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Here’s an archive of previous Wordle words

A close-up of part of a Wordle grid. The letters spell "past wordle answers".

Looking for an archive of past Wordle answers? Wordle has become something of a household name in browser-based games over the past year, its daily puzzles prompting the entire internet to stretch their lexical muscles, scratch their brains, and compare notes online after their six guesses are complete.

Hundreds of Wordle puzzles have passed since the game was first unleashed onto the world, and there’s now a burgeoning repository of words that now cannot be used for any future Wordle puzzles. If you’re looking for an up-to-date alphabetical list of all previous Wordle answers, check out our list below. You can also keep scrolling for a primer on how Wordle works for the uninitiated.


Looking for today’s solution? Check out the Wordle hint and answer for Saturday 15 April!

Looking for an alternative to Wordle? Here are eight of our favourite Wordle-likes to add to your morning puzzle routine.

Past Wordle answers

Below you can find our list of the most recent previous Wordle solutions, both so you can see what Wordle is all about, and so you know which words to avoid guessing for future Wordles.

  • Thursday 13 April (#663): CARAT
  • Wednesday 12 April (#662): BORAX
  • Tuesday 11 April (#661): QUALM
  • Monday 10 April (#660): UNDER
  • Sunday 9 April (#659): SNAFU
  • Saturday 8 April (#658): LEDGE
  • Friday 7 April (#657): LOCUS

All Wordle answers

  • ABACK
  • ABASE
  • ABATE
  • ABBEY
  • ABOVE
  • ABYSS
  • ACUTE
  • ADMIT
  • ADOBE
  • ADOPT
  • ADORE
  • AGAPE
  • AGATE
  • AGREE
  • AHEAD
  • ALBUM
  • ALIEN
  • ALIKE
  • ALLOW
  • ALOFT
  • ALONE
  • ALOUD
  • ALPHA
  • ALTAR
  • ALTER
  • AMBER
  • AMPLE
  • ANGRY
  • ANTIC
  • AORTA
  • APHID
  • APPLE
  • APPLY
  • APRON
  • APTLY
  • ARBOR
  • ARGUE
  • AROMA
  • ASIDE
  • ASKEW
  • ASSET
  • ATOLL
  • ATONE
  • AUDIT
  • AVAIL
  • AVERT
  • AWAKE
  • AWFUL
  • AXIOM
  • BADGE
  • BADLY
  • BAKER
  • BANAL
  • BASIC
  • BATON
  • BATTY
  • BAYOU
  • BEADY
  • BEEFY
  • BEGIN
  • BEING
  • BELCH
  • BELIE
  • BELLY
  • BENCH
  • BERTH
  • BESET
  • BIOME
  • BIRTH
  • BLACK
  • BLAME
  • BLAND
  • BLEED
  • BLOKE
  • BLOWN
  • BLUFF
  • BLURB
  • BLURT
  • BLUSH
  • BOOBY
  • BOOST
  • BOOZE
  • BOOZY
  • BORAX
  • BOUGH
  • BRAID
  • BRAKE
  • BRAVE
  • BREAD
  • BREAK
  • BRIAR
  • BRIBE
  • BRINE
  • BRING
  • BRINK
  • BRISK
  • BUGGY
  • CACAO
  • CACHE
  • CANNY
  • CARAT
  • CARGO
  • CARRY
  • CATER
  • CATCH
  • CAULK
  • CHAFE
  • CHAMP
  • CHANT
  • CHARD
  • CHARM
  • CHEAT
  • CHEEK
  • CHEST
  • CHIEF
  • CHILL
  • CHOKE
  • CHORD
  • CHUNK
  • CHUTE
  • CIDER
  • CIGAR
  • CINCH
  • CIVIC
  • CLASS
  • CLEAN
  • CLICK
  • CLING
  • CLOCK
  • CLOTH
  • CLOWN
  • CLUCK
  • COAST
  • COLON
  • COMET
  • COMMA
  • CONDO
  • CONIC
  • CORNY
  • COULD
  • COUNT
  • COYLY
  • CRAMP
  • CRANK
  • CRASS
  • CRATE
  • CRAVE
  • CRAZE
  • CRAZY
  • CREAK
  • CREDO
  • CREPT
  • CRIMP
  • CROAK
  • CROSS
  • CRUST
  • CYNIC
  • DANCE
  • DANDY
  • DEATH
  • DEBUG
  • DELTA
  • DELVE
  • DENIM
  • DEPOT
  • DEPTH
  • DIGIT
  • DODGE
  • DONOR
  • DOUBT
  • DOWRY
  • DOZEN
  • DRAIN
  • DREAM
  • DRINK
  • DRIVE
  • DROLL
  • DUCHY
  • DUTCH
  • DUVET
  • DWARF
  • EGRET
  • EJECT
  • ELDER
  • ELOPE
  • ELUDE
  • EMAIL
  • ENEMA
  • ENJOY
  • EPOCH
  • EPOXY
  • EQUAL
  • ERODE
  • ERROR
  • ESSAY
  • EVADE
  • EVERY
  • EXCEL
  • EXIST
  • EXTRA
  • EXULT
  • FARCE
  • FAULT
  • FAVOR
  • FEAST
  • FEIGN
  • FERRY
  • FEWER
  • FIELD
  • FIFTY
  • FINER
  • FIRST
  • FISHY
  • FIXER
  • FJORD
  • FLAIL
  • FLAIR
  • FLESH
  • FLICK
  • FLING
  • FLIRT
  • FLOAT
  • FLOCK
  • FLOOD
  • FLOOR
  • FLORA
  • FLOSS
  • FLOUT
  • FLUFF
  • FLUME
  • FOCAL
  • FOCUS
  • FOGGY
  • FORAY
  • FORGE
  • FORGO
  • FORTH
  • FOUND
  • FOYER
  • FRAME
  • FRESH
  • FROCK
  • FRONT
  • FROTH
  • FUNGI
  • GAMER
  • GAMMA
  • GAUDY
  • GAUZE
  • GAWKY
  • GECKO
  • GIANT
  • GIRTH
  • GLASS
  • GLEAN
  • GLOAT
  • GLOOM
  • GLORY
  • GLOVE
  • GLYPH
  • GOLEM
  • GONER
  • GOOSE
  • GORGE
  • GOUGE
  • GRADE
  • GRATE
  • GREAT
  • GREET
  • GRIME
  • GRIMY
  • GRIPE
  • GROIN
  • GROUP
  • GROUT
  • GROVE
  • GROWL
  • GRUEL
  • GUANO
  • GUILD
  • GULLY
  • HAIRY
  • HAPPY
  • HATCH
  • HAVOC
  • HEADY
  • HEATH
  • HEIST
  • HELIX
  • HERON
  • HINGE
  • HOARD
  • HOMER
  • HORSE
  • HOWDY
  • HUMAN
  • HUMOR
  • HUMPH
  • HUNKY
  • HURRY
  • HUTCH
  • HYPER
  • IMPEL
  • INANE
  • INEPT
  • INERT
  • INFER
  • INPUT
  • INTER
  • IONIC
  • IRONY
  • ISLET
  • ITCHY
  • IVORY
  • JAUNT
  • JOUST
  • JUDGE
  • KARMA
  • KEBAB
  • KHAKI
  • KIOSK
  • KNOCK
  • KNOLL
  • KOALA
  • LABEL
  • LABOR
  • LAPEL
  • LAPSE
  • LARVA
  • LAYER
  • LEAFY
  • LEAPT
  • LEAVE
  • LEDGE
  • LEERY
  • LEMON
  • LIBEL
  • LIGHT
  • LILAC
  • LINEN
  • LIVER
  • LOCUS
  • LOFTY
  • LOOPY
  • LOSER
  • LOWLY
  • LUNAR
  • LUSTY
  • LYING
  • MADAM
  • MAGIC
  • MAIZE
  • MAJOR
  • MANLY
  • MANOR
  • MAPLE
  • MARCH
  • MARRY
  • MARSH
  • MASSE
  • MATEY
  • MAXIM
  • MEALY
  • MEDAL
  • MERIT
  • METAL
  • MIDGE
  • MIDST
  • MIMIC
  • MINCE
  • MODEL
  • MOIST
  • MOLAR
  • MONEY
  • MONTH
  • MOOSE
  • MOTOR
  • MOTTO
  • MOULT
  • MOUNT
  • MOURN
  • MOVIE
  • MUCKY
  • MUMMY
  • NAIVE
  • NASTY
  • NATAL
  • NAVAL
  • NEEDY
  • NIGHT
  • NINTH
  • NYMPH
  • OFFAL
  • OLIVE
  • ONSET
  • OPERA
  • OTHER
  • OUGHT
  • OUTDO
  • OXIDE
  • PANEL
  • PANIC
  • PAPER
  • PARER
  • PARRY
  • PATTY
  • PAUSE
  • PEACH
  • PERCH
  • PERKY
  • PHASE
  • PHOTO
  • PICKY
  • PIETY
  • PILOT
  • PINEY
  • PINKY
  • PINTO
  • PITHY
  • PIXIE
  • PLANT
  • PLEAT
  • PLUCK
  • POINT
  • POISE
  • POKER
  • POLKA
  • POUND
  • POWER
  • PRICK
  • PRIDE
  • PRIME
  • PRIMO
  • PRINT
  • PRIZE
  • PROBE
  • PROVE
  • PROXY
  • PULPY
  • PURGE
  • QUALM
  • QUART
  • QUERY
  • QUIET
  • QUIRK
  • RADIO
  • RAINY
  • RATIO
  • REACT
  • REBUS
  • REBUT
  • RECAP
  • REGAL
  • RENEW
  • REPAY
  • RETCH
  • RETRO
  • REVEL
  • RHINO
  • RHYME
  • RIPER
  • RIVAL
  • ROBIN
  • ROBOT
  • ROGUE
  • ROOMY
  • ROUGE
  • ROUND
  • ROYAL
  • RUDDY
  • RUDER
  • RUPEE
  • RUSTY
  • SAINT
  • SALAD
  • SALSA
  • SAUTE
  • SCALD
  • SCARE
  • SCOLD
  • SCORN
  • SCOUR
  • SCRAP
  • SEDAN
  • SEEDY
  • SERVE
  • SEVER
  • SHAKE
  • SHALL
  • SHAME
  • SHARD
  • SHAWL
  • SHINE
  • SHIRE
  • SHIRK
  • SHOWN
  • SHOWY
  • SHRUB
  • SHRUG
  • SIEGE
  • SISSY
  • SKILL
  • SKIRT
  • SLATE
  • SLEEK
  • SLOSH
  • SLOTH
  • SLUMP
  • SLUNG
  • SMART
  • SMASH
  • SMEAR
  • SMELT
  • SMITE
  • SNAFU
  • SNARL
  • SNEAK
  • SNOUT
  • SOGGY
  • SOLAR
  • SOLVE
  • SONIC
  • SOUND
  • SOWER
  • SPADE
  • SPELL
  • SPEND
  • SPICY
  • SPIEL
  • SPIKE
  • SPILL
  • SPIRE
  • SPOKE
  • SPRAY
  • SQUAD
  • SQUAT
  • STAFF
  • STAGE
  • STAID
  • STAIR
  • STALE
  • STAND
  • START
  • STEAD
  • STEED
  • STEIN
  • STICK
  • STING
  • STINK
  • STOCK
  • STOMP
  • STOOL
  • STORE
  • STORY
  • STOUT
  • STOVE
  • STUDY
  • SUGAR
  • SURER
  • SURLY
  • SWEAT
  • SWEEP
  • SWEET
  • SWILL
  • SWIRL
  • SYRUP
  • TACIT
  • TANGY
  • TAPER
  • TAPIR
  • TASTY
  • TAUNT
  • TEASE
  • TEPID
  • THEIR
  • THEME
  • THERE
  • THIRD
  • THORN
  • THOSE
  • THUMB
  • THYME
  • TIARA
  • TIBIA
  • TIGER
  • TILDE
  • TIPSY
  • TODAY
  • TORSO
  • TOTEM
  • TOUGH
  • TOXIC
  • TRACE
  • TRAIN
  • TRAIT
  • TRASH
  • TRAWL
  • TREAT
  • TREND
  • TRIAD
  • TRICE
  • TRITE
  • TROLL
  • TROPE
  • TROVE
  • TRUSS
  • TRYST
  • TWANG
  • TWEED
  • TWICE
  • TWINE
  • ULCER
  • ULTRA
  • UNDER
  • UNDUE
  • UNFED
  • UNFIT
  • UNIFY
  • UNITE
  • UNLIT
  • UNMET
  • UNTIE
  • UPSET
  • USAGE
  • USHER
  • USING
  • USUAL
  • USURP
  • VAGUE
  • VALET
  • VALID
  • VIGOR
  • VIRAL
  • VITAL
  • VIVID
  • VODKA
  • VOICE
  • VOTER
  • VOUCH
  • WACKY
  • WALTZ
  • WASTE
  • WATCH
  • WEARY
  • WEDGE
  • WHACK
  • WHELP
  • WHERE
  • WHINE
  • WHOOP
  • WINCE
  • WOKEN
  • WOOER
  • WORLD
  • WORRY
  • WORSE
  • WOVEN
  • WROTE
  • WRUNG
  • YACHT
  • YEARN
  • YIELD
  • YOUTH
  • ZESTY

