can soar through a time tunnel of hits from every decade!
music
Daydle
A fun game where you guess the year this event happened on this day in history.
history
Dragle
Guess the Drag Queens by their season, age, country and type of drag. New Drag Queen each day!
twist
Drow
Guess the word, and you are given an audio clip as a hint, which is the word pronounced backwards.
audio
Dueldle
Compete against a friend to see who is the master of wordle!
online
Dumble
A dumb version of Wordle.
easy
Dungleon
Guess the dungeon’s composition in 6 guesses.
video-game
ELDROW
ELDROW is a word game with two words per puzzle. One word is a clue and the other is your answer.
twist
Elementle
The Periodic Table Wordle! Guess an element by its atomic number & category.
science
Estadi
Adivinhe o estádio a partir das imagens de satélite. Temporada 1: estádios brasileiros
portuguese
Facedle
A mystery person guessing game. Guess the famous person hiding in the picture in as few attempts as possible.
celebrity
Farsi Wordle
واژه مورد نظر در۶ فرصت بیابید. رنگ مربع ها بعد از هر حدس تغییر می کند تا نشان دهد چقدر به حدس زدن واژه نزدیک هستید.
persian
FFXIVrdle
Guess 5 letter locations, skills, jobs, npc names and more in this FFXIV themed word game, based on wordle
video-game
Fibble
Every clue lies to you about the color of a tile in a random position.
twist
Flagle Game
Guess the hidden country flag in a daily game of Flagle.
geography
Foodle
Guess the Food Word in six tries.
word
Foodle
Guess the Food Word in six tries.
Each guess must be a valid five-letter food-related word.
food
Footbl
Guess the footballer in 6 tries in this football wordle game. A new player is available each day.
sport
Footle
A football-themed daily word puzzle from The Fantasy Footballers Podcast.
sport
Four Letter Flow
Complete the flow from the starting word to the target word by changing one letter at a time. Every word must be valid!
word
Futboldle
Your daily footballer guessing game.
sport
Fyvaa
Guess the word in 5 tries. After each guess, the color will change to show how close your guess was to the word.
word
Gamed WTF
Guess the Video Game in 6 tries
video-game
Gjett
Gjett ordet på 6 forsøk. Hvert gjett må være et ord på 5 bokstaver. Trykk enter (nederst til venstre) for å sjekke ordet.
norwegian
Gomezle
Gomezle — Selena Gomez Heardle, guess the Selena Gomez song from a clip in 6 tries.
music
Gram Jam
swap letters to make words along rows and columns.
puzzle
Griddle
Find 5 words on a 4×4 grid. Words are scored by length and rare letters.
twist
Guess The Game
Try to name the game shown in the screenshots in 6 guesses or less!
video-game
Hadejslova
Po každém pokusu se písmenko obarví barvou podle toho jak daleko byl Tvůj tip od uhodnutí slova.
czech
Hang-man
Hangman online is a word game in which you have to find out which word was hidden.
twist
hello wordl
You get 6 tries to guess a target word.
After each guess, you get feedback.
word
Hexle
Hexle is a game that gives you six chances to guess the hex code for a color. Can you do it?
math
Hollywoodle
Connect the two actors with movies they’ve starred in or costars they’ve shared in as few moves as possible!
movie
Hulihua
Guess the word in 6 tries. After each guess, the color will change to show how close your guess was to the word.
hawaiian
IBRANDLE
Challenge your skills to guess the brand name in six tries, A new Ibrandle is available each day
business
Integerle
Guess the hidden number in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
math
It’s a Syn
A daily puzzle where you have to guess three words that are a synonym or antonym of a provided clue.
word
Jazle
A daily JavaScript library puzzle.
programming
Keclap
Nebak kecap rahasia dina 6 kasempetan. Bakal aya kecap anyar tiap poe.
sundanese
Kelma
Wara kull prova, il-kulur tal-madum jinbidel biex jurik kemm il-kelma tiegħek kienet viċin il-kelma li trid taqta’.
maltese
Kelmaly
قم بتخمين الكلمة عبر ٦ محاولات. بعد كل تخمين، سيتغير لون الخانة ليعلمك بمدى اقترابك من الحل الصحيح.
arabic
Kordle
Kordle is Korean version of Wordle with 6 disassembled chararacters.
korean
La Mot
Exactly like Wordle but with French words. Try to find today’s word!
french
Landmark WTF
Guess the Landmark in 6 tries
geography
Lattice
A daily word game where Scrabble meets Solitaire.
board-game
Learnle
Learn every day a new fact by trying to guess it!
educational
Letterflash
A free, open source word puzzle game you can share with friends
custom
Lexli
Μαντέψτε την κρυμμένη λέξη σε 6 προσπάθειες. Μια νέα ΛΕΞΛΗ κάθε μέρα.
greek
Li-Hing Wordle
Try guess da word in 6 tries. Aftah, da color of da tiles stay changing fo show how close you stay.
hawaiian
Lyricle
Guess the song from the lyrics in as few tries as possible.
music
MacWordle
Guess the wird in 6 goes. Efter each go, the colour o the letters will change tae show hou close yer guess wis tae the wird.
scots
Mapsle
Like wordle but you have to guess where you are on a satellite map.
geography
Mathle
You have to find a simple addition or subtraction in less than 5 tries. Each guess must be a valid equation.
math
Mickeyrdle
A spin on the classic Wordle with words and people from across the world of Disney, from the movies to the parks.
movie
Missing11
Guess all Missing 11 football players that started a classic game.
sport
MLB Pickle
You get nine guesses.
