Tags: beginner, intermediate, kids, vocabulary, warmer
The Last Letter First Letter ESL game is a really simple warmer or vocabulary practice technique which is often incorporated into other games.
2+
10-15 mins
Ball (Optional)
Setup
There are two versions of this game. In the first, students make a chain of words together as a class. In the second, students race to make a chain of words, either individually or in teams.
If you are playing the first version, arrange your students in a circle (or in rows).
If you are playing the second version, each student/team will need a piece of paper.
Game
Version 1:
- Give the students a vocabulary category e.g. food.
- The first student says any word in that vocabulary category.
- The next student (to the left or who the previous student throws the ball to) has to say another word in the category. However that word must begin with the last letter of the previous word.
- The students continue in this manner, making a chain of words, e.g. tomato – orange – egg – grapes.
- (Optional) If a student takes too long they have to do a forfeit (e.g. putting an arm behind their back, standing on one leg, or something from our Challenge Generator).
Version 2:
- Give the students a vocabulary category e.g. food.
- The students/teams have to write down a chain of words in that category. Each word must begin with the last letter of the previous word, e.g. tomato – orange – egg – grapes.
- Give them one or two minutes and award points for each word made in the chain. Or, have them shout ‘Stop!’ when they reach five words. That team receives five points while the other teams receive a point for each word they have at that time.
- Repeat for other vocabulary categories. The team with the most points at the end wins.
Target Language
The Last Letter First Letter ESL game is great warmer or vocabulary practice technique for beginner and intermediate students, including kids. Just be aware that some vocabulary categories are more difficult to form a chain with than others! More advanced students may even start to try and give the next student a hard letter in the first version.
Some potential vocabulary categories are food, animals, jobs, sports and hobbies, clothes, and places in the city.
This word-chain technique is often incorporated into other games like I Went To The Shop and Board Race.
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er 10 Write a word from Units 4-6 to match these meanings. The first letter of each word is given. 1 art lesson: a school subject which involves painting and drawing 2 b :you look through these to see things far away 3 coffein : it’s in coffee and tea and it makes you feel active : you make this when you decide to do something 5 e : a formal test 6 f drink: a drink with gas 7 8 : we play these (e.g. football, tennis) : students do this after school for 8h their teacher 9 i t : the subject of computers; what IT stands for 10 ____ f : food that isn’t healthy because it has lots of fat or sugar 11 first aid k : a bag of medicines, bandages, etc., to treat ill/injured people : books, poems, plays 12 1 13 m : a fast form of transport with two wheels 14 n_____________ :it’s got empty pages and you write notes in it 15 0 : connected to the internet 16 p. : a small round piece of medicine that you put in your mouth and swallow 17 r : a sport for which you have to wear special boots with wheels 18 s : a large boat that carries people or things across the sea : an electric street train 19 t :special clothes that students have 20 u to wear at school 21 V : potatoes, carrots, onions and peas are this type of food : clothes that don’t allow water to 22 w enter are this : an activity that helps relax the 23 y. body and mind
More doesn’t always mean better. Smarter is better.
One sentence may be as useful for teaching purposes as a wall of text with lots of words.
My today’s post is a collection of one-sentence games (see Word Games if you’d like to try some games with words). These are games that require next to no time to prepare and might be used to help students retain new vocabulary and grammar, improve their speaking and writing, while playing around with the language.
Similar to the Telescopic Text experiment, the aim of the game is to expand a phrase or a simple sentence into as long a sentence as possible by adding extra words. You can play the game with the whole group or split students into small teams. Write a single word or a phrase on the board. Then invite students to add one or two extra words to make it into a longer sentence. Each word brings one point. The winner is the one who has scored more points.
Go
Go to the shop
Go to the shop to buy a mug
Go to the shop to buy a coffee mug
Go to the shop to buy a ceramic coffee mug
I need to go to the shop to buy a lovely ceramic coffee mug
I need to go to the shop to buy a lovely ceramic coffee mug for my mom
Today, I need to go to the shop to buy a lovely ceramic coffee mug for my mom…………………………………………………………………………………
You can use this game to make any gap-fill exercise more learning rich. Get students to suggest more words or phrases that could be added to the item (before/after).
E.g. They ______ (to plan) a trip.
They planned a trip to England.
They planned a 2-day trip to England.
They planned a 2-day trip to England so they could see ………………….
The idea is beautifully explained in the Opposites Game by Brendan Constantine.
As a writing exercise, Brendan Constantine gives students a line of famous poetry and asks them to write, word for word, the exact opposite.
This activity works really well as a pre-reading exercise, serving as a springboard for further discussion.
Students recite alphabet silently, the Curious Cat says ‘STOP’ and points randomly at a player. The player tells which letter he/she stopped at. Or use the Random Letter Generator.
The Curious Cat asks students different questions – Who? Why? Where? When?, etc. – to which the players should give short answers starting with the letter they picked (this can be a phrase or a single word). For example, the letter ‘C’:
‘Who?’ – Captain Cook. – ‘Where?’ – Congo. ‘With whom?’ – Caitleen. ‘Where from?’ Cairo. ‘When?’ – Christmas night.
Every time a player cannot give an answer, the Cat gets one point. The game stops after the Cat gets three points.
You can also use it to practise answering and asking questions (grammar focus). Get the Cat to ask full questions:
Who?’ – Captain Cook. – ‘Where did Captain Cook go?’ – He went to Congo. ‘With whom did he go to Congo?’ – With Caitleen/He went there with Caitleen. ‘Where was Caitleen from?’ – She was from Cairo. ‘When did Captain Cook and Caitleen go to Congo?’ – They went to Congo on Christmas night.
Ask your students to make up one sentence answering the questions, “Who, does what, to whom, when, where, how, and why?” in one long sentence.
E.g. Captain Cook and Caitleen were sure nothing Congo wrong on Christmas night.
Either use your list of words, or
hand out a sheet of paper to each student. Ask them to write down
a noun
Rotate the sheets.
a verb
Rotate the sheets.
an adjective
Rotate the sheets.
a noun
Rotate the sheets.
any word at their choice
Rotate the sheets.
Once each student has got their words, tell them that they must write a single sentence that uses all the five words.
This game can be played by 2-3 players. Write a simple sentence. Then players should add one word to the sentence to make a new sentence. 
The player who adds the last word wins.
Hangman with a sentence sounds like an ideal combination.
Pick any sentence. I often use opening lines from different books (often, the ones I’d like my students to open and read, or the ones that are relevant to the topic of class discussion). The rules are the same as in Basic Hangman: draw a blank line for each word in the sentence, and ask your students to guess it by suggesting words. If the sentence is long, you may give a few words to simplify the task a bit.
So, this is the opening line from Peter Pan. Have you read the book?
Draw one element of a hangman’s gallows when the students guess wrong. If you find Hangman insensitive, it might be easily transformed into a score-based game. Give a point to the team for each word guessed.
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Here’s an interesting idea from Tefldust:
Present the first letters of each word of the sentence and ask students to come up with a grammatically correct sentence.
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Do you have a good one-sentence game to add to this collection?
Scoring
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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!
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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