Wordle doesn’t repeat words if it can help it. Perhaps one day the New York Times will need to start recycling old words, but there’s an awful lot of viable five-letter words to choose from, so for now you can feel free to use this archive to check if the word you’re about to guess has already been used previously, and therefore cannot be the solution to today’s puzzle.

An example of a Wordle game. The words from top to bottom are: Hello, Hotel, Hover, Homer.

What is Wordle?

Wordle is a little daily word game that takes place on a grid. The aim is to guess the hidden five-letter word for that day, and you do that by entering in five-letter words as guesses.

With each guess you enter, the tiles of some letters may light up yellow or green, giving you information about whether any of the letters you’ve used appear in the solution word:

  • Green: Green means that letter appears in the same place in the solution word.
  • Yellow: Yellow means the letter appears in the solution word, but in a different position.
  • Grey: Grey means that letter does not appear in the solution word.

Using this information you can slowly learn more about which letters are in the solution word, hopefully giving you the information you need to guess it correctly. You have six guesses in total: if you don’t find the solution word by your sixth guess, then you’ve lost that day’s Wordle.

You can only play one Wordle per day. So once you’ve completed today’s Wordle, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to play again. If you want to get off to a good start, be sure to check out our list of the best starting words for Wordle.


If you’re looking to play more Wordle-like games without having to wait for the next day, Graham has been out scouring the interwebs for great Wordle-inspired puzzles to play. There’s Absurdle, which is comprised entirely of curse words; there’s Worldle, in which you must guess a country of the world based on its shape; there’s Waffle, which is about swapping letters in a completed grid to complete all the words; there’s also Moviedle, which shows you an entire movie in a tiny space of time and challenges you to guess the movie within six guesses; and there’s Quordle, which tasks you with solving four Wordles at once with the same guesses.

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Have a look at these three sets of words and see if you can guess which entered the language first.

A.-

Check the answers for set «A» here

B.-

Check the answers for set «B» here

C.-

Check the answers for set «C» here

Source: Oxford Words blog

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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

Wizarding Wordle

Harry Potter Wordle. Do you like Wordle? Do you like Harry Potter? This is the place for you.

movie

Letterle

Wordle but with a single letter instead of a word.

twist

Literalnie

Polska gra słowna bazowana na viralowym wordle — odgadnij dzisiejsze słowo!

polish

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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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

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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

letters-words

If you want to improve your writing, maybe it’s time to ditch all the writing books and podcasts and play some word games instead.

Yes, seriously! Word games and writing games are great ways to develop your vocabulary, to help you think more deeply about words, to have fun with story and structure, and to get a lot of fun out of writing.