A new Mystery Player daily.
sport
Monday Punday
Pictures labeled mondaypunday are visual puns. Each picture is a play-on-words. The solution is a common phrase, title, or person.
twist
MORDLE
Mordle — a multiplayer word game experience! Exercise your brain while competing with others for free!
online
Morsle
You have 21 tries to guess the word, which will be played out loud in Morse code.
twist
Movlie
Guess the Movie in 6 tries.
movie
Musicle
Guess the chord in 5 tries, The chords can be in any inversion of any major, minor, 7th or augmented key.
music
MusicVidle
Guess a daily music video with a maximum of 6 stills from it.
music
Myrtle
Do you like Harry Potter and Wordle? Try this alternative where you have to guess the mystery Harry Potter Character.
movie
Navnli
En navne gætteleg inspireret af Wordle.
danish
Nerdle
Nerdle — guess the solution in 6 tries — try classic, mini, speed and pro
math
Nmbr14
You have to make the number at the top and every red square is usable once, even the answers to your own equations.
math
Numberdly
The objective of the game is to reach the target number shown at the top of the screen, using math.
math
Numberle
You have to guess the mathematical equation in 6 tries.
math
Numble
You guess an equation in 6 guesses or less, with a new equation every day!
math
Obscurdle
A Wordle-inspired rule deduction game by Henry Truong.
twist
Octordle
You have 13 guesses to solve all eight words. A new Octordle available each day to solve.
twist
Onedle
Play Onedle and guess only one word letter by letter.
twist
Ordbord
Gjett det skjulte ordet på 6 forsøk. Et ordspill på norsk inspirert av Wordle.
norwegian
Ordle NO
Du får seks forsøk på å gjette dagens ord. For hvert gjett får du informasjon om bokstavene er riktig, feilplassert eller ikke i bruk.
norwegian
Ordlig
Du har sex försök på dig. Kan du lösa dagens ord?
swedish
Ordsnille
Spela Wordle på Svenska – Ett mastermind-spel med ord
swedish
Pairguess
Pairguess is a free daily memory game, inspired by Wordle, in which you need to find all pairs to win.
memory
Papiamento Wordle
Rij e palabra den 6 biaha. Tin un palabra nobo tur dia.
galician
Parolle IT
Indovina la parola del giorno in sei tentativi!
italian
Passwordle
Can you brute force today’s password?
twist
Path’d
Transform one word into another, one letter at a time. How many paths can you find?
twist
Pathsweeper
Pathsweeper is a free memory daily game in which you need to find the correct path to win.
memory
Peeple
The daily picture guessing game.
visual
Persian Wordle
شش شانس برای حدس کلمه مورد نظر دارید. بعد از هر حدس حروف به شکل زیر تغییر رنگ می دهند.
persian
Phoodle
A daily food centered word puzzle.
word
Phrasle
Solve the phrase puzzle one letter at a time without running out of guesses.
twist
Pinyin Cai Chengyu
如答案中只有一个 N，但猜测过程中输入了两个 N，则第二个会被标记为灰色。
chinese
Playrics
Play with lyrics — guess song names based on their lyrics.
music
Plotwords
Guess the name of the movie using as few plot keywords as possible!
movie
Pokle
A free, daily, poker, puzzle game with Wordle elements.
puzzle
Polyordle
When duordle, quordle, and octordle just aren’t enough.
twist
Popcultured
Six tries to guess which year popular movies, TV shows, books, video games, and songs released.
twist
Quidle
15 quiz questions within 90 seconds. Compare scores, and create leaderboards with others.
quiz
Quofee
The movie quote guessing game everyone is talking about. Each day guess a new movie title from their quotes.
movie
Reaction
Click when the screen changes to black.
visual
Rechko
Rečko — Речко — Дневна игра речи. Погодите задату реч у 6 покушаја. Сваким даном нова реч.
serbian
Redactle
A puzzle game to guess the title of a random Wikipedia article by revealing redacted words.
twist
Rhyme Time
These three words rhyme. Can you figure out what they are?
music
Rjeckas
Svaki dan je odabrana jedna riječ dana koja se sastoji od 5 slova i cilj je u 6 ili manje pokušaja pronaći tu riječ.
bosnian
Rordle RO
După fiecare încercare culoarea literelor se schimbă și primiți unele indicii.
Puteți ghici un cuvânt pe zi.
romanian
Saltong
Filipino version of wordle, with 5 letter, 4 letter and a 7 letter modes.
filipino
Sanuli
Arvaa kätketty sanuli kuudella yrityksellä. Jokaisen yrityksen jälkeen arvatut kirjaimet vaihtavat väriään.
finnish
Scholardle
An academic word puzzle.
educational
Searchdle
Search + Wordle = searchdle. Play Wordle but with SEO related terms!
twist
Semantle
Each guess must be a word. Semantle will tell you how semantically similar it thinks your word is to the secret word.
word
Semdle
Semdle — semantic-based word game. Guess words with higher semantic score (in meaning) to find hidden word.
semantics
Shabdarasa
Shabdarasa is an Odia language word puzzle game, an improved version of the Wordle game.
nepali
Slangle
Slang + Wordle = slangle. Play Wordle but with Text Slang
slang
Slivce
Відгадайте приховане слово за 6 спроб. Щодня доступне нове СЛІВЦЕ.
ukrainian
Songdle
Guess the famous song from six of its lines revealed one at a time.
music
Spellie
Spellie is a daily word puzzle game for young spellers. Three daily puzzles of increasing difficulty.
word
Squirdle
I’m thinking of a Pokémon. Guess which! You have 8 guesses.
video-game
Srpski Wordle
Откриј скривену реч у 6 покушаја. Нова реч сваког дана.
serbian
Stackle
Stack words by rearranging and changing one letter. Build the tallest stack and share with friends.
twist
Star Wordle
Starwars Wordle. Guess the [Star] WORDLE in six tries.
movie
Stockle
Like Wordle, but with Stocks.
investing
Sweardle
Sweardle, the sweary word guessing game. Each day you have one four letter swear word to guess.
slang
Szarada
Zgadnij słowo w 6 ruchach. Codziennie nowa łamigłówka.
polish
Teolog.ooo
Descubra a palavra certa em 6 tentativas. Depois de cada tentativa, as cores mostram o quão perto você está da solução.
portuguese
Termo PT
Descobre a palavra escondida em 6 tentativas. Um novo termo por dia baseado no dicionário de portugues de Portugal.
portuguese
Termooo
Descubra a palavra certa em 6 tentativas. Depois de cada tentativa, as peças mostram o quão perto você está da solução.
portuguese
The Hexle
A color based wordle variant. You have 6 guesses to guess the color of the day! Color changes every day.
twist
The Wikipedia Game
A game where you compete with friends and family to get from one Wikipedia page to another in the least number of steps.
twist
Three Magic Words
In each round of you are challenged to complete three specific five-letter words with the available tiles.
twist
Trekle
Startrek Wordle. A Trek-like variant of the popular 5 letter word guessing game.
movie
Triplet
A pattern recognition game
twist
Turdle
Guess the correct sequence of animated frames to make a turtle jump!
twist
TUSMO
Il faut trouver le mot en 6 essais maximum. Les lettres en rouge sont bonnes, en jaune mal placées.
french
Tweedle
You need to guess the word from your favorite Twitter profiles.
twist
Twofer Goofer
Twofer Goofers are pairs of rhyming words that form a nonsensical phrase. Enjoy the AI-generated art for each answer!
clue
Unlockle
Guess the pattern in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
logic
Vaajoor
واجور با ایدهگرفتن از بازی Wordle ساخته شده. یه بازی حدس کلمه که هر روز یه کلمهٔ ثابت برای حدس زدن داره.
persian
Verbdum
Guess the hidden Latin word in 6 tries. There is a new puzzle each day or you can play in the archive.
latin
Vordli
Вордли — Погоди реч. Погађа се реч од 5 слова Сваког дана се погађа нова реч. Реч треба погодити из што мање покушаја.
serbian
W R O U D
A simple word game that challenges people to find a six-letter word in 3 guesses from a cloud of letters.
twist
Warbl
Warbl is the backwards song guessing game! You have to guess the song being played backwards in 6 guesses.
music
Wardle UK
A Worldle clone in which you guess the UK Local Authority from its boundaries
geography
Warmle
Clues based on how close your guess is alphabetically.
twist
Watse
Speel Wordle in Afrikaans!
afrikaans
WeWordle
Now you can compete with friends and other players in word guessing skill.
online
Wheredle
A Wordle like daily game with a detective spin on Street View. Look for clues in Street View Maps to guess which state you’re in.
geography
Wirdle
Guess da wird athin 6 goes. Efter ivry guess, da colour o da tiles’ll cheinge tae shaa hoo closs yir guess wis tae da wird.
scots
Woardle
كل يوم ، يتم اختيار كلمة مكونة من 5 أحرف عشوائيًا. عليك أن تخمنها في 6 محاولات.
arabic
Woodle
Mastermind / Wordle crossover.
twist
Woordle NL
Raad het WOORDLE in 6 keer. Na elke gok zullen de kleuren van de vakjes aangeven hoe dichtbij je was.
dutch
Wor Wordle Dle
Wordle, but you guess what other people guessed.
twist
Worble
The word guessing game that changes as you guess
twist
Worcle
WORCLE by Red Caffeine — Guess the general work, finance, or marketing word in six tries.
business
Word Bord
Word Bord, a daily word puzzle.
word
Word Hoot
Multiplayer, unlimited plays and guesses, detailed playing history and stats, and a points system for competitive play.
online
Word Huddle
WordHuddle is a word game that combines elements of Hangman, Wheel of Fortune, and crossword clues.
twist
Word Play
It’s for people that love Wordle, but hate limits. Enjoy unlimited games, and challenge others.
word
Word Rodeo
Customize your word puzzle and challenge your friends!
word
Word Rumble
Guess the wrestling word within 5 guessing to complete the wordle. A new word is released every 12 hours.
twist
Word500
Word500 is a word game for power players. Can you solve the daily puzzle?
difficult
WordAll
A Word-Guessing game based on Wordle with a twist; we ALL do the Word together over the course of a week.
online
Wordalla
8 ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಿಯಾದ ಪದ ಗುರುತಿಸಬೇಕು. alar.ink ನಿಘಂಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
kannada
Wordawazzle
Guess the hidden Australian word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
twist
Wordipede
Changing only one letter at a time, complete a chain of words.
twist
Wordlar UZ
Uzbek version of the Wordle game
uzbek
Wordle AT
Errate das versteckte Wort mit 6 Versuchen. Jeden Tag wartet ein neues Rätsel auf dich.
german
Wordle CL
incluye modismos, ciudades, nombres, marcas y expresiones típicas chilenas. Puedes jugar cada 8 horas.
spanish
Wordle Cup
Play multiplayer Wordle online with friends, strangers or in solo matches. Winner takes all in this viral browser game!
online
Wordle Espanol
Juega Wordle en español. Wordle español sin límites. Juega tanto como quieras, sin límites diarios. Soluciones wordle español.
spanish
Wordle For Friends
Play Wordle with your friends! Come up with the word and send our link for your friends to solve!
custom
Wordle Global
Wordle but in many different languages. Guess the 5 letter word in six tries or less.
language
Wordle KZ
Бұл Сөзділ ойыны. Туиттерде мәшһүр болып кеткен Wordle ойынының қазақша нұсқасы
kazakh
Wordle Peaks
Find the word with clues that tell you if the letters are higher or lower in the alphabet
twist
Wordle Play
No limit on the number of rounds. Guess the words as much as you want and compete with your friends!
word
Wordle SK
Hrajte hru Wordle slovensky! Slovo dňa je hra inšpirovaná anglickým originálom, prispôsobená pre Slovensko.
slovak
Wordle UA
Вгадай слово з шести спроб. Щодня нове завдання
ukrainian
Wordle UZ
6 ta urinishda kun so’zini toping. Har kuni so’z yangilanadi.
uzbek
Wordle VS
Online version of Wordle, challenge your friends or play with random opponents!
online
Wordle Wordle
Guess the secret 5 letter word with 6 or fewer tries. The word to guess is in the dictionary and has no duplicate letters.
word
Wordle.lol
Guess the word in six tries. New word every day! Each try has to be a valid word.
word
Wordle10
Guess the ten-letter word in six tries. Double the Wordle, double the fun.
twist
Wordler
Play word puzzles, create your own educational puzzles and learn languages for free
word
Wordlix
Instead of guessing five letter English words, in Wordlix you must guess five letter POSIX commands or library API names.
programming
Worduel
Play Wordle multiplayer! Challenge your friends to a speed round, or play unlimited classic Wordle!
online
Wordversary
Race against friends to solve word puzzles. The first to 10 points wins.
online
Wordy SE
Wordy bygger på SAOLs ord på 5 bokstäver. Din uppgift är att lista ut vilket slumpmässigt utvalt ord det är som gömmer sig.
swedish
Wortle
Errate das WORTLE in 6 Versuchen. Nach jedem Versuch zeigen dir die Farben der Kacheln an, wie nah du dem gesuchten.
german
Wuertle
No all Versuch ännert sech d’Faarf vun de Felder fir der ze weise wéi no de Versuch um gesichte Wuert ass.
luxembourgish
Wurdl FRL
Dochris in gok WURDL yn 6 kear. Nei elke gok sille de kleuren fan de fakjes oanjaan hoe tichtby oftsto wiest.
frisian
Wyrazik
Wordle po polsku. Polskie wordle. Odgadywanie wyrazu.
polish
Wørdle
Gæt dagens ord i 6 forsøg eller mindre.
danish
Xordle
Two words on a single
board, you don’t know which word your clues are for.
twist
Yeardle
Guess the year based on 3 clues and 8 progressive hints. New Yeardles every day at midnight. Wordle for History.
history
Yeezle
Guess the mystery Ye song!
music
Yordzzle
A word puzzle game where you can challenge friends head-to-head. Like wordle with battle mode.
online
Zborle
Погодете го ЗБОРЛЕ во 6 обиди. Секој обид мора да биде валиден збор од 5 букви.
macedonian
Zpordle
Guess a number and you will be given the p-adic distance to the target.
math
ð.fo
Tú kanst gita í mesta lagi 6 ferðir. Tá ið tú gitir, so broytir teksturin lit, alt eftir hvussu rætt gitið var.
faroese
6by6
6 Letters / 6 Tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
word
AcrossWord
Use anagrams to solve crossword-style clues in this bite-sized daily puzzle game
logic
AnyWordle
A daily word puzzle with different length words each day.
word
Avoidle
While trying to avoid the letters in red at the bottom, enter 4 five-letter words that use as many of the remaining alphabet as you can.
twist
Babelle
Babelle, a country-guessing game with a city as first clue
geography
BEORHTle
An Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Wordle game. It works just like an ordinary wordle game but this one is for Beowulf lovers.
twist
Bibdle
Play daily word puzzles for all your favorite bible verses!
daily
Blankle
Blankle is a daily word puzzle game where you must guess the blank word in the sentence based on context clues.
clue
Blockle
Move the red block all the way to the exit at the right of the board. You need to clear the path and move blocks out of the way.
twist
Bludle
Bludle encodes 5-lettered words into shades of blue. The lighter the shade, the closer to ‘A’ — darker is closer to ‘z’
color
Blurrdle
A high-difficulty Wordle variant with intentionally limited feedback.
difficult
Bordle
Like Wordle, but at least one letter is 🅱️.
twist
Buildly
A word guessing game for the building industry.
engineering
Caici
汉兜 pro 版: 新添多人玩法; 扩充五言和七言古诗词 ;
chinese
Changelist
Solve the puzzle by coming up with a list of words that will get you from the first word to the last, changing just one letter at a time.
twist
Cludl
A daily word puzzle where everyone gets the same clue.
clue
Cluedle
Guess the Cluedle using the clue(s) given.
clue
Codle
Play codle — decode a 5 letter word
math
Codle
A game to guess a target code’s AST like Wordle with AST nodes as letters
programming
Concludle
Each day, you’ll get up to six clues to figure out the day’s answer — see how few clues you can solve today’s puzzle in!
clue
Confusle
A daily word puzzle, with a confusing twist.
clue
Country Guesser
Can you guess today’s country song?
music
Cuberdle
Cuberdle — A Wordle-inspired game where you are trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube in a given move count.
logic
Dayfine
It’s Wordle, but you get the definition and three guesses.
clue
Debuggle
Find a known redacted algorithm word by word. Every day a new algorithm.
programming
Dodle
A daily military themed word puzzle.
twist
Dodle AI
Guess what the dodle AI tried to draw.
twist
Dohdle
Dohdle — A Simpsons inspired Wordle
movie
Dont Wordle
Don’t guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
twist
Drugle
You have eight chances to guess the drug name, brand or generic, with hints from the class, indication, and dosage forms.
medical
Duotrigordle
Put your skills to the test and solve thirty-two Wordles at once! You have 37 guesses to solve all 32 words.
twist
Emovi
Guess a movie with emoji!
movie
Explordle
Guess the location where a video was taken by continent, country, city.
geography
Fast Four Word
Create the longest chain of valid four-letter words possible before time runs out.
twist
Filmle
Each day, 6 pieces of trivia are pulled from a film’s IMDB page. Try and guess the movie using context clues from the trivia!
movie
Flagdle
Wordle game with flags.
geography
Gamedle WTF
Guess the videogame by its cover, every day a new game. You can also try the new Unlimited mode to play non-stop.
video-game
Geowords
Each geoword could be a country, city, town or river. You can guess any 5 letter word to work out the Geoword.
geography
Griddler
A game you can play alone or with friends. Solve puzzles and move up the leaderboard! Play unlimited, daily, or head-to-head.
online
Hollywood Stardle
Hollywood Stardle is a free online game, similar to Wordle, for guessing names of celebrities.
celebrity
Hondo
Use logic, strategy, and luck to guess back-to-back code words and race to 100 points!
logic
Interword
Guess a word that falls alphabetically between the top and bottom words.
twist
IYKYK
Guess the CULTURETAG in three tries. A hint is revealed on the 2nd try.
twist
Kanji Wordle
汉兜 — 汉字 Wordle.
chinese
Kanyerdle
Guess KANYE’S FAVORITE THING in 6 tries.
celebrity
Kids Lingo
Online Lingo game in English for Kids. You have to put letters to guess what word it is.
