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February 6, 2025: We've updated our list to make sure all these games are still playable and worth recommending!
Playing games like Wordle is a great way to satisfy your daily puzzle craving—but as much as we love it, having only a single puzzle a day to complete can leave you unsatisfied. Luckily once you start looking, there are a surprising number of games that offer the same satisfaction as Wordle but in a different format to shake up your daily routine.
Thanks to the popularity of the formula curated by Wordle, there's no shortage of daily puzzle games that use letters, numbers, and even pictures that challenge you to guess the answer. Not every game like Wordle is worth your time, but among the hundreds that have appeared since the original, there are some real gems you should absolutely check out.
The best games like Wordle
Quordle
What is it? Wordle, but four words at a time
Frequency: Daily
Wordle gives you six tries to guess a single word, but Quordle gives you nine tries to guess four words. Each guess you make appears in all four puzzles, so focusing on a single word means you're still burning through your guesses in the other puzzles. It's tricky, but if you love Wordle this gives you a bigger and more challenging dose of the same daily gameplay.
Quordle is now hosted by Merriam-Webster, which also has an excellent Spelling Bee-type game called Blossom, and other fun free daily games.
Waffle
What is it? Wordle, but with six words plus drag-and-drop
Frequency: Daily
Waffle gives you a grid with all the letters already in it, though most are in the wrong place. You're trying to solve six different words: three across and three down. And rather than typing letters, you drag-and-drop them. Green letters are already in the correct spots, and yellow are part of the word but in the incorrect spot (though at an intersection yellow could mean it's in the correct row or column). It's sort of like you're putting together a tiny crossword puzzle with a pool of letters. And there are different degrees of winning: You have a total of 15 swaps, but every Waffle can be solved in just 10. So, before you drag a letter somewhere else, try to make sure it's an optimal move and the letter you're swapping for will also wind up in the right place.
Nerdle
What is it? Wordle, but it's math
Frequency: Daily
Forget words and letters: Nerdle is for number lovers. You're trying to guess a new calculation each day, using numbers and operations. Wordle still rules apply: Any number or operation that appears in the correct place is green, magenta means it's in the puzzle but in the wrong spot, and black if it doesn't appear at all. Also, as with Wordle, it's not just about doing math but using clues. For instance, the = appearing in the 7th slot means the answer is only a single digit, which is a big help narrowing the answer down. I am truly rotten at math but cracking a calculation in Nerdle is still pretty darn satisfying.
Worldle
What is it? Wordle, but with countries
Frequency: Once a day
In Worldle you're presented with the shape of a country, and guess which one it is. Each guess you make tells you how close your guess is to the answer in kilometers and what direction the answer is in from the country you guessed, which will hopefully narrow down your next guess. It makes a great refresher course on country shapes, names, and locations for those of us who haven't been to geography class in a couple decades, and there's a nice autocomplete feature, too, meaning you don't need to know how to perfectly spell Liechtenstein to guess it.
Framed
What is it? Wordle, but for movies
Frequency: Daily
Starting with a single frame from a movie, guess which film it is. If you're wrong, you get another frame, and you have six guesses total. Framed is Wordle but for film buffs—and refreshingly it's one of the rare Wordle-like games that bucks the trend of adding 'le' somewhere in its name. An autocomplete feature means as long as you know some of the film's title you can still win.
Dungleon
What is it? Wordle, but a dungeon crawler
Frequency: Daily
No letters here, just a blank grid representing a dungeon. What's in the dungeon? Some combination of heroes, monsters, and treasure, represented by charming little icons you click to select instead of letters. At first it seems like just a guessing game, but there are some stated rules (each dungeon has at least one hero and one monster) and a number of secret rules you'll learn over weeks of play. Throw in some magic spells and Dungleon becomes great daily puzzle. There's also daily challenge mode where you must solve three dungeons but with fewer guesses each time.
Redactle
What is it? Wordle, but Wikipedia
Frequency: Daily
Presented with a heavily redacted Wikipedia page, start guessing words you think it might contain. Guess a word right and every instance of it will be revealed, which means you can eventually (and often it takes dozens of guesses) figure out the title of the Wikipedia page. Redactle is great if you've got a little extra time, and it's quite satisfying when you can solve it in a handful of guesses instead of fifty or sixty.
Squareword
What is it? Wordle, but a 5x5 square
Frequency: Daily
With 15 guesses you'll need to solve for 10 words, which seems like a tall order. But Squareword's words run both across and down, so each letter you place correctly will appear in multiple words. There's another huge help: a column on the right shows the letters you've guessed that were in the wrong spot, which'll help you narrow down your guesses. It takes a few tries but once you're thinking in both directions, Squareword becomes an enjoyable daily challenge.
