If you're not familiar with Wordle, where have you been? It's the daily word game that quickly became a global sensation. The aim of Wordle is to guess a five-letter word within six attempts. After each attempt, it tells you which letters are not in the word, are in the wrong position, and are in the correct position.
One of the great things about Wordle is that you can only play it once per day. At the stroke of midnight, a new word is available to guess. It makes it the perfect game to play on your coffee break.
But what if you want more and you're craving that Wordle fix? We've got you covered. Here are the best Wordle alternatives you can play for free.
1. Hello Wordl
If you want the pure Wordle experience without that daily limitation, then Hello Wordl is the game for you. It lets you solve an unlimited number of Wordles, so you can keep powering through until it fries your brain.
Hello Wordl also lets you change the number of letters, from four to 11, which essentially increases the difficulty; a challenge only the true wordsmiths are worthy of.
2. Letterle
Letterle is a silly parody of Wordle. In Wordle, it can be tricky to think of different six-letter words that fulfill the clues you've received so far. Letterle chucks all that out of the window. Here, you simply need to guess the letter of the day.
You have a one in 26 chance of getting the answer right on your first turn. Good luck!
3. Seven Wordles
Love Wordle, but tire of its relaxed attitude? Give Seven Wordles a try, which asks you to solve seven Wordles in a row while a prominent timer clocks how long you're taking.
Similar to how people speedrun video games on Twitch, perhaps we'll soon see Wordle championships.
4. Absurdle
Absurdle dons itself as "an adversarial variant" of Wordle. Though the mechanics of the two game are the same, and use the same word lists, Absurdle doesn't have a fixed end word. Instead, it's designed to prolong the game for as long as possible.
It does this by pruning the word list as little as possible after each of your turns, keeping all the possible words that could conform to your guess. Because of this, there isn't the standard six guess limit.
5. Sweardle
If you're constantly being told to wash your mouth out, give Sweardle a try. You must guess the four-letter swear word within six guesses.
As a hint, some of them aren't traditional swear words, but rather just cheeky or silly ones—"fart", for example.
6. Squirdle
Strictly speaking, Squirdle isn't the same game as Wordle, but it offers a similar design. In this, you must guess the Pokémon in five turns, changing your answer based on generation, type, height, and weight.
If you haven't kept up with Pokémon over the years, you can switch to a first generation version to play with only the classics like Pikachu and Charmander.
Related: Free Fan-Made Pokémon MMOs All Trainers Will Love
7. Byrdle
Byrdle is an incredibly niche version of Wordle, but that's precisely what makes it so great. It looks and plays exactly like traditional Wordle, except the word you need to guess is related to choral music. Yes, most of us will probably need to research what words that includes, but that's part of the fun.
More Than Just Wordle Clones
These games take the beloved Wordle concept and tweak it to offer something humorous or inventive. Unlike some of the cash-grab Wordle clones that have cropped up on the App Store, these pay loving respect to the original Wordle and sit alongside it nicely.