But games can be a great way to:

  • Develop your vocabulary
  • Help you think more deeply about words
  • Become more fluent in English (if it’s a foreign language for you)
  • Invent and develop characters

… and much more.

After the list of 50 writing games, I’ve given you a top ten that I think are particularly great for kids who want to practice their writing skills. Many of the other games are suitable for children, too, so by all means try out other games as a family if you want to.

Of course, there are loads of online games (and quizzes and tools) that you can use to improve your writing skills, and I will be talking about some of the best of those. But there are also lots of tried-and-tested classic games that you can play with pen and paper, or using cards and dice … and we’ll be taking a look at those first.

5 Pen and Paper Word Games


I’ll start with the simplest games: pen and paper ones that you can play pretty much anywhere, so long as you have a pen.

All of these are suitable for children, and some (like crosswords) are enjoyed by many adults too.

#1: Hangman (2+ players)

Hangman is a classic word game for two players. One player thinks of a word and writes down dashes to represent the number of letters. The other guesses letters of the alphabet. Correct letters are inserted into the word; incorrect letters result in another segment of the “hangman” being drawn.

This is a great game for developing spelling and vocabulary. If you’re playing it with small children, you can do it without the perhaps rather unpleasant “hangman” element, and just count how many guesses each player takes!

#2: Crosswords (1 player)

A crossword is a grid of white and black squares, where each white square is one letter of a word. The words intersect. You can find crosswords in many newspapers and magazines (on all sorts of subjects), and you can buy booklets and books full of them. Some crosswords are “cryptic”: great if you like brainteasers. Others have more straightforward clues.

Crosswords are great if you want to learn new words and definitions, or (at the cryptic end of the scale) if you enjoy playing with words and language. Simple ones are suitable for fairly young children, with a little help.

#3: Word searches (1 player)

A word search has a grid (often 10×10 or more) filled with letters, and a number of words written alongside or beneath the grid. The person completing the word search needs to find those words within the grid.

Most word searches are easy enough for children, though younger children will struggle with backward and diagonal words. They’re a good way to get used to letter patterns and to improve spelling – and because word searches rely on matching letters, even children who can’t read well will be able to complete simple ones.

#4: Consequences (2+ players, ideally 4+)

This is a fun game with a group of people, as you get a wild and wacky mix of ideas. Each player writes down one line of a story and folds the paper over before passing it around the table to the next player. The very simple version we play has five lines: (1) A male name, (2) The word “met” then a female name, (3) “He said …” (4) “She said …” (5) “And then …”

Once all five stages are complete, the players open out the papers and read out the results. This can be great for sparking ideas, or as a way to encourage reluctant writers to have a go.

#5: Bulls and Cows (2 players)

This game, which can also be called “Mastermind” or “Jotto” involves one player thinking up a secret word of a set number of letters. The second player guesses a word; the first player tells them how many letters match in the right position (bulls) and how many letters are correct but in the wrong position (cows).

Our five year old loves this game, and it’s been a great way to develop her spelling and handwriting as well as logical thinking about which letters can or can’t be the correct ones after a few guesses.

10 Board and Dice Games

Scrabble

These are all games you can buy from Amazon (or quite probably your local toyshop). They’re fun ways to foster a love of writing within your family, or to share your enjoyment of words with your friends.

#1: Scrabble (2+ players)

A classic of word games, Scrabble is a game played with letter tiles on a board that’s marked with different squares. (Some squares provide extra points.) Letters have different points values depending on how common they are. The end result of scrabble looks like a crossword: a number of words overlapping with one another.

If you want to develop your vocabulary (particularly of obscure two-letter words…) then Scrabble is a great game to play. It’s suitable for children too, particularly in “Junior” versions.

#2: Boggle (2+ players)

This is less well known than Scrabble, but it was one I enjoyed as a child. To play Boggle, you shake a box full of dice with a letter on each side, and the dice land in the 4×4 grid at the bottom of the box. You then make as many words as you can from the resulting face-up letters.

Again, this is a good one for developing vocabulary – and it can be played by children as well as by adults. You need to write down the words you come up with, which can also be good for developing handwriting.

#3: Pass the Bomb (2+ players)

It’s very simple to play: you deal a card for the round pass a “bomb” around the table and when it goes off, the person holding it loses. Before you can pass the bomb on during your turn, you need to come up with a word that contains the letters on the card.

It’s a fun family or party game, and can work well with a wide range of ages. It’s a great way to help children think about letter patterns, too, and to develop vocabulary and spelling.

#4: Story Cubes (1+ players)

There are lots of different versions of these available, and they all work in a similar way. The open-ended game has a set of cubes that you roll to create ideas for a story that you can tell along with the other players. If you prefer, you can use them to come up with stories that you’re going to write on your own.

There are lots of different ways you can use them: as writing prompts for a school class or group, to make up a bedtime story together with your children, for getting past your own writers’ block, or almost anything you can think of.

#5: Apples to Apples (2+ players)

Apples to Apples has red cards (with the name of a person, place, thing, etc) and green cards (with two different descriptions): the player with a green card selects one of the descriptions, and others have to choose a card from their hand of red cards. The judge for that game decides which red card best matches the description.

If you want to develop your vocabulary (or your kids’), this could be a fun game to play. There are lots of expansions available, plus a “junior” version with simpler words. (If you’re playing with adults, you might also want to consider Cards Against Humanity, a decidedly not-kid-friendly game that works in a very similar way.)

#6: Letter Tycoon (2+ players)

In this game, you have a hand of 7 cards which you can use in conjunction with the 3 “community cards” to create a valuable word. It’s a more strategic game than some others, with aspects of finance (like patents and royalties) involved too – if you’re a budding tycoon, you might really enjoy it.

Because not all the game strategy depends on simply being good with words, it doesn’t matter if some players have a larger vocabulary than others. It’s suitable for children, too, so you can play it as a family game.

#7: Dabble (2+ players)

Dabble is a family-friendly game where you compete with other players to be the first to create five words (of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 letters) using your 20 tiles. It’s very simple to get the hang of … but coming up with the words might be more challenging than you expect!

If you enjoy Boggle or Scrabble, you’ll probably have fun with Dabble. It’s a great way to develop both spelling and vocabulary, and to have fun with words.

#8: Upwords (2+ players)

Upwords is like 3D Scrabble: you can stack tiles on top of other tiles to create new words. The board is smaller than a Scrabble board (and doesn’t have double and triple word score squares) so it’s not as complex as it might initially sound.

Like similar games, it’s a great one for building vocabulary and for developing your spelling. It’s suitable for kids, too, so it could be a great game for the whole family.

#9: Tapple (2+ players)

Tapple has a wheel, with most of the letters of the alphabet on it, and lots of different “topic cards” that cover 144 different categories. There are lots of different ways you can play it – the basic rules are that each player has to think of a word that fits the topic within 10 seconds, but that word can’t start with a starting letter that’s been used previously.

While small children might find it a bit too challenging or frustrating, due to the short time limit, this could be a great game for older children looking to extend their vocabulary. All the categories are suitable for kids.

#10: Last Word (2+ players)

In Last Word, players have to come up with answers to “Subject” and “Letter” combinations, racing to get the last word before the buzzer. It works a bit like a combination of “Tapple” and “Pass the Bomb”.

You can easily play it with a large group (there are tokens for up to 8 players, but you could add more without affecting the gameplay). It’s a great way to develop vocabulary and, to some extent, spelling.

5 Roleplaying Games

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While my geeky tendencies have been reined in a bit since I had kids, I’ll admit I have a great fondness for roleplaying games: ones where you come up with a character (often, but by no means always in a magic-medieval setting) and play as them. These are some great ones that you might like to try.

#1: Dungeons and Dragons (3+ players)

Although you might never have played Dungeons and Dragons, I’m sure you’ve heard of this classic roleplaying game that’s been around since 1974 and is now onto is 5th edition. It takes rather longer to get to grips with than a board or card game: to play, you need a “Dungeon Master” (essentially the storyteller of the game) and at least two players (who each control a character), plus rulebooks and a lot of different dice.

