Wordle Alternatives - A Comprehensive List (276 and counting)
Wordle has taken social media by storm, complete with quite a large backlash against people posting a daily message with their latest attempt to solve a puzzle.
That last bit amuses me; it's not like Twitter is famed for deep and meaningful, high quality posts, so to complain about Wordle tweets is a bit like volunteering to sit in a bath of baked beans and complaining the food isn't Michelin star quality. It's a perfectly valid complaint, but a bathtub full of beans isn't where you go for high quality.
Anyway, as with all successes, a smorgasbord of alternatives and clones has appeared in the last few months. I should know, I made three of them. And some of them are genuinely brilliant. The idea of a combative Wordle still tickles me, and I love Absurdle as a result. They all have their charms.
But where a lot of of a thing exist, a list is needed, and I couldn't find one that reached double-digits. So here's my effort at compiling all of the Wordle alternatives into one list.
If you can get through all of these every day, you may be missing your true calling as a crossword designer.
Categories
- Twist On The Theme
- Many Wordles At Once
- Wordle in Reverse
- Multiplayer
- Maths Theme
- Wordle With Different Words
- Niche Wordles
- Sweary Theme
- Multilingual Wordles
- Wordle In Different Languages
- Wordle In Constructed Languages
- Wordle In Ancient Languages
- Wordle Clones
- Joke Wordles
- Non-Word Wordles
- Wordle Tools and Helpers
- Miscellaneous
Twist On The Theme
- Raganam - A daily anagram Wordle-like game, written by me. Best thing on the list, you'll love it, A+++ would play again (warning, review may contain unconscious bias).
- Absurdle - Amazing, the puzzle is actively working against you while you try to solve it.
- Obscurdle - Wordle but the rules change each game.
- Evil Wordle - The puzzle works against you.
- Heardle - The "letters" are phonemes.
- Favle - Wordle in the browser favicon.
- Crosswordle - Reverse-fill a Wordle grid to match the end result.
- Murdle - Spooky hangman mashup
- Wrdl - Wordle without vowels.
- Five Lives - Try not to guess the word within six rounds.
- Pfeffel - Like Wordle but it always lies to you.
- Randle - Wordle without all the pesky guessing letters.
Wordles, Sir, thousands of them
- Dordle - Two wordles at the same time.
- Quordle - Four wordles at the same time.
- Polydle - 1-2315 wordles at the same time.
- Squareword - Wordle in two dimensions at the same time.
- Seven Wordles - Guess seven words with points against the clock, with penalties for wrong answers.
Wordle in Reverse
- Eldrow - Wordle in reverse; the computer tries to guess your word.
- DeWordle - Sort of backwards Wordle, where you guess coloured squares and you get words back.
- Solvele - Wordle in reverse; the computer tries to guess your word.
Multiplayer
- Wordle Off - Head-to-head competitive Wordle.
- Wordle Together - Head-to-head competitive Wordle.
- Wordle - Online multiplayer Wordle.
- Wordleoff - Head-to-head Wordle, without racing.
- Wordlers - Head-to-head Wordle.
- Word Fight - Head-to-head Wordle.
Maths Theme
- Wotzal - Maths puzzles and mental arithmetic
- Nerdle - 8 positions in which you need to fill numbers and operators to make a valid equation.
- Ooodle - 4 positions in which you need to fill numbers to match the result.
- Times Table Sequences Game - This one's been a favourite with the kids, a times table sequence finding game.
- Hurdle - 5 positions in which you need to fill numbers to match the result.
- Numberle - Guess the number.
- Primal - Command-line game, guess the prime number.
- Primel - Guess the prime number.
- Numble - 7 positions in which you need to fill numbers and operators to make a valid equation.
- Mathler - Find the solution that equals X
- Numble - Maths
- Bytle - Find the binary number.
- Hexle - Find the hex number.
Wordle With Different Words
- A Greener Worldle - Climate change and the environment.
- Queerdle - LGBTQ+, "the yassification of Wordle" 🏳️🌈
- Culturle - Pop culture; the answers are taken from movies, TV, books, music, and so on. (Also mine.)
- Popdle - Pop culture; the answers are taken from movies, TV, books, music, and so on. (Not mine, might give you rabies ;).)
- Weirdle - Obscure words.
- Wourdle - British Wordle. (Another one of mine.)