kids
La Mot
Exactly like Wordle but with French words. Try to find today’s word!
french
LADDERLE
Connect between 2 words with the same amount of letters in this daily word ladder game.
twist
Letterblocked
The main task is to create 5 letter words using the given letter in the given space before time runs out.
twist
Lettershot
Lettershot is a free daily word game in which you can find a word by guessing letters.
word
Lewdle
The lewd, crude and especially rude word guessing game.
slang
Lingle
Play our 4,5,and 6 Letter Lingle Games! Similar to Wordle, Lingo, and Jotto!
word
Linkle
Find the word that when put either before or after the 3 clues it forms a new word or phrase (North, Side, Breeze = Sea)
clue
Linkr
Link all of the points together in three daily puzzles
logic
Locatle
A Wordle inspired game where you guess which country a picture was taken in.
geography
Mahjong Handle
Guess the riichi mahjong hand in 6 tries.
board-game
Metrodle
The object of Metrodle is to guess your destination on the London Underground.
twist
Moistle
The grossest word game on the internet!
slang
Moledle
Guess the word in 6 tries but beware, there is a mole in our midst. The information in one column is a lie.
twist
More Wordle
Play the popular WORDLE game for free. Solve the daily WORDLE and share your success with your friends!
word
Nordle
Play the whole ladder from Wordle to the Nonordle and beyond! Start at n=1 and see how high you can climb.
difficult
Numbers Round
Try to get the DAILY target number by combining available numbers and operators. A fun daily math problem to keep you on your game.
math
Oundle
Wordle for British place names (play from 4 to 11 letters in length).
geography
Palabrije
Palabrije is a cross between Wordle and a sliding word puzzle.
logic
Pawrdle
Wordle for pets. Guess the pet related word.
animal
Perfdle
A daily word puzzle for performance engineers.
engineering
Periodle
You have to guess a word spelled from 5 elements of the periodic table from Hydrogen to Oganesson.
science
Phoodle
A daily food centered word puzzle
food
Phrazle
The original phrase-based Wordle game has you guess the letters to complete a phrase.
phrases
PlayNerdle
Play nerdle daily or unlimited — A fun word game for all ages with word origins for an educational twist.
twist
Posterdle
Can you name the movie poster in 20 seconds or less?
movie
Qomedy Quiz
Guess today’s classic comedy film in the fewest possible tries.
movie
Queerdle
A slightly frustrating but ultimately rewarding and meditative daily queer word game.
twist
Quina
The goal of Quina is to guess the five-letter code word. You only get ten guesses, but you’ll get a clue after each one…
word
Quizdle
5 difficult quiz questions. New quizzes at midnight U.K. time.
quiz
Quolture
Guess from which movie or TV series the given quote is!
movie
Qwordle
Quantum version of Wordle. The colored tiles follow special rules loosely inspired by quantum mechanics.
difficult
Qwrtl
Wordle without the letter E.
twist
Real CrossWordle
A new sleek game that combines the joy of doing crossword and simplicity of Wordle.
board-game
Redactle
Try to find the title of a random Wikipedia article by guessing words to reveal them on the page. New puzzle daily!
difficult
Revertle
Turn letters green by using them in valid, 5-letter words. If a letter appears in the same space in the hidden word, it turns red again.
difficult
Rolldle
Guess a weapon roll from Destiny 2.
video-game
Satle
Satle is a geography game where you have 6 tries to guess a city based on satellite images.
geography
Sedecordle
It’s like wordle, but you solve 16 wordles at once! You get 21 guesses to solve all the puzzles.
difficult
Seindle
A daily Seinfeld word puzzle.
celebrity
Seven Wordles
Testing how quickly you can guess seven different words. There is a 3 second penalty for each wrong guess.
difficult
Shlyric
Guess the Billboard 200 song based on the year and lyrics provided
music
Squareword
A daily word game in two dimensions.
twist
Sqword
Create words by placing the letters drawn into a 5×5 grid. Share your score and see how you compare to the leaderboard!
twist
Sqwordle
Guess the Pokémon in six tries. A new Sqwordle is available each day. Inspired by the popular game Wordle.
movie
Sudorkle
Sudoku meets Wordle! Start by guessing each row, then use the clues solve the puzzle!
clue
Summle
Create sums to reach the target in 5 or fewer steps. New challenge daily.
math
Swiftle
Swiftle — Taylor Swift Heardle, guess the Taylor Swift song from a clip in 6 tries
music
Tacticle
Like Wordle for Chess puzzles. You’ve got five guesses to beat a Chess master, can you win?
chess
Tennis Wordle
Guess the tennis word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
sport
Termy
Termy is a fun and exciting game that allows you to guess a new word each day.
word
Themedle
Guess the movie from its theme music.
movie
Tridle
Tridle is a Wordle-like, 5-letter word guessing game where you try to solve three puzzles simultaneously in eight guesses
difficult
Turdle
The animal poop guessing game. Make a guess until you’re correct and compete with your friends.
animal
Twords
A mind-bending word game — guess two words at once.
difficult
UnWordle
Solve the Wordle in reverse. Fill in the wordle grid of guesses given the last row. A new UnWordle available each day!
logic
Vocabulo
Adivinhe a palavra de 5 letras em 5 tentativas!
portuguese
Wallows Heardle
Guess the Wallows song from the intro in as little tries as possible.
music
Weaver
Weave your way from one word to another in this daily word ladder game. A new puzzle is available every day.
twist
Whodle
A daily celebrity guessing game. Guess the celebrity hidden behind the tiles in the least number of tries
celebrity
Word Guesser
Guess the word based on clues.
word
Wordder
Create a word ladder from the starting word to the target word in as few steps as possible!
twist
Wordle Unlimited
There is NO LIMIT to how much Wordle you can play with even more letters available to use.
word
Wordosis
Wordosis is a medical word guessing game in which players have a series of attempts to guess a medical word.
medical
Xorkaton
Προσπάθα να έβρεις το χωρκόν της ημέρας σε 6 προσπάθειες!
greek
Yerdle
A Ye-themed daily word puzzle.
celebrity
Zordle
A daily word puzzle, now with ZK proofs.
word
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Activity
Guess My Word: A Vocab Game
The key to learning new vocabulary doesn’t lie in reviewing rote lists, sad to say. The research is clear: for new vocabulary to stick, kids need to connect new words to their world. Play this guess the word game to ensure that new vocabulary words «stick» in the mind of your youngster.