It’s a great game for developing the “big picture” aspects of writing, like the ability to construct a plot and a story (if you’re the Dungeon Master) and the skills involved with creating a character, giving them a backstory, and acting “in character” as them (if you’re one of the players).

#2: Amazing Tales (1 parent, plus 1 or 2 children)

This is a kid-friendly RPG aimed at parents who want to create a story with their child(ren). It’s like a very simple version of Dungeons and Dragons, and has straightforward but flexible rules. You can play it with a single six-sided dice – though it’s better if you have four dice (with six, eight, ten and twelve sides).

If you want to encourage your child’s creativity and have fun creating stories together, this is a wonderful game to play. The rulebook contains lots of ideas and sample settings, with suggested characters and skills … but you can come up with pretty much any scenario you like.

#3: LARP (Live Action Roleplay) (lots of players)

Over the past decade or so, LARP has become a bit more mainstream than it once was. It’s short for “Live Action Roleplay” … which basically means dressing up as your character and pretending to be them. It’s a bit like Dungeons and Dragons crossed with improv drama.

The nature of LARP is that it needs quite a lot of people, so unless you have loads of friends to rope in, you’ll want to join an organised LARP – there are lots out there, covering all sorts of different themes, from traditional fantasy ones to futuristic sci-fi ones. Some are suitable for children, but do ask event organisers about this. They won’t necessarily involve any sort of writing, but can be a great way to explore characters and dialogue.

#4: MUDs (lots of players)

MUDs, or “multi-user dungeons” have been around since the early days of networked computing in the ‘70s, and are the forerunners of games like Fortnite and World of Warcraft. They’re now distinctly retro-looking text-based online games, where players create a character and interact with other characters and the world.

Like other types of roleplaying game, they’re a great way to practice storytelling and character-development skills. They also involve a lot of writing – so they can be useful for things like vocabulary and spelling. Some are suitable for children, but as with anything online, do ensure your children know how to be safe (e.g. by not giving out their full name, address, etc).

#5: Online Forum Games / Forum Roleplaying (2+ players)

Some fan communities write collaborative fanfiction through forums (here’s an example), with different people posting little pieces as different “characters” to continue a story. These can be quite involved and complex, and they can be a great way to learn the skills of telling a long, detailed story (e.g. if you’re thinking of writing a novel).

They’ll probably appeal most to writers who are already producing fanfiction on their own, and who have a fair amount of time for the back-and-forth required for forum roleplaying. Again, if your child wants to get involved with this type of roleplaying, do make sure you monitor what they’re doing and who they’re interacting with.

10 Word Games You Can Play on Your Phone

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These days, many writers are more likely to have their phone to hand than a pen and paper … and to be fair, there’s nothing wrong with that. You can easily make notes on a phone, whether by tapping them in or by recording them. If you find yourself with a bit of time on your hands, why not try one of these writing-related games?

Note: all of these are free to download, but most allow in-app purchases, and you may find you need to make a purchase to get the most out of them.

#1: Bonza Word Puzzle

This game is a bit like a deconstructed crossword: you get bits of the puzzle and you drag them together to form words that will all match with the clue. If you’re a fan of crosswords and want something a bit different, you might just love it.

It’s a great way to think hard about letter patterns and how words are put together, so it might be a good game for older children who’re looking to develop their spelling and vocabulary, too.

#2: Dropwords 2

Dropwords 2 (a rewrite of the original Dropwords) is a word-finding puzzle where letters drop from the top of the screen: if you remember Tetris, you’ll get the idea. It’s a bit like Scrabble or Boggle, and you have to race the clock to make letters out of the words on the screen.

With six different modes (“normall”, “lightning”, “relax”, etc), it’s suitable for children and for people who are learning English, as well as for those wanting to really challenge their vocabulary skills.

#3: Spellspire

Spellspire is a fantasy-style game where you select letters from a grid to create words: the longer the word, the bigger the blast from your magic wand! You can kill monsters, buy better equipment, and make your way to the top of the Spellspire.

If your kids aren’t very motivated to practice their spelling, this could be a great game for them. (Or, let’s face it, for you!) You can also choose to play it against your Facebook friends, adding a competitive element.

#4: TypeShift

This is a relatively simple game that lets you create words from letters arranged on different dials. There are a couple of different ways you can play: by trying to use all the letters on the dials at least once to create words, or by tackling the “Clue Puzzles”, which are a bit like crossword clues.

Again, if you want to develop your spelling and vocabulary, this is a straightforward game that you can use to do so. You can buy extra puzzle packs at a fairly reasonable price, if you find that you want to play it a lot.

#5: Wordalot

This crossword app uses pictures rather than written clues, which is a fun twist. You can use coins to get hints (you can earn these through the game, or purchase them with real money).

If you enjoy doing crosswords but want something a bit different, give this one a try. You might find that as well as helping you develop your spelling and vocabulary, it’s a great way to develop your lateral thinking as you puzzle out the clues.

#6: WordBrain

This game is another one where you have to find hidden, scrambled words within a grid. There are loads of different levels (1180!) and so this could keep you busy for a long time. You can purchase hints – this could potentially see you clocking up quite a spend, though.

All the words are appropriate for children (though some are tricky to spell), so your kids might well enjoy this game too, as a way to develop their spelling and vocabulary.

#7: Ruzzle

Ruzzle works like Boggle, with a 4×4 grid of letters that you use to make words (the letters must be adjacent to one another). You can play it against friends, or simply against random players.

Like the other apps we’ve looked at, it’s a good one for developing your vocabulary and spelling. Some players said it included too many ads, so this is something to be aware of if you plan to use the free version rather than upgrading.

#8: WordWhizzle Search

This is a word search type game with loads of different levels to play. If you enjoy word searches, it’s a great way to carry lots around in your pocket! You can play it alone or with Facebook friends. It’s easy to get to grips with, but the levels get increasingly tricky, so you’re unlikely to get bored quickly.

As with other apps, this is a great one for developing your spelling and vocabulary. Each level has a particular description (words should match with this), so you have to avoid any “decoy” words that don’t match.

#9: 7 Little Words

This game works a bit like a crossword: each puzzle has seven clues, seven mystery words, and 20 tiles that include groups of letters. You need to solve the clues and rearrange the letter types so you can create the answers to the mystery words – so it’s also a bit like an anagram.

There are five different difficulty levels (“easy” to “impossible”) and each game is quick to play, so this could be a good one for kids too. Again, it’s a great way to develop vocabulary and spelling.

#10: Words With Friends

This classic word-building game is hugely popular, and you can play against your Facebook or Twitter friends, or against a random opponent. It works just like Scrabble, where you have seven letter tiles and add them to a board.

You can chat with the opponent in a chat window, so do be aware of this if you’re allowing your kids to play. The game is a great way to develop vocabulary and spelling, and you can play it fairly casually because there’s no time limit on your moves.

10 Word Games You Can Play in Your Browser

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What if you want a writing-related game you can play while taking a break at your computer? All of these are games that you can play in your browser: some involve a lot of writing and are essentially story-telling apps, whereas others are essentially digital versions of traditional pen and paper games.

Unless otherwise noted, these games are free. With some free browser games, you’ll see a lot of ads. If this annoys you, or if you’re concerned that the ads may be unsuitable for your children, you may want to opt for premium games instead.

#1: Wild West Hangman

This is a digital version of Hangman, which we covered above. You choose a category for words (e.g. “Countries” or “Fruits And Vegetables”) and then you play it just like regular Hangman.

It’s simple enough for children – but it only takes six wrong guesses for your cowboy to be hanged, too, so it could get frustrating for younger children.

#2: Word Wipe

In Word Wipe, you swipe adjacent tiles (including diagonals) to create words, a bit like in Boggle. The tiles fall down a 10×10 grid (moving into the blank spaces you’ve created when your word disappears from the grid) – your aim is to clear whole rows of the grid.

Since the easiest words to create are short, simple ones, this is a great game for children or for adults who want to get better at spelling.

#3: Sheffer Crossword

As you might expect, this is a crossword game! There’s a different free puzzle each day, and you can choose from puzzles from the past couple of weeks. It looks very much like a traditional crossword, and you simply click on a clue then type in your answer.

