List · 64 games
Apps Like Wordle for iPhone and Android
Every game here has an app or plays inside one. Worduel has apps for iPhone and Android, and WorDungeon is on iPhone. The NYT Games app holds the official Wordle with Connections, Strands and Spelling Bee, and for slow games with friends there are Wordfeud, Words With Friends and Scrabble GO
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Worduel Top Pick
A Wordle duel: you and a rival take turns on one shared board, 45 seconds a move, in ranked games or a friend room
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WorDungeon Top Pick
An endless Wordle dungeon crawl with 200 distinct bosses, words in 13 languages and relics after each win, until your lives run out
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Betweenle
Find the secret word that sits alphabetically between other words, in up to 12 guesses, with a new puzzle every day
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Smartle
Swap letters on a 5x5 grid until they form five valid words, with a daily puzzle, a Sprint mode and an archive
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Nerdle
Wordle with math: guess a hidden eight-character calculation such as 3*4+5=17 in six tries
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Elementle
Guess the exact date of a historical event in five tries, with feedback on every number
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Actorle
Guess the mystery actor from their filmography, where titles are hidden and genres, years and IMDb ratings are the clues
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Bandle
Guess the song from the drums alone, then bass, guitar, piano and the rest join in as the song builds
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Connections
Sort 16 words into four hidden groups that share a common thread, with one new puzzle a day from The New York Times
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Strands
A word search with a twist: find hidden words in a letter grid and uncover the day's theme
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Spelling Bee
How many words can you make with 7 letters? One puzzle a day, and the more words you build, the more points you earn
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NYT Games app
The one app for the official Wordle with Wordle Bot, plus Connections, Strands, Spelling Bee, crosswords and Sudoku
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NYT Crossplay
The Times' first two-player word game: take turns placing letter tiles on a shared board and rack up points
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Words With Friends
Zynga's word battles on a crossword-style board, against friends or opponents found by Smart Match
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Scrabble GO
The official Scrabble app from Scopely, with multiplayer games, solo Adventures, fast Duels and more word modes
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Wordfeud
A turn-based word board game with up to 30 games at once, played at your own pace, in ten languages
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Pinpoint
Guess the category from a few clue words that appear one by one, part of LinkedIn Games
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Crossclimb
A word ladder with trivia clues: unlock the ladder and complete the hidden clues, part of LinkedIn Games
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37, The Math Puzzle
Combine rolled dice with mathematical operations to reach 37, with three daily difficulty levels and practice
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82-0
Build a team from basketball history and see whether it can finish an 82-game season unbeaten
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Acrobeat
Reproduce a sound interval with taps or a held press, climbing through increasingly strict timing challenges
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Anagram Arena
Rearrange letters in five daily word puzzles, practice with unlimited solo rounds or play two-player mode in the app
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CityQ
Fill a 3×3 city grid in nine guesses, matching both category labels in every cell and aiming for less obvious answers
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CrissWord
Solve a compact two-clue crossword whose answers share several letters
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DBDle
Daily Dead by Daylight puzzles cover killers, emoji clues, survivor perks, killer perks and terror radius sounds
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Dribble
Build a chain between two basketball players using shared teammates, with six guesses on the web board and unlimited play advertised in the app
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Fissle
Trace words through adjacent tiles, then read letter feedback to find the hidden answers while conserving limited fuel cells
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Fourplay
Choose four of five cards and orient their words so every surrounding clue connects its neighboring pair
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Gamedle
Identify games and characters in daily quizzes, play extra cover and keyword rounds, or invite friends into a private room
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Glyph (layered letters)
Study a composite letter shape and decode its word, with letter reveals, past puzzles and custom challenges
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GoatLab
Draft professional athletes into attribute slots, simulate a career and try daily challenges or live head-to-head play
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Gridly
Build words of at least three letters from a 3x3 grid, with daily play and a two-minute Blitz option
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Higher or Lower
Choose the higher or lower value in 25 daily comparisons covering subjects such as populations, ratings and online audiences
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Idiomoji
Interpret an emoji sequence as an idiom or phrase, using visual, sound-based or conceptual connections
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Layover
Connect two airports using real airline routes, balancing travel time, cost and three optional daily objectives
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Legacy Run - Daily
Unlock a basketball star through a daily puzzle, draft a five-player team and simulate an 82-game season
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Levenshtein
Each guess shows how many insertions, deletions and replacements separate your word from the answer
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Pixletters
Use colored pixel clues to solve words in puzzle packs, with more packs available in the mobile app
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Pyramid
Choose the vowel that makes all the displayed words complete, with daily and endless play through Daily Worder
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Quartiles Game
Combine tiles containing letter segments to discover words, including five longer targets that earn bonus points
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Redacted
Read a fictional case document and reconstruct five redacted words from their context and visible letters
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Sharkdle
Guess sharks in daily, infinite or practice modes, with an archive and extra collection activities on the same site
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Starting 5 Trivia
Pick which of five players fits each trivia question, earning more for fast answers and double points in the fourth quarter
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Tiltanic
Guide a boat along a shared daily course by tilting your phone or moving a mouse
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TimeGuessr
Examine a photograph, mark where it was taken and estimate its year, with daily, random and community-created games
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Wordable
Tap letters anywhere on the board to outscore a bot in the browser or real opponents in the iPhone app
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HONICIAN
Place colored orbs so five matching ones touch, including diagonally, and build a combo
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Meikyu
Choose five pieces for a hidden dungeon lineup, use feedback from each sortie and win a floor within six tries
Compare at a glance
A quick comparison of 20 games from this list: what changes, daily puzzles, unlimited play and multiplayer
| Game | What is different | Daily | Unlimited | Multiplayer | Price |
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| Worduel | Shared-board duels, ranked or with friends | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Free |
| WorDungeon | Wordle as a roguelike dungeon crawl | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Betweenle | Find the word between two others | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Free |
| Smartle | Swap letters into five words | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Nerdle | Guess an eight-character calculation | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Elementle | Guess the date of a historical event | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Actorle | Name the actor from a filmography | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Bandle | Name the song, one instrument at a time | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Free with ads |
| Connections | Sort 16 words into four groups | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free, paid extras |
| Strands | Word search with a hidden theme | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free, paid extras |
| Spelling Bee | Make words from 7 letters | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free, paid extras |
| NYT Games app | The official Wordle and its sister games | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free, paid extras |
| NYT Crossplay | The Times' two-player tile game | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Free |
| Words With Friends | Zynga's crossword-style word battles | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Free, paid extras |
| Scrabble GO | The official Scrabble app | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Free, paid extras |
| Wordfeud | Turn-based board game in ten languages | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Free |
| Pinpoint | Guess the category from clue words | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Crossclimb | A word ladder with trivia clues | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| 37, The Math Puzzle | Make a dice roll equal 37 | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Free |
| 82-0 | Draft an all-time NBA roster and simulate its season | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Free |
A closer look
Many browser games have apps too: Betweenle's Android and iOS apps add an unlimited mode, Nerdle and Actorle have iPhone apps, Elementle runs on iOS and Android, and Pinpoint and Crossclimb live inside the LