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What is the closest game to Wordle?
Quordle and Octordle use the exact Wordle rules with more boards at once. Connections is the closest daily puzzle in feel, since it is short, shareable and from the same publisher.
If You Like Wordle
Wordle gives you six tries to guess a five letter word, with colored tiles telling you which letters are right. It takes a few minutes a day, which is exactly why people go looking for more games like it once they have solved today’s word.
Here are daily word games that scratch the same itch, plus two free word games made on Chatforce that you can play in your browser right now. If you like quiz games too, see our list of games like Kahoot.
Games Like Wordle: 9 to Play Right Now
1. Vowel Rush Made with Chatforce
Vowel Rush · Made with Chatforce Play free in your browser · No install
Fill in the missing vowels of famous names, places and phrases before your fuel gauge runs out. Play it solo, or race other players online to solve first.
2. Stop the Bus Made with Chatforce
Stop the Bus · Made with Chatforce Play free in your browser · No install
A browser version of the classic pen and paper word game. Pick a letter, then race to fill every category (an animal, a country, a name) before anyone shouts stop.
3. Connections
Free on the web and in the NYT Games app · 2023
Sort 16 words into four hidden groups of four. You can make four mistakes. The closest daily habit to Wordle and from the same publisher.
4. Spelling Bee
Daily on the web and in the NYT Games app
Make as many words as you can from seven letters, and every word must use the center letter. Find the word that uses all seven for a bonus.
5. Strands
Free on the web and in the NYT Games app · 2024
A themed word search. Find the hidden words that fit today’s theme, plus one word that spans the whole board.
6. Quordle
Free on the web · 2022
Four Wordle boards at once, solved with the same guesses, in nine tries. The obvious next step if one word a day is too easy.
7. Octordle
Free on the web · 2022
Eight boards at once with thirteen guesses. Same rules as Wordle, a lot more to keep track of.
8. Waffle
Free on the web · 2022
All the letters are already on a waffle shaped grid, just in the wrong places. Swap them into six correct words using as few moves as possible.
9. Semantle
Free on the web · 2022
Guess the secret word by meaning instead of spelling. Each guess gets a score for how close it is in meaning, so you work your way in.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there free word games like Wordle I can play in my browser?
Yes. Every game on this list is free to play on the web. Vowel Rush and Stop the Bus are free on chatforce.com with no install and no account needed to play.
Is there a Wordle game you can play more than once a day?
Wordle itself gives you one puzzle a day. Vowel Rush and Stop the Bus have no daily limit, and Quordle and Octordle offer practice modes on top of the daily puzzle.
Is there a multiplayer word game like Wordle?
Vowel Rush has an online mode where you race other players to solve first, and Stop the Bus is built around racing each other to fill the categories.