The clues are straightforward rather than cryptic, though probably not easy enough to make this a good app for children or for English learners. If you’re a fan of crosswords, this will definitely be a great way to develop your vocabulary, though.

#4: Twine

Twine is a bit different from some of the other games we’ve looked at: it’s a tool for telling interactive stories (a bit like the old “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, or a text-based adventure game). You lay out your story as different cards and create connections between them.

If you want to experiment with interactive fiction, this is a simple, code-free to get started – as reviewer Kitty Horrorshow puts it, “if you can type words and occasionally put brackets around some of those words, you can make a Twine game”. It’s a great way to deepen your understanding of story, plot and narrative.

#5: Storium

Like Twine, Storium is designed to help you tell stories … but these stories are written in collaboration with others. (There’s a great review, with screenshots, here on GeekMom.) You can either join a story as a character within it, or you can narrate a story – so this is a great game for building lots of different big-picture fiction-writing skills.

It’s suitable for teens, but probably involves a bit too much writing for younger children. If you’d like to write fiction but the idea of creating a whole novel on your own seems a bit overwhelming, or if you enjoy roleplaying-type games (like Dungeons and Dragons), then you might just love Storium.

#6: Words for Evil

This game combines a fantasy RPG setting (where you fight monsters, get loot, gain levels and so on), with word games to play along the way. It could be a good way to encourage a reluctant young teen writer to have fun playing with words – or you might simply enjoy playing it yourself.

The word games work in a very similar way to Word Wipe, so if you found that game frustrating, then Words for Evil probably isn’t for you!

#7: First Draft of the Revolution

This game is an interactive story, told in the form of letters (epistolary). It comes at writing from a much more literary angle than many of the other games, and if you’ve studied English literature or creative writing, or if you teach writing, then you might find it particularly interesting.

The graphics are gorgeous – playing the game is like turning the pages of a book. To play First Draft of the Revolution, you make choices about how to rewrite the main character (Juliette’s) draft letters – helping you gain insight into the process of drafting and redrafting, as well as affecting the ongoing story.

#8: Writing Challenge

Writing Challenge can be used alone or with friends, creating a collaborative story by racing against the clock. You can use it as an app on your phone, as well as on your computer, so you can add to your stories at any time.

If you struggle to stay motivated when you’re writing, then Writing Challenge could be a great way to gamify your writing life – and potentially to create collaborative works of fiction.

#9: Plot Generator

Plot Generator works a bit like Mad Libs: you select a particular type of story (e.g. short story, movie script, fairytale) then enter a bunch of words as prompted. The website creates the finished piece for you. There are also options for story ideas (essentially writing prompts), character generators, and much more on the site.

If you’re stuck for an idea, or just want to play around a bit, Plot Generator could be a lot of fun. Some of the options, like Fairy Tale, are great to use with young children – others may not be so suitable, so do vet the different options first.

#10: The Novelist ($9.99)

The Novelist follows the life of Dan Kaplan, a struggling novelist who’s also trying to be a good husband and father. You can make choices about what Dan should do to reach his goals in different areas of his life – and the decisions you make affect what happens next in the game. You are a “ghost” in the house, learning about and influencing the characters.

While there’s not any actual writing involved in the game, it could be a thought-provoking way to explore how writing fits into your own life.

10 Games to Help You Learn to Type

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Typing might seem like an odd thing to include on a list of writing games. But so much of writing involves being able to type – and if you’re a slow typist, you’ll find that your fingers can’t keep up with your brain! While most people find that their typing does naturally improve with practice, these games are all quick ways for you (or your kids) to get that practice in a fun way.

Obviously, all of these games should help to improve typing skills: those which involve whole words may also help with spelling and vocabulary. Unless otherwise mentioned, they’re free.

#1: Dance Mat Typing

This game is designed to teach children touch type (type without looking at the keyboard). It starts off with Level 1, teaching you the “home row” (middle row) keys on the keyboard. Other letters are gradually added in as the game progresses.

It’s very much aimed at kids, so teens and adults may find the animated talking goat a bit annoying or patronising! Unlike many other free games, though, it doesn’t include ads.

#2: Spider Typer

This typing game took a while to load for me: you too many find it’s a bit slow. In the game, you type the letters that appear on chameleons that are trying to catch a spider (the chameleons disappear when you hit their letter). The spider keeps rising up into a tree, and if it safely gets there, you move on to the next level.

It’s suitable for kids, and starts off very easy with just letters: if you set it to a harder difficulty, you need to type whole words.

#3: NitroType

This is a competitive typing game where you race a car against friends (or total strangers) by typing the text at the bottom of the screen. It’s a good one for practicing typing whole sentences, including punctuation – not just typing letters or words.

Older children might enjoy it, and any adults with a strong competitive streak! You can compete as a “guest racer”, or you can create an account and login so you can level up and gain rewards like a better car.

#4: TypeRacer

TypeRacer is similar to NitroType: you control a racing car and the faster you type, the faster your car moves. You can practice on your own, enter a typing race, or race against your friends if you prefer.

If you create an account and login, other users can see your username, score, average speed and so on – and they can also send you messages. This could potentially open you up to receiving spam or unwanted communications, so do be aware of this, particularly if you’re allowing your child to play.

#5: The Typing of the Ghosts             

In this game, you destroy ghosts by typing the word on them. The graphics are pretty rudimentary, though it is a free game and a good way to practice quickly typing words. It’s suitable for children, and the sound effects (there’s a noise for every letterstroke) may appeal to kids.

You don’t need to create an account or login: you can simply start playing straight away.

#6: Typing Chef

In this game, you type cooking-related words (usually types of equipment). It involves single words and a few double words with a space between at the early levels.

There’s nothing particularly unusual about this game compared with others, though it wasn’t so ad-heavy as some and doesn’t require any registration. It’s good for teaching words and phrases, but not for helping you to learn to type whole sentences.

#7: TypeTastic

This is a fun typing game aimed at young kids, so it starts with the fundamentals. You start by building a keyboard from letter blocks, then learn how to spot letters on the keyboard quickly before learning where those letters are located.

Teachers or parents might be interested in reading about why the game starts with mapping the keyboard. The interface and graphics are pretty good, given that it’s a free game, and it’s designed specifically with young children in mind.

#8: Typer Shark! Delux

This is a free typing game, where you’re a diver exploring the seas. You can choose from different difficulty levels, and – in a mechanic that’s probably by now quite familiar if you’ve played any of the other typing games – you get rid of creatures like sharks by typing the word written on them.

Again, this can help you with your typing speed and accuracy. I found it was a bit slow to load, but it’s not full of ads like some other games.

#9: Typing Attack

In this game, you’re a spaceship, facing enemy spaceships – each with a word written on them. I expect you can guess what you need to do: type the word correctly to destroy the spaceship. Some words are shorter, some longer, and as with other games, there are multiple difficulty settings.

You’ll need to watch an ad before the game loads, which can be annoying, and means that it isn’t necessarily suitable for children.

#10: The Typing of the Dead: Overkill ($14.99)

This game is definitely aimed at adults rather than kids, because it’s a bit gory. It also costs $14.99, so it’s probably one that’ll suit you best if you’re really keen to improve your typing speed – perhaps you do transcription, for instance, or you’re a freelance writer.

To play the game, you type the words that appear in front of the enemies and monsters: each type you type a letter correctly, you send a bullet at them. If you like horror games and films, it could be a fun way to learn to type faster – but it won’t necessarily improve your accuracy with whole sentences.

10 Word Games that Are Particularly Suited to Kids

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While I’ve tried to indicate above whether or not the games are suitable for kids, I wanted to list the ten that I’d particularly recommend if you want to help your children get a great start as budding writers.

Several of these are games I play with my five-year-old already; others are games I’m really looking forward to using with her and my son as they get older. I won’t repeat the full descriptions: just scroll back up if you want those.

#1: Word searches (pen and paper) – you can buy whole books of these, or print off free ones. Older kids might have fun creating their own for their friends or siblings.