- Anidal - Animals.
- Chortle - The answers is the punchline.
- bookli - Wordle-style solving of a line from a book.
Niche Wordles
- Lordle Of The Rings - Middle Earth.
- SWordle - Star Wars.
- SWordle - Star Wars.
- Trekle - Star Trek.
- Wizarding Wordle - Harry Potter.
- HP Wordle - Harry Potter.
- Wowtle - The Expanse (the Belter language).
- Dundle - The Office.
- Airportle - Airport codes.
- Airportle - Airport Codes
- Trainle - Wordle with station codes.
- A Ringing BRDL - Bird codes.
- BRDL - Bird codes.
- Bikle - Cyclists.
- Gordle - NHL players.
- Byrdle - Choral music.
- Chordle - Wordle with chords.
- ESC-WORDLE - Eurovision song titles.
- Taylordle - Taylor Swift.
- Sqwortle - Pokemon names.
- Weedel - Video game characters
- FFXIVrdle - Final Fantasy XIV
- JoJodle - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
- Worle - UK town names.
- Beerdle - Beer-related words.
- Wordle.cl - Chilean modisms, cities, places.
- Word Rumble - Wrestling words.
Sweary Theme
- Lewdle - Lewd wordle
- Sweardle - Sweary wordle
- Sweardle - Sweary wordle
- NSFWordle - NSFW Wordle
- Why has nobody made a Turdle yet?
Multilingual Wordles
- Wordle Game - English, Spanish, French, German, Portugese, and Italian 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇮🇹
- Wordle - English, Spanish, Portugese, Italian, Dutch, French, Russian, Turkish, Swedish, Catalan, Basque, and Galician 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇵🇹 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇷🇺 🇸🇪 🇹🇷
Wordle In Different Languages
- Wortel - Afrikaans 🇿🇦
- Luaj Live - Albanian 🇦🇱
- Arwordle - Arabic 🇸🇦
- كلمة - Arabic 🇸🇦
- كلمة - Arabic 🇸🇦
- Kelmaly - Arabic 🇸🇦
- Paroletas Wordle - Aragonese 🇪🇸
- DACTLE - ASL 🧏
- WORDLE EUS - Basque 🇪🇸
- ЎОРДЛІ - Belarusian 🇧🇾
- Wordle (BOS) - Bosnian 🇧🇦
- GERDLE - Breton 🇫🇷
- Wordle Bg - Bulgarian 🇧🇬
- УЪРДЛИ - Bulgarian 🇧🇬
- WORDLE - Catalan 🇪🇸
- Jndle - Chinese 🇨🇳
- 拼音猜成语 - Chinese 🇨🇳
- 猜成语 - Chinese 🇨🇳
- Zidou - Chinese (Cantonese) 🇨🇳
- Kerdle - Cornish 〓〓
- Rijecek - Croatian 🇭🇷
- SLOVO - Czech 🇨🇿
- Wordle - Czech 🇨🇿
- Wørdle - Danish 🇩🇰
- Woordle - Dutch 🇳🇱
- WOORDLE6 - Dutch 🇳🇱
- ԲԱՌԴԼ - Eastern Armenian 🇦🇲
- Wordle - Estonian 🇪🇪
- Føroyskt Wordle - Faroese 🇩🇰
- Saltong - Filipino 🇵🇭
- Saltong Hex - Filipino 🇵🇭
- Saltong Max - Filipino 🇵🇭
- Saltong Mini - Filipino 🇵🇭
- FWords - Finnish 🇫🇮
- SANULI - Finnish 🇫🇮
- GOUINEDLE - French 🇫🇷 (lesbian theme)
- Le Mot - French 🇫🇷
- LeMOT - French 🇫🇷
- MO MO MOTUS - French 🇫🇷
- Moket - French 🇫🇷
- MOTCHUS - French 🇫🇷
- Motdle - French 🇫🇷
- Motus - French 🇫🇷
- SUTOM - French 🇫🇷
- Worldle - French 🇫🇷
- Wurdle - Frisian 🇳🇱
- FACLE - Gaelic 🇬🇧
- Wordlegalego - Galician 🇪🇸
- GERDLE - Gallo 🇫🇷
- WORD MASTER DEUTSCH - German 🇩🇪
- Wordle - German 🇩🇪
- Wordle - German 🇩🇪
- Wordle - German 🇩🇪
- Wort Meister - German 🇩🇪
- Wörtchen - German 🇩🇪
- Wörtle - German 🇩🇪
- Wortle - German 🇩🇪
- Gitksan-wordle - Gitxsan 🇨🇦
- Word Master - Greek 🇬🇷
- HAK-DLE - Hakka Chinese 🇨🇳
- Hulihua - Hawaiian 🏴