What You Need:
- Two players
- Your child’s vocabulary list.
*Feel free to think outside of the box, too. You don’t need to limit yourself to lists of words from the language arts folder; you could use new words from your child’s new math unit in measurement, such as volume, capacity, length, height, width, weight, and temperature. Oftentimes, teachers will provide vocabulary lists at the beginning or ending of units for the purpose of studying at home. Check with your child’s teacher for a list of words your child is learning.
What You Do
- Start by explaining to your child that you will be playing a guessing game together. Let her know that you will be giving her three clues to try to guess which vocabulary word from the list you are describing. It may be helpful to have the list of vocabulary words available for your child to look at when playing the game. As your child begins to feel more comfortable with the vocabulary words, she can try to guess words without the list.
- Give your child three clues to describe the vocabulary word you have in mind. For example, when thinking of the word “weight,” the first clue may be: “You use a scale to measure this word.” Your next clue may be: “A pound is one unit of this type of measurement.” The third clue may be: “Ounces is another unit of this type of measurement.” If your child is unable to guess the word at this point, give her additional clues as needed.
Variation: For a fun twist on the “Guess My Word” game, switch roles. Let your child give you three clues to describe a word, as you try to guess. This strategy will allow for a deeper understanding of the vocabulary words, as your child will need to generate her own clues to describe the word. And kids will love getting to play the “teacher” by giving you clues.
What’s going on? You’re helping your child move beyond the overwhelming and often tedious job of sifting through lists of words, and you’re building strong foundations of language development that can last for years to come. So guess those words, and remember them, too!
Don’t you love it when games you like in real life work beautifully in the classroom? This is one of those games!
I’ve got loads of ways you can use the Heads Up vocabulary game in your class, so let’s jump in!
Heads Up, the Forehead Game, What’s on my Head?, Word Up, Headbands…it goes by many names, but they all refer to a game using either questions, charades, or clues to get a player to guess the word they have chosen that is displayed on their forehead before time runs out.
If you’ve seen the Ellen DeGeneres show, you may have seen her playing Heads Up! with guests. The app is a version of the game where the player choosing the word holds a phone up and other players give clues to try to help the person guess the displayed word.
If you haven’t seen the app version, you may have seen or played the board game Headbandz, which is an analog version of the same idea.
The other common version of the game is where the person who draws the word asks questions of the other players, as opposed to having clues be offered by them.
For a vocabulary activity, we tweak it a little bit.
Instead of random words, we have students display target vocabulary words and ask questions of their peers (or be given clues) to try to guess the word.
This game is wonderfully adaptable to many content areas and grade levels.
? How to Play Heads Up
There are lots of ways to play and loads of variations, so let’s find out more!
First, let’s look at a basic version of how to play so that we have a feel for the game.
The game can be played in groups or as a whole class, so we’ll look at how to play each of these versions.
The version here is the one where the person drawing the card asks questions. Stay tuned for directions for the version where the other players offer clues!
How to play a basic version: In Groups
- Divide students into groups of three to five.
- Give each group a stack of cards, face down.
- The youngest student goes first and draws a card.
- Without looking at it, the player shows the card to the other members of the group.
- The card is placed on the forehead by being stuck in a headband (see below for options for displaying the card).
- The player who drew the card asks yes or no questions of the other people in the group. No gestures or noise is allowed.
- If the player guesses the word before time runs out, the team gets a point.
- Repeat until the end of the game.
- At the end of the game, the team tallies their cards.
(See “Variations” below for ideas on ending the game.)
How to play a basic version: Whole Class
- To play as an entire class, students each have a word on their heads (see “Cards” below for ideas on this).
- The students do not know what the word is. They walk around the classroom asking each other questions to determine the meaning of their word.
- When they guess their word, they turn their word around or remove it, but they continue to offer clues to other students.
- Play continues until every student has guessed their word.
- If you feel like a student is stuck, the teacher can begin to offer clues or allow the student to pass and exchange words.
? How to Choose Words
My first piece of advice on choosing words is to select words that students know.
This is not a great strategy for introducing vocabulary, but rather for reviewing or reinforcing it.
If your standards have vocabulary, that’s a great place to look.
I’d recommend dividing those words up into sections based on when students will learn the words.
If you give them words they haven’t encountered yet, you’ll have problems because, as I mentioned, it’s not great for initial instruction.
It’s fine to choose words that students struggle with. In fact, those are the most important words to review.
This activity is great for reviewing a large quantity of words, so you may want to use it at the end of a grading period to go over all of the words students should know.
It’s also great for reviewing words they had previously learned that they may not still be working with but should know.
You can use it at the beginning of the year or a single unit to see if students know words you think they know. (See “Preassessment” below for more on that.)
If you want more advice on choosing vocabulary words to teach, I’ve written an entire, super comprehensive article about that.
? Prep Work
This game is not low-prep the first time it’s played, but once that initial prep is done, it will be super fast every other time.
I find that it’s a time investment that’s well worth it.
Materials needed:
A timer:
I use inexpensive 60-second sand timers. This seems to be the best time for a round. I use these timers for lots of things, not just this game, so the investment is worth it to me.
You can get other lengths of time, but this is what I get. (Affiliate link)
You can also use a digital timer. You need one for each group, though, so keep that in mind.
I’ve tried using just one timer and calling “Go!,” for each round, but that doesn’t work well because students aren’t ready at the same time, and it just causes extra stress and chaos.
Those are two things no teacher needs more of!
Cards
Of course, you’re going to need cards with the words on them. There are a number of ways to create these.
Index Cards:
You can simply write the words on old-school index cards (pretty neon colors optional).
This is simple, but time consuming. If a card is lost from the set, it’s gone.