#2: Bulls and Cows (pen and paper) – you can play this with just a pen and paper (or if you’ve got a really good memory, with nothing at all).

#3: Boggle (board game) – this is simple enough for quite young children to get the hang of it: my five-year-old enjoys playing it with her Granny.

#4: Story Cubes (dice game) – your child can use these on their own to come up with ideas for a story, or you could use them with a group of children – e.g. in a classroom or as part of a club.

#5: Amazing Tales (roleplaying) – this child-friendly RPG is a great way to introduce big-picture storytelling skills, particularly developing a character.

#6: Spellspire (phone app) – a fun spelling/word-creation game your child can play on your phone (and probably a bit more educational than yet another game of Angry Birds).

#7: Wild West Hangman (browser game) – if your child likes hangman but you don’t always have the time to play it with them, this is a good alternative.

#8: First Draft of the Revolution (browser game) – if your teen is interested in writing and/or the French revolution, they might really enjoy this intriguing game based around redrafting letters.

#9: Dance Mat Typing (typing game) – this game from the BBC is high-quality, and designed to appeal to young children. It teaches good typing practice from the start, by explaining correct finger placement on the keys.

#10: TypeTastic – this is another typing game aimed at young children, and this one starts with putting together a keyboard – a great place to begin.

Do you have any favourite writing games – of any type? Share them with us in the comments.

If you’re regularly online — or just a lover of word games — there’s a strong chance you’ve seen friends sharing a small colorful grid and discussing something named ‘Wordle.’ What is all the fuss about, you ask? We’ve got the answers! Find out today’s wordle answer and all past Wordle answers here.

What is Wordle?

Wordle is a simple online word game that challenges people to find a five-letter word in six guesses — with a new puzzle being published every day. As internet fads go, this one is universal, educational, and free! What’s better is that Wordle is ad-free, too, with founder Josh Wardle promising to keep it so. The British software engineer simply wanted to create a fun and simple game for him and his partner to enjoy. After sharing his creation on the family WhatsApp group, the game’s fan base grew at an unbelievable rate. Thanks to the likes of Reddit and Twitter, where people built fan communities and easily shared their scores, the user base jumped from 90 players on November 1 to 300,000+ by the start of 2022. 

Considering some of the more baffling viral trends we’ve seen the past few years (we’re looking at you cinnamon challenge), it’s great to see a fun and free game become such a worldwide hit. If you’re good with five-letter words, give it a go!

How To Play Wordle

Wordle is a game that’s easy to play, and once you’ve figured out the tricks and tips, easy to win. Let’s start with the basics of how to play Wordle.

  1. The aim of Wordle is to guess the correct five-letter word, so to begin, simply enter any five-letter word and look at the results.
  2. After entering your first word, the individual letters will be color-coded. Green means the letter and position of the letter are correct, yellow means the letter is correct, but the position is not, and gray means the letter is not in the five-letter word.
  3. Continue guessing five-letter words, and use the colors to inform your decisions. However, be careful; you only have six guesses to lock in the correct five-letter word!
  4. If you guess the correct word, congratulations; you’ve won. If you don’t guess correctly, the correct five-letter word will be revealed to you after your sixth guess.

The trickiest part of Wordle is having a good knowledge of five-letter words, something that we can all struggle with sometimes. To win Wordle, you will then need to think of specific letters within specific five-letter words — sound complicated? Well, you need a Wordle word finder. With Word Tips Wordle solver, you can use the refined search tools to find any five-letter word with any of the specific characters you need, and, more than that, you can exclude letters. If you want to win Wordle, this tool will be invaluable to you.

Wordle Tips and Tricks

For some people, word games can seem daunting and hard to get at first. If you are one of those people, don’t stress! We’ve got a couple of tricks and tips to cheat Wordle and make sure you win every time. 

Most Common Letters

To solve Wordle as efficiently as possible, try words that include the letters e, t, a, i, o, n, s, h, and r; these are the most common letters in English. Another great trick is to begin with words that start with the letters t, a, o, d, and w; as again, these are the most common starting letters in English.

Wordle Word Finder

As we mentioned before, having a Wordle word finder to use like Word Tips can massively improve your game scores and help you enjoy Wordle even more. Need more five-letter words, or to sort through words with specific letters; our Wordle word finder’s got you covered!

Think Outside The Box

To solve Wordle, means to combine valuable tools like Word Tips, and your knowledge of language into one. Don’t restrict yourself with only the words you know; think bigger, think better. If you need more wordle help, we recommend getting yourself on a Wordle word finder and mastering the game of five-letter words first hand!

Conclusion

We hope our quick guide has given you all the introduction you need to start playing and sharing this fantastic new word finder game. Have you got what it takes to win wordle? There’s only one way to find out. Give it a go today and don’t forget to share your grid with your friends.

20 Word Games For Kids To Improve Their Vocabulary

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One of the most effective ways for young children to gain knowledge and develop crucial abilities is through play. So, if you’re in search of some fun and educational activities to do at home, word games for kids are the perfect option to keep your little one engaged. This game also makes learning at home enjoyable and lays the foundation for successful school learning. Moreover, word games assist your kid improve their vocabulary, spelling, grammar, writing, reading, verbal, and communication skills. Parents can study alongside their kids as children like having their parents participate in their learning. In this post, we present you with a list of fantastic word games that kids and adults may enjoy together. Read on.

Benefits Of Word Games

If you are wondering why word games for children are beneficial, here are some reasons:

  • Develops vocabulary
  • Improves fluency in the language
  • Hones comprehension and reasoning skills
  • Develops a love of words and reading
  • Sparks their imagination and memory
  • Improves their problem-solving skills
  • Encourages creativity
  • Serves as a great pastime for the family
  • Stimulates the brain
  • Improves concentration

There are many word games for kids that help them learn new words. These games are entertaining and educational, making them enjoyable for everyone involved.

We have listed the 20 best word games for kids. These games will ensure you and your children have a great time learning new words.

1. Hangman

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Hangman is a fun paper and pencil guessing word game for kids that can be played between two players. More players can participate and take turns as well. It is a simple game where a stickman is hanged if a player fails to get the word right.

Age group: 6 to 10 years

No of players: 2

How to play:

  1. Take a sheet of paper and a pen and draw gallows.
  2. The first player thinks of a word and draws dashes above the gallows equal to the number of letters in the word.
  3. The other player starts guessing the letters one by one.
  4. If the letter the player says is in the word, the first player writes it in the corresponding spaces on the dashes.
  5. If the letter is not in the word, the first player draws one part of the stickman, starting from the head and followed by the body, hands, and legs.
  6. If the stickman gets completed before the second player guesses the word, that player loses.
  7. Switch sides and start again.
  8. Proper nouns or slang words are not allowed.

2. Name the animal

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Name the animal is a multiplayer kids word game that can help teach your children animal names and improve their reasoning skills. This game also offers your child the opportunity to exercise their lateral thinking skills.

Age group: 4 to 7 years

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. You can be the host of the game.
  2. Make a list of common animals and a list of words that rhyme with these animal names.
  3. Call out each player and present them a rhyming word, and let them guess the animal name. You can say things like, “I rhyme with fog. I am a …..”
  4. The player who gets the maximum words correct is the winner.
  5. You can also teach them animal sounds by substituting animal names with their sounds.

3. I spy

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I spy is one of the easiest games of the lot. All you need is your imagination and some eager players.

Age group: 4 to 6 years

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Locate an object, and tell your child its first letter saying, “I Spy an object starting with the letter ….”
  2. Your child looks around and recognizes each object corresponding to that letter.
  3. Stop when they get it right and continue the game with the next player.
  4. You can also mention the color or shape of the object and let your child guess it correctly.

4. Make a word

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If your child is starting to learn new words, this word game for kids is useful. You can also play this game with older kids to make them learn difficult words and improve their memory. This game lays a solid foundation for playing advanced spelling games, such as Scrabble.

