Love Wordle? Try These 22 Other Games

3. Crosswordle​​

Like Wordle, this game uses green, yellow and gray boxes to guide you toward the solution. But instead of a single word, Crosswordle serves up related words that cross over each other (similar to a crossword puzzle).

4. Dordle

Think Wordle is too easy? Double your fun with Dordle. The game features two side-by-side word boards (using the same green/yellow/gray letter blocks to indicate when guesses are correct), and players have six chances to guess both words. There are two options: Daily Dordle (one new game each day) and free Dordle, which allows unlimited play..

5. Flagle

Guess national flags based on snippets of the graphic and geographic clues. With each guess, more information is revealed, including flag colors and the distance and direction of the correct nation from the current (incorrect) guess.

6. ​​Hello Wordl​

What sets Hello Wordl apart from the original game is that players can choose the length of the secret word. Use a slider to increase the number of letters — ranging from four to 11 — in your daily puzzle.

7. IYKYK

Love acronyms? In IYKYK (named for the popular acronym "If you know, you know"), you get the first letter and then three guesses to decipher the acronym. You can play it only once a day.

8. Nerdle

Even if you’re not a numbers person, this might be the game to try. Nerdle offers six chances to guess a math equation and solution, using colored boxes to provide feedback on those black guesses. Green indicates the number or symbol is both in the puzzle and in the right place, purple means the number or symbol is in the puzzle but not in the right place, and black guesses are not part of the puzzle. ​

9. Octordle

After you’ve mastered the art of guessing one or two five-letter words, it’s time to move on to the next level. Octordle, the latest Wordle offshoot, gives you 13 chances to guess eight different five-letter words. Like Wordle, the puzzle uses yellow squares to indicate a letter is in the word and green squares when it’s in the right spot in the puzzle; the rest is, well, a puzzle.

10. Phoodle

It’s Wordle for foodies. Like the original, players enter letters and get five chances to solve the puzzle. Once you use the hints from the green and yellow squares to determine the food-related word of the day, the game offers up a “Phoodle fact” with some culinary insight related to the word.

11. Phrazle

The Wordle-inspired game invites you to guess a phrase made up of several words. You get six guesses to solve the puzzle, and color-coded boxes offer clues about the correct letters (and letter placement) within the puzzle. Need a hint? Just hit the “hint” key. There is a new puzzle daily.

12. Queerdle

The Wordle-inspired puzzles range from four to eight characters and may include two words or proper nouns, but all are related to LGBTQ+ culture and community. A pop-up message on the website warns that some Queerdle words are NSFW (not suitable for work), so be warned before you start playing.

13.​ Quordle

Logophiles, unite! (That means “lovers of words,” if you didn’t already know.) Think of Quordle as extreme Wordle. Players enter letters and attempt to guess five-letter words on four different boards at the same time. Each guess puts the correct (and incorrect) letters up on the boards, and players have nine tries to solve all four puzzles. New puzzles are released once a day.

14. Reversle

In a twist on Wordle, the game provides the solution word, and the goal is to guess the previous four words based on feedback about the letters that are in the word but in the wrong place or not in the word at all. It’s harder than it seems.

15. Semantle

Try to identify a random word of the day with unlimited guesses. After each attempt, the game gives you information on how semantically similar your word is to the secret word. It’s all about the meaning of the word and how closely your guess is to the secret word. Words can be any part of speech.

16. Sweardle

If you love certain kinds of four-letter words, this one’s for you. It’s the exact same concept as Wordle, but the answers consist of curse words and expletives. Colorful, to say the least, but definitely not suitable for playing at work, in public or around the grandkids!

17. Tradle

This one comes from the Observatory of Economic Complexity, which compiles international trade data. Guess a country based on what it exports — like gold or cloth or nuts. To start, the game provides a tree map featuring exports, represented by rectangles of different sizes to show the share of a given product proportional to the country’s exports. With each guess, the game tells you how close you are to the target country by kilometers and in what direction it’s located.

18. Waffle

All the letters to solve the puzzle are in the grid; your job is to unjumble them to guess the correct words. The letters in the green boxes are in the correct spot, and the letters in the yellow boxes are in the puzzle but not in the correct position. The daily word game allows you to make 15 swaps to guess the six words on the board. Once you’ve mastered the basic version, solve the Deluxe Waffle puzzle, with 25 swaps to guess eight words.

19. Wizarding Wordle

Head over to MuggleNet to access a Harry Potter version of the game. There’s a new puzzle every day, and each one features a five-letter wizarding word like “squib,” “filch,” “cloak” or “broom.” (Potterheads can also check out Hogwartle.)

20. Words With Friends

The original online word game has been a fan favorite since it was introduced in 2009. It’s essentially a two-player virtual game of Scrabble. Invite a friend or connect with another player on the platform, and use the letters provided to make words on the board. The player who racks up the most points wins. This game also is accessible by app.

21. Worldle

This puzzle tests your knowledge of world geography. Players are shown a shaded cutout of a map and asked to guess the country or territory. With each guess, players learn how far away (and in which direction) the correct country is located and have six chances to correctly identify the country.

22. Yeardle

Calling all history buffs! Using three historical facts, guess which year the events occurred. With each incorrect guess, the game offers hints about how close your guess is to the correct year. The aim is to solve the puzzle in eight tries.

Bonus: If you’re looking for more games that will keep your brain active, check out AARP’s Staying Sharp brain games or AARP’s full menu of online games, including Mahjongg, FreeCell, arcade games and more.