Since you need a deck for each group (unless playing as a class) that’s a lot of cards. Because of that, this is not my recommended method.
Post-it Notes:
Post-it notes work really well because you can print on them (rather than writing the words out), and they already have adhesive on them, so students can stick them right to their forehead.
Because they are inexpensive in the (ugly) yellow color, it’s okay if they get ruined.
Personally, I’m a Post-it snob and like the bright colors, but if you have access to the (sigh) yellow ones, go for it.
I use these so often and for so many things that I wrote an entire article, created a template for you, and made a video tutorial about how you can print directly on Post-its.
It’s one of my fave teacher hacks.
Read the article or watch the video.
DIY Cards:
I use this method frequently. I type the words out and print them on cardstock. I cut the cards out and laminate them.
I laminate them because I will use them in other activities and games as well.
Did you know cardstock comes in different weights? It does! It ranges from 60# to 130#. The higher the number, the heavier and stiffer the cardstock.
If you are going to laminate the cards, it doesn’t really matter, but if you’re not, it’s worth getting heavier weight cardstock to make it more durable.
The 100# weight will feel much more sturdy than the common 65#.
If you are using index cards, sticky notes, or the DIY method, make multiple sets so you have enough for every group.
Digital:
You can also type the words in Google Slides or in a PowerPoint, one word per slide.
If you have the Google Slides or PowerPoint apps, students can use these on a phone. If not, they can use a tablet or iPad.
A way to hold the cards (optional):
Holding:
Students can hold the cards in their hands, but if the guessing takes awhile, this can get tedious.
Headbands:
I suggest using cheap headbands from the dollar store. You can order online and have an entire class set sent to a store near you. I just wash them.
I’ve seen people suggest rubber bands, but I don’t recommend that for what I hope are obvious reasons!
Headband Word Hats:
For younger students, this is one of my favorite methods, although my 10th-graders love it, too.
Using my template, I type in the words, duplicating the slides to make as many as I need. (You can make a copy of this template for your own Google drive free here.)
I print out the headband hats on different colored paper or cardstock, and I have students cut them out and staple the pieces together.
Staple the pieces together where they overlap in the back of the students’ heads and cut off the excess paper.
If you want these to be useable over and over, attach a paper clip to the headband above the student’s forehead and stick the clue card in the paperclip.
Use cardstock if you do this.
Have students write their names on the inside of the headband so that they can be reused.
I find that it doesn’t hurt them beyond usefulness to be folded flat.
? Student Directions:
Here’s how I explain the game to students. I’m giving two versions, but you should adjust these to match the variation you have decided to use.
Student Directions for the Clues Version:
This is the version where the student holding the card is given clues by the other players.
Directions for students:
- Shuffle the cards.
- The person who choose the card is called the “Guesser.” Other players are the “Cluers.”
- The Guesser draws a card from the deck without looking at it and places it on their forehead, with the word facing the Cluers.
- The Guesser flips over the timer, and it’s game on!
- The Cluers start giving clues to help the Guesser figure out what the word is.
Cluers Can:
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- Draw a picture
- Act out the word
- Give an example
- Cluers cannot give the word or any part of the word.
- If a Cluer says the word or any part of it, the card is passed.
- If the Guesser is able to figure out the word, they put the card down and pick up another card.
- The Guesser may pass on the card by putting it in a separate pile and drawing a new card.
- When time is up, the player to the left of the Guesser becomes the new Guesser.
- At the end of the game, the whole group counts up how many words were guessed. Subtract the number of cards that were passed. That’s the team’s total points!
If you play this version, it’s important to make sure that the class understands that if the player isn’t guessing the word, it may be that the clues are not sufficient.
Student directions for the question version
This is the version where the student holding the card asks questions of other players.
Directions for students:
- Shuffle the cards.
- The person who choose the card is called the “Asker.” Other players are the “Answerers.”
- The Asker draws a card from the deck without looking at it and places it on their forehead, with the word facing the Answerers.
- The Asker flips over the timer, and it’s game on!
- The Asker asks questions that can be answered with a “yes” or a “no.”
- Answerers can only answer “yes” or “no.”
- Answerers cannot give the word or any part of the word or act it out or give hints of any kind.
- If a Answerer says the word or any part of it, the card is passed.
- If the Asker is able to figure out the word, they put the card down and pick up another card.
- The Asker may pass on the card by putting it in a separate pile and drawing a new card.
- When time is up, the player to the left of the Asker becomes the new Asker.
- At the end of the game, the whole group counts up how many words were guessed. Subtract the number of cards that were passed. That’s the team’s total points!
? How to play with the Heads Up app
If you would like to be super techy fun, you can modify the Heads Up app to play with your academic vocabulary.
You will need the paid version of the app to do this (it’s currently $1.39) because you need the custom deck feature available in the paid version only. Additionally, you need to spend 99 cents to buy the customizable deck.
This version does not work well as a whole group, but does work well for an intervention strategy or a learning station or a guided group activity.
After you buy the deck, select Create Your Own Deck and type in the words you want students to practice. You can add words to your deck whenever you want, so don’t stress about this part.
The game comes with a built-in video with the instructions, and it’s super easy to play.
A player holds the device (phone or iPad) up to his/her forehead. (Warning: iPads or other tablets get heavy!!!)
A vocabulary word will pop up on the screen.
The other players give clues to help the player guess the word without saying the word or a part of it.
When the word is guessed correctly and the player wants another word, the player bows his/her head forward, tilting the phone, and a new word will pop up on the screen.
If players believe the word isn’t going to be guessed, they can tilt their heads backwards (so the phone tilts). A different word will appear.
Each player’s turn lasts 60 seconds, with players then counting how many words they were able to guess in that time.
The device is passed to the next player, and the game continues until every player has had a turn or the allotted time has passed.
Note: It’s a good idea to have students wipe the device between players with an antiseptic wipe.
I’m not recommending this method, necessarily. I don’t think it really saves much time overall, and every device needs the paid version.
? When to Use the Heads Up Game:
One reason I’m devoting thousands of words to sharing the details of this activity is that it is so versatile. It belongs in every teacher’s toolbox.