- אי-מייל - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- בול במילה - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- בול מילה - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- וורדל׳ה - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- וורדעל - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- מדויקת - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- מילן - Hebrew 🇮🇱
- हिंदी शब्द - Hindi 🇮🇳
- SZÓ REGGELT! - Hungarian 🇭🇺
- Szózat - Hungarian 🇭🇺
- Orðill - Icelandic 🇮🇸
- Orðla - Icelandic 🇮🇸
- Orðla - Icelandic 🇮🇸
- KATLA - Indonesian 🇮🇩
- TEVAK KATA - Indonesian 🇮🇩
- WORDLE ID - Indonesian 🇮🇩
- Foclach - Irish 🇮🇪
- PARoLE - Italian 🇮🇹
- Paroletta - Italian 🇮🇹
- Verba - Italian 🇮🇹
- Kasta - Italian 🇮🇹 (politician names)
- Kotoba Asobou - Japanese 🇯🇵
- WORDLE Ja - Japanese 🇯🇵
- Wordle JP - Japanese 🇯🇵
- Kannada Wordle - Kannada 🇮🇳
- Wordalla - Kannada 🇮🇳
- Wordle - Kazakh 🇰🇿
- Wordle KZ - Kazakh 🇰🇿
- 단어들 - Korean 🇰🇷
- 꼬들 - 한국어 - Korean 🇰🇷
- 한글 풀어쓰기 5자 - Korean 🇰🇷
- Wordle Kurdi - Kurdish ☀️❤️
- WORDLE LADINO - Ladino 🇹🇷🇮🇱
- Wordle - Latvian 🇱🇻
- Dienos-Žodis - Lithuanian 🇱🇹
- ЗБОРЛЕ - Macedonian 🇲🇰
- KATAPAT - Malay 🇲🇾
- Malay Wordle - Malay 🇲🇾
- Werdil - Maltese 🇲🇹
- kelma.mt - Maltese 🇲🇹
- Panga - Maori 🇳🇿
- Zwemo - Mauritian Creole 🇲🇺
- Ordle - Norwegian Bokmål 🇳🇴
- Ordlig - Norwegian Bokmål 🇳🇴
- Ordle - Norwegian Nynorsk 🇳🇴
- Ordviss - Norwegian Nynorsk 🇳🇴
- ଶବ୍ଦରସ - Odia 🇮🇳
- Pashtoodle - Pashto 🇮🇷
- Wordle - Persian 🇮🇷
- LITERALNIE - Polish 🇵🇱
- SZARADA - Polish 🇵🇱
- Wordle - Polish 🇵🇱
- Wyrazik - Polish 🇵🇱
- Letreco - Portuguese 🇵🇹
- PALAVRA DO DIA - Portuguese 🇵🇹
- Termo - Portuguese 🇵🇹
- Word Master - Portuguese 🇵🇹
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ - Punjabi 🇵🇰
- Wordle RO - Romanian 🇷🇴
- Wordle - Russian 🇷🇺
- Rudle - Russian 🇷🇺
- Not Wordle - SENĆOŦEN - Saanich 🇨🇦
- ВОРДЛИ - Serbian 🇷🇸
- Hádaj Slovo - Slovak 🇸🇰
- Wordle SK - Slovak 🇸🇰
- BESEDLE - Slovenian 🇸🇮
- Word Master - Spanish 🇪🇸
- Wordle - Spanish 🇪🇸
- Vocable - Spanish 🇪🇸
- Keclap - Sudanese 🇸🇩
- Ordla - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Ordlig - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Ordsnille - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Swordle - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Wordle - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Wordle Svenska - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Wordy - Swedish 🇸🇪
- Tamil Wordle - Tamil Wordle 🇮🇳 🇱🇰 (so complicated the owner posts a midday hint and it regularly takes people dozens of guesses)
- Tamil Wordle - Tamil 🇮🇳 🇱🇰
- சொல்லாடல் Soladle - Tamil 🇮🇳 🇱🇰
- Thwordle - Thai 🇹🇭
- Wordle ไทย - Thai 🇹🇭
- Wordle TR - Turkish 🇹🇷
- Wordle Ua - Ukrainian 🇺🇦
- Кобза - Ukrainian 🇺🇦
- СЛОВКО - Ukrainian 🇺🇦
- Слівце - Ukrainian 🇺🇦
- اُردل - Urdu 🇵🇰
- Gairglo - Welsh 🏴
- Wordle - Welsh 🏴
- ԲԱՌԻԿ - Western Armenian 🇦🇲
- Vertl - Yiddish 🇮🇱
- Wordle - Yiddish 🇮🇱
Wordle In Constructed Languages
- Wordleo - Esperanto
- WAWA NIMI - Toki Pona
- Valsr - Lojban
- 'en si lì'ur - Na'vi
- mu'oy - Klingon
Wordle In Ancient Languages
- GNT Wordle - Greek New Testament
- Latin Wordle - Latin
- Arepo - Latin
- Old Norse Wordle - Old Norse
Wordle Clones
- hello wordl - You can set the number of letters you want the answer to be.