Age group: 4 to 12 years

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. You can play this game with younger children if you have magnetic letters, plastic letters, letter mats, or letter blocks.
  2. Give them a set of letters and ask them to make two- or three-letter words with them.
  3. For older children, you can play the game mentally or write a set of letters on a piece of paper and ask them to make as many words as they can from them.
  4. You can even play a timed version of the game with older children as they enjoy a good challenge.

5. Rhyming words

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Rhyming Words game is a variation of Name the Animal. This word game for kids encourages your child to learn new words and helps hone their reasoning skills.

Age group: For ages 3 to 6 years

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Name any animal.
  2. Ask your children to say the words that rhyme with the name of the animal, in turns.
  3. For example, when you say the word “dog,”your children should come up with words such as fog, hog, and log.
  4. Continue with a player until they run out of words and repeat the game with the next player.

6. Name, place, animal, thing

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You might remember playing this game as a child yourself. This game helps in expanding your child’s knowledge and memory.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Give each player a sheet of paper and a pencil.
  2. Say a letter of the alphabet and start a timer.
  3. Each player must write the words of a name, place, animal, or a thing starting with that letter. For example, if the letter is A, a player may write, “Alex, Australia, Ape, Apple,” under each of these categories, respectively.
  4. You can assign different letters to different players or the same letter to each one.
  5. You can include other categories as per your convenience.

7. Hink pink

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Children love this game. This word game for kids is designed to maximize fun while learning new words and their meanings. The game can help improve your child’s ability to solve crossword puzzles and cryptic crosswords.

Age group: 4 to 12 years

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Ask each player to come up with a set of rhyming monosyllabic words, e.g., fat rat.
  2. Help them make a clue about their words. In this case, the clue will be “a rodent that is not thin.”
  3. Each player says their clue aloud, and the others try to guess what the rhyming words are.
  4. If the children are older, you can play Hinky Pinky (two-syllable words) or Hinketty Pinketty (three-syllable words). You can even make different combinations between different syllabic words.
  5. Ask the children to act out the words too so that all of you have lots of fun while the children learn difficult words.
  6. Here are some more words to get you started: Thin Pin, Big Pig, Tan Pan, Fan Man.

8. Guess the correct word

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This word game for kids, if played mentally, is an excellent way to boost your child’s memory. It is a simple game and can be played with pencil and paper if you want to keep score.

Age group: 6 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. The first player thinks of a word and announces its first letter and the number of letters in the word to the others. If the player has thought of the word “Bananas,” they should say B and 6.
  2. The other players have to guess the word using these clues.
  3. If a player says another word but it has some matching words with the original word, the first player will say that the word is wrong but there are matching letters in the correct places or the wrong places.
  4. The next player uses these clues to make the next guess.
  5. You can keep the words simple or difficult according to the age of the children.
  6. As for the example of Bananas:
    Player 2: Bullock
    Player 1: That is incorrect
    Player 3: Bahamas
    Player 1: That is incorrect, but the As are in the correct place,
    and so on.

9. Word hunting

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If your child is just learning the alphabet, this is an easy game to play. However, you can make some minor changes and tweak it for older children.

Age group: 4 to 7 years

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Scatter magnetic letters, plastic letters, or letter blocks on a table.
  2. Ask your child to pick up a letter from the lot.
  3. For older children, you can write three- or four-letter words on little chits of paper and do the same procedure as above.
  4. For children who can read, you can ask them to pick words they see outside shops, etc.

10. Change one letter

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This is a great word game for school children. The game promotes out-of-the-box thinking and allows your child to come up with new words and even their meanings.

Age group: 5 to 10 years

No of players: 4 or more

How to play:

  1. Begin with a short word that has three, four, or five letters (according to the age of the children).
  2. Ask the children to take turns in calling out new words by changing just one letter of the previous word. E.g., park – part – dart – dark / mark – mare – mart / cart – care – case – cast – mast (and so on).
  3. You can set a timer or divide the players into teams to make the game more exciting.

11. Call my bluff

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Call my bluff is commonly played at sleepovers and during picnics and is an excellent word game for older children.

Age group: 8 years and above

No of players: 4 or more

How to play:

  1. Divide the children into teams.
  2. Give them a set of words that are common but unfamiliar to them.
  3. Ask each team to look up the meaning of each word, and make up two wrong meanings for each word.
  4. Each team asks the other team the meaning of a word and gives them the three options.
  5. If the opposite team guesses the correct meaning, they get points. If they don’t, the team that asked the meaning gets the point.
  6. For example, let us take the word “Bewildered.” You can give three choices (a) to be left in the wild, (b) shocked or surprised, and (c) out-of-control behavior.

12. Unscramble the words

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Let your children put on their thinking caps and play this game. The word game makes your child think and helps stir their imagination and improve their reasoning skills.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Think of a word and write it down on paper but in a scrambled form.
  2. Your child has to think and arrange the word in the right sequence.
  3. You could even give clues so that they can unscramble the word faster.
  4. You could also write down a set of scrambled words, set the timer, and ask them to solve as many as they can within the allotted time.

13. Tell me a story

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Children are incredibly imaginative. Children, as young as three years old, start making imaginary stories. You can play this game to fire your child’s imagination.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Start a “story” with a sentence.
  2. The next player should say another sentence and continue the story.
  3. As the story grows, it becomes hilarious and absurd.
  4. For example, you start with the sentence, “In a village, there was a man named Joe.” The next player can say, “He wore a red shirt every day,” and the next player may say, “One day, a bull charged at him,” and so on.

14. Words in a word

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This is one of the most popular word games for kids and one of the best word-building games of all time. It is useful in improving your child’s English, if it is not your native language. You might have played this game in your childhood. It is now your children’s turn to play the game and keep the tradition alive.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Think of a long word. A popular word choice for this game is “Constantinople.”
  2. Ask your child to write words starting with each letter in the word. They should use the letters contained in the word only.
  3. For example, Constantinople can have words such as con, cot, on, oil, no, nap, sit, and sip.
  4. You can set a timer and ask your child to write down as many words as they can within the given time frame.

15. I’m going on a picnic

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This game is for older children. It helps hone their creative skills and improves their memory. The word game is usually played in classrooms, but they can play it at a sleepover or even with you as a family game.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 3 or more

How to play:

  1. The first player starts by saying, “I’m going on a picnic, and I will bring a ….”.
  2. The next player adds an item to the list and repeats the words.
  3. Each player has to repeat the items named in the exact sequence.
  4. If a player forgets a name or the sequence, they are out of the game.
  5. You can either start the game all over again or ask the next player to pick up the sequence and continue.
  6. For example, the game goes as follows:
    Player 1: I’m going on a picnic, and I will bring a cookie.
    Player 2: I’m going on a picnic, and I will bring a cookie and a Popsicle.
    Player 3: I’m going on a picnic, and I will bring a cookie and a Popsicle and a bottle of juice, and so on.

16. Crosswords

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Solving crosswords requires practice and a lot of patience. The game will not only teach your children new words but also develop their deductive reasoning skills to a great degree.

Age group: 6 years and above

No of players: 1

How to play:

  1. Draw a grid with white and black squares and number each row and column.
  2. Then, write a set of clues at the bottom of the grid with the corresponding row or column number.
  3. Ask your child to solve the crossword.
  4. You can set a timer to make the game challenging.
  5. You can get some printable crosswords with clues easily on the Internet (you will find some free and printable crosswords in this link). Crosswords regularly appear in newspapers and magazines.

17. Word quest

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Word quest is a word game for older kids. The game involves searching for words using single letters and makes your children use their deduction skills.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Draw a 10×10 or 12×12 grid on a sheet of paper and divide it into squares.
  2. Write various words below and to the side of the grid.
  3. Write random letters in random squares.
  4. Ask your child to fill in the grid using the words you have written outside the grid.

18. Consequences

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This word game helps stir the imagination and encourages creativity. The game works well with both children and adults.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. The first player writes down a sentence on a sheet of paper and passes it on to the next player.
  2. The next player writes the next sentence and passes it on.
  3. Once all the players are done with adding their sentences, you can read out the story.
  4. You can also write 4–5 sentences with open endings on a sheet of paper and hand them over to each player. Each player writes their version of the story and reads it aloud at the end of the game.
  5. For example, you can write, “There was a man named …….. He …………. a woman named ……………. They went to …………. He said, “…………………” She said, “……………………” And then, ……………..” and so on.