Used in a whole-class method, this game is perfect for stolen moments.
It can be played in just a few minutes and works even while waiting in a line while kids take turns using the restroom or at similar times.
Played in small groups, it works in guided groups or in learning stations or centers.
It’s a perfect activity for re-teaching, and can be included as an intervention strategy for a student requiring additional practice.
It’s an easy game to share with parents for practice at home, if needed, wanted, and necessary.
? Why I Like It
If you play with questions or verbal clues, as opposed to charades, the thinking is usually deeper.
It develops different neural pathways to the same term, which is how we build deeper knowledge.
It’s flexible, easy to play, and students like it.
It allows us to work with small numbers of words, so it’s one of the few activities that works when there are only a few words one needs to review.
For example, if you have students in groups of three, you only need three terms for each person to have a turn.
Other benefits include:
- Students enjoy the learning
- It’s a great content-based ice breaker
- You can use it to build rapport in groups
- It encourages risk-taking
? Variations
You can easily make subtle variations, such as using Rock/Paper/Scissors to decide who goes first instead of the youngest player.
Other variations add more depth or change the experience more significantly.
For instance, you can vary the way you end the game. You can play until:
- a set time runs out
- the first team to reach a certain number of points wins
- an individual player gets a certain number of cards
- every card has been played
You can play with large decks or small numbers of cards.
Rather than each player trying to guess a single word in their turn, have the player try to get as many words as possible in the time allotted. Or, if you’ve been playing this way, play without a timer and just play until each word has been guessed.
Play in pairs and have them work as a pair to get as many words as possible as a duo in the time.
Give different words different point values.
? Distance Learning Version:
It’s a little trickier to play this game in a distance learning environment. You can message all of the students except one with the word, and have that one student be the Guesser. This is a little difficult, though.
You can divide the students into groups or rooms, and have one student in each room be the sharer of the words. That student messages a word to the others except one, who will be the guesser.
You can play a reverse version where the teacher knows the word and all of the students are guessing. This is perhaps the easiest way of all.
? Differentiation
To offer a greater challenge to strong students, you can make a challenge deck of difficult words.
For students needing support, offer question cards with possible questions the Guesser can ask about the word, such as:
- Am I alive?
- Am I a place?
- Am I an animal?
- Am I a person?
- Do I move?
- Do I make noise?
- Can I swim?
- Can I fly?
- Do I get eaten?
- Do I belong in a house?
- Can you buy me in a store?
- Am I bigger than a gallon of milk?
- Am I heavier than a baseball? A box of books?
- Can you hold me in your hand?
Some students have trouble thinking of questions, so this can be helpful.
If you are using vocabulary specific to a discipline, your questions should reflect that.
For math, the questions may look like:
- Am I a number?
- Am I an integer?
- Am I a theorem, rule, or law?
- Am I related to lines?
- Am I related to shapes?
- Am I related to triangles?
- Am I related to variables?
- Am I related to circles?
- Am I represented by a symbol?
- Would a fourth-grader know me?
- Would a seventh-grader know me?
- Can I be measured?
- Do you use a protractor with me?
For ELA, the questions may look like:
- Am I a literary element?
- Am I related to conflict?
- Am I related to characterization?
- Am I related to plot?
- Am I related to poetry?
You can also give a definition on the card for the person giving the clue as a support for struggling students.
? Preassessment
Heads Up works great for preassessment of vocabulary you think students should know prior to a year or unit.
There are two strong methods for preassessing using this method.
Both of them start with the same premise: The teacher compiles a list of vocabulary words the students should know or need to know prior to a learning experience.
That learning experience may be a particular unit or lesson, or it may be an entire year.
It’s amazing to many teachers how often students will have huge deficits in common academic vocabulary!
“Huh, you don’t know the word ‘angle.’ That’s going to make teaching measuring the area of a triangle tricky.”
When we know what words students don’t know, we can target those words with those students. To do this, we preassess.
Preassessment Method #1: Pairs
Play the Guesser/Cluer version of the game for this.
- Have students play the game in pairs using one deck per student (so the students will each play the entire deck).
- Have the Guessers guess their entire decks (not taking turns), and then switch.
- Have the Guessers set aside every word that is passed.
- Once they have played, have them switch and play with a different partner, using only the words that were passed.
The reason for this is to make sure the student didn’t miss the word just because of a poor clue-giver.
Whatever words are passed in this round are the target words that students need more review on.
Each student will have a different list.
Review those words in whatever method you want. If you find that the same words are commonly unknown, you may wish to do a whole-class review.
If you have some students who may be weaker, consider having a small group work with you as the Cluer for them.
Preassessment Method #2: Whole-class Review
For this method, the teacher goes through the whole deck being the Cluer.
Students have a sheet with a numbered list where they write down the word they think it is.
To play this, use larger paper (full sheets) with the words. Stack that face-down.
Have students take turns coming up and drawing a sheet and holding it against their foreheads.
Take care that the rest of the class cannot see it, only the teacher. You can have them sit in a chair facing the teacher while the teacher is standing.
The teacher gives clues, and the students write down their guess. When the teacher has given what he/she feels to be sufficient clues, the student holding the card shows it to the class.
Students put a check mark if they got it correct, and circle the number if they got it incorrect. All students write the word on their sheet.
The student holding the card gets credit for the word when they return to their seat. Trust me, they’ll remember it.
Another student comes up and draws a card.
Game repeats until all words are done.
This is a student fave!
? Wrapping Up
I’d suggest playing a few whole-class rounds with the teacher being the one holding the card. That way, students who aren’t familiar with the game can learn it without stress.
Also, students who may have played a little differently from the way you’re playing will pick up on this version.
This is such a great game, and once your students have played it, you’ll use it again and again.
There are few activities as flexible of this, and it works well for teachers with a variety of personal styles.
Because the clues and questions will vary based on the students playing and are influenced by group dynamics, it feels fresh, even when played frequently.
If you were only going to pick a handful of vocabulary activities, this is one I’d definitely include.?
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