Do you like “Word”? Here are nine similar online games to play

wordle took the world by storm.

In a few months, the free online game has gathered hundreds of thousands of players.

Quite a feat for such a simple and understated premise.

How do you play ‘Wordle’?

The free online game, which is available on a website as opposed to a mobile app, challenges people to find five-letter words with six guesses.

There is only one word to solve each day and it is the same for everyone. Players must guess any word (with five letters) and the letters of the word but in the wrong place turn gold, while those in the right place turn green and those not there at all turn gray.

Players must find the answer in all six guesses and then they can post how fast they solved the puzzle on social media, although the word remains a mystery so as not to spoil it for everyone.

If you like playing this game, here are nine other similar games to try next.

Take a look at the photo gallery above to see what each game looks like.

‘Hello Wordl’

Let’s start with Hello Wordlwhich is a remake of wordle and plays exactly the same way. The only major differences are that you can change the number of letters in a word, ranging from four to 11, and you can play more than once per day.

Play here.

‘Letter’

This is another game that appeared in direct response to wordlepopularity. It’s a mischievous parody game that has players guessing a single letter each day.

Play here.

‘Absurd’

Since wordle started trending, as did this self-proclaimed “adversarial variant” of the popular online word game. Whereas wordle allows players to discover a single word in six tries, Absurd changes the rules as the participants progress, trying to “intentionally extend the game as much as possible”. Enjoy.

Play here.

‘Letter from the Cat’

From the creator of Explosive kittens come kitty letteranother head-to-head competitive nonsense humor and word game experience that challenges players to unscramble words to collect ammo and power-ups in an effort to defeat villains such as dysenteric deer and cats with swords.

It is available for free download in the App Store or Google Play.

‘Word forward’

If you want BoggleYou will like word forward. It features a 5×5 grid of letter combinations that you can use to create words. You won’t get extra points for fancy or large words, or even for the quality of your linguistic prowess, just for how many of them you can find.

It is available for $2.99 ​​in the App Store or Google Play.

‘TypeShift’

TypeShift is similar to wordlebut instead of having a static grid, this game asks players to spell words using sliding letters in columns, much like moving word search. The App Store description reads, “A word game where crosswords meet anagrams.”

When you compose a word, the letter turns green and the goal is for all the letters to turn green. There is also a daily challenge, like wordlebut you can also play several per session.

It is available for free on the App Store or Google Play.

‘SpellTower’

From the same creators of TypeShift, Zach Gage, SpellTower is the Tetris of word games and offers 11 different modes for players, such as multiplayer and time. Basically, a line of letters will fall across the screen, and your job is to form words with adjacent letters, causing them to disappear. Some letters, such as Q or X, erase entire lines if you use them in a word. The game ends when the screen fills to the top.

It is available for free on the App Store or Google Play.

“Master of Words”

master of words is surprisingly similar to wordle. In this browser game, players have six guesses to find the correct word, and the correct letters will turn green if they are in the correct place, yellow if they are in the word but not there, and gray if they are not. no way.

The biggest difference is that you can play more than one master of words puzzles per day.

Play here.

‘Typography’

It’s a game to play with your friends or even random opponents on the internet. This is a free, unlimited game where you untangle tiles to spell words and get bonus points for your superior vocabulary knowledge (or at least longer words). You can also chat in real time with other people on the app.

It is available for free on the App Store and Google Play.

Updated: January 16, 2022, 10:46 a.m.