19. Scrabble

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Scrabble is a popular classic word game for kids. If you want your child to learn new words, this is one of the best games.

Age group: 6 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Get a scrabble boards.
  2. Set it up and read the rules.
  3. The number on each letter tile tells you how many points it’s worth, and the squares on the board tell you how many points you scored.
  4. The player who gets the maximum score is the winner.
  5. After a game of Scrabble gets over, the board looks similar to a crossword.

20. Pass the bomb

Pass the bomb word game for kids

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Pass the bomb is an educational game that will test your child’s alacrity. The first player should say a word and pass the bomb as quickly as possible to the next player, who must say a similar-sounding word. The players need to be quick in passing the bomb before it explodes. You can get this board game at a shop or simply make your own set.

Age group: 5 years and above

No of players: 2 or more

How to play:

  1. Take a set of card papers and write two- and three-letter words on them with a marker.
  2. The first player picks up a card and passes it around.
  3. The “bomb” goes off after a certain time. If you have made the cards at home, you can use a timer or even play music.
  4. The moment the timer goes off (or the music stops), the player holding the card is out.
  5. However, before leaving, they have to say a word that contains the word written on the card.
  6. For example, if the card has “ART” written on it, the child who gets out can say a word with ART in it, such as part, mart, or cart.

1. How can word games help children improve their spelling skills?

When children engage in word games, they are required to focus on the spelling of various words, which helps them to learn and remember the correct spelling of those words.

2. In what ways can word games help children with their grammar?

Word games encourage children to think about language playfully and engagingly, making it easier to understand and remember grammar rules. Word games can also help expand children’s vocabulary, an essential component of good grammar. By learning new words and their meanings, children can improve their ability to express themselves clearly and accurately.

3. How can word games help children improve their vocabulary?

Word games are an excellent way to improve children’s vocabulary skills, as they help them learn new words and reinforce their understanding of familiar ones. Games such as Scrabble, Boggle, and crossword puzzles challenge children to think critically and creatively about words, requiring them to use problem-solving skills to develop new words and find hidden ones.

4. How can word games help children become better readers?

Word games can help children become better readers by improving their vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension skills. Such games require children to identify and create words, helping them to recognize new words and understand their meanings. This eventually improves their reading skills.

When education is imparted as activities and games, children tend to grasp it much faster and retain it longer. So, if you want your children to have great communication skills, fluent vocabulary, and fascinating imagination, involve them in word games for kids. Games, such as I spy, make a word, or hink pink, are effective in keeping children engaged and sharpening their grammar and vocabulary. Another good thing about these games is that you can be involved in playing too. So, choose a suitable word game according to your child’s age and have fun while playing.

Key Pointers

  • Word games stimulate the brain to improve reasoning skills, vocabulary, and language skills.
  • Spur creativity through games such as I spy, rhyming words, and hink pink.
  • Test the memory with games such as guess the correct word and make a word.

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Wordle, the daily word guessing game, is taking Twitter, the world, and my relationship by storm.

If you haven’t heard of it—how?—the rules are simple. Every day there’s a new five-letter word (a Wordle.) You get six attempts to guess it, and after each one the color of the tiles change to tell you whether a letter was in the word and in the right place (green), in the word but not in the right place (yellow), or not in the word (gray.)

These limitations are what make Wordle so fun. Everyone in the world (and, in particular, in my house) is attempting to guess the same word in the fewest number of guesses. What’s clever is you can share your progress after you succeed—but all the letters are disguised as colored blocks. So you can gloat without giving anything away.

But never let it be said there’s a game that can’t be beaten (or, according to my girlfriend, ruined) with a bit of research, analysis, and time. So, if you’ve ever wondered what the best strategy is for winning at Wordle, let’s break it down.

Letter Distribution in the English Language

Letter frequency analysis is the study of how often and where letters occur in words. It’s pretty foundational to cryptography, because if you have to decode a secret message like we’re kind of doing with Wordle, it’s useful to know that you are more likely to see an E than a Q.

While exact letter frequency distribution changes based on the source text, the most common letters don’t really change.

Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, used the data from Google Books to come up with this list of the top 12 most common letters in the English language:

  1. E (in 12.49 percent of words)
  2. T (9.28 percent )
  3. A (8.04 percent)
  4. O (7.64 percent)
  5. I (7.57 percent)
  6. N (7.23 percent)
  7. S (6.51 percent)
  8. R (6.28 percent)
  9. H (5.05 percent)
  10. L (4.07 percent)
  11. D (3.82 percent)
  12. C (3.34 percent)

There’s one issue with this list for us Wordlers, though. It’s based on a natural-language source text, which means the word the kind of messes things up for us. The is by far the most common word in the English language, representing 7.14 percent of all words in the Google Books source text, followed by of (4.16 percent), and (3.04 percent), and to (2.6 percent). This means the position of T and H in the list are higher than they should be.

Another option is to just look at the distribution of letters in dictionary words. An analysis of the Concise Oxford Dictionary (9th Edition, 1995) found the 12 most common letters were:

  1. E (in 11.16 percent of words)
  2. A (8.45 percent)
  3. R (7.58 percent)
  4. I (7.54 percent)
  5. O (7.16 percent)
  6. T (6.95 percent)
  7. N (6.65 percent)
  8. S (5.74 percent)
  9. L (5.49 percent)
  10. C (4.54 percent)
  11. U (3.63 percent)
  12. D (3.38 percent)

While this list isn’t perfect either, since it uses an almost-20-year-old British English dictionary as its source, between the two we can use our judgment and creativity to come up with great Wordle starting words.

The Best Words to Start With

There are a couple of things we have to keep in mind when coming up with our Wordle starting words:

  1. Each guess had to be an actual five-letter word.
  2. Each guess does not have to include letters that you know are in the Wordle.
  3. Overall letter frequency doesn’t mean each letter is likely to occur in the same words. Neither ETAOI or EARIO are words, despite being the most common letters on each list in descending frequency order.
  4. This is a game and meant to be fun.

So, the first word has to be five letters, and we want it to pull from the most common, say, eight letters. That means we’re working from E, T, A, O, I, N, S, and R (top eight are actually the same on both lists.)

Some good options are:

  1. NOTES
  2. RESIN
  3. TARES
  4. SENOR

But you should feel free to come up with your own.

Then for the second guess, we want to tick off any remaining letters in the top 10 (with a bit of judgment as to what they are). This means a few good options are:

  1. If you start with NOTES, ACRID
  2. If you start with RESIN, LOATH
  3. If you start with TARES, CHINO
  4. If you start with SENOR, DUCAT

Again, you should make your own here. I’d suggest using a site like Anagram Scramble to help. (I couldn’t have written this article without it.)

After those two guesses, you should have at least a few letters and be ready to start guessing based on the actual Wordle—or, as my girlfriend calls it, “playing properly.”

If This Makes It Too Easy: Hard Mode

A word of warning. If playing like this takes the fun out of things (and reliably being able to guess most words by your fourth guess can, I suppose), you should try Hard Mode.

Tap the Settings icon and then enable Hard Mode. This forces you to use any revealed letters in your subsequent guesses.

Obviously, you should still start with a sensible first guess. But Hard Mode stops you from playing letter frequency words the whole way down.

Other Wordle Tips and Tricks

Understanding letter frequencies helps a lot, but there are a few other things you should bear in mind:

  1. Despite being hosted on a UK domain, Wordle is based on American English. If you live in Ireland (like I do), this means that six-letter-words that end in -OUR can crop up as five-letter-words that end in -OR.
  2. Letters can, and often do, appear twice in words.
  3. From this New York Times article, we know that developer Josh Wardle used words his wife recognized to create the list. Each one will only appear once, but you should know it.
  4. Remember all the tips from Scrabble, like Q’s need U’s, and Z’s are uncommon. As fun as Wordle is, it’s just another word game and all the usual bits of advice apply.

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