- Word Master
- Gummidge
- Worble
- Wordle+
- Wordle Unlimited - Play again and again.
- Guessle - As many guesses as you like.
- Rewordle - 6-letter Wordle.
- Wordle Flex - Set your own word length and the number of guesses you're allowed.
- Custom Wordle - Custom Wordle, you set the word yourself then share it with others.
- WordGuessr - Social Wordle clone.
- Griddler - Wordle with league tables.
- Word Race - Race against other people.
- WORDLE2 - One game every 12 hours.
- Nerdle - Five guesses, allows invalid words as guesses.
- WRDLE
- Wordler
- Word.Rodeo
- Wordle Junior - Four letters, up to 8 guesses.
- Termy - 5 or 6-letter Wordle.
Joke Wordles
- Letterle - 1 letter. 25 guesses
- Dumble - 1 letter. 6 guesses
- Horsle - The answer is always "HORSE".
- Grootle - I AM GROOT.
- Luckle - You're likely to win.
- GOOTSLE - The answer is always "GOOTS".
- EEEEE - Wordle for dolphins.
- Fartsle - Windy wordle.
Non-Word Wordles
- Emojidle - Guess the emoji, in unicode form.
- Worldle - Six guesses to name the country.
- Squirdle - Guess the pokemon, but instead of letters it's pokemon attributes.
- Mahjong Handle - Mahjong Hands
- Passwordle - Passwords
- Genel - Gene symbols
- Peptirdle - Peptides.
- Stockle - Guess the stock or ETF
- Syscordle - SYSCALL
- Turdle - Cute turtles jumping.
- Mazele - Maze-solving in the style of Wordle.
Wordle Tools and Helpers
- Wordle Quarantine - Follow this on Twitter and post your results as a tweet @ this account so that only your friends who also follow the account have to suffer your daily Wordle tweets.
- Scoredle - Guess analyser for Wordle.
- Wordle Time Machine - Past puzzles for Wordle.
- Wordle Archive - Past puzzles for Wordle.
- Wordle Archive - Past puzzles for Wordle.
- Wordle Solver - Enter the letters you know and the ones you've eliminated, it will suggest answers.
- Wordle First Guess Evaluator - Find out how your favourite first word guess compares to other options.
- BRAGINATOR - A tool to allow you to generate social media shares of Wordle solves without solving Wordles.
- Wordle Shares - Aggregator for Wordle solutions tweets.
- Wordle Answers - Tool to help share your Wordle guesses.
- Emojle - Tool to work out the answer based only on guess patterns (green, yellow and grey squares).
Anything Else?
- Wordle Invaders - Space Invaders, but the invaders are Wordle patterns.
- Wordle to Townscaper - Turn your Wordle guesses into a beautiful townscape.
Other Lists of Wordle Alternatives
- React-Wordle - Includes a list of projects based on this open source Wordle clone.
- Wordles Of The World - Great list of Wordles and Wordle expansion coverage.
- World Of Wordlecraft - Glicth Wordle clones.
- Wordel - List of Wordles in different languages.
If your favourite Wordle alternative is missing, please let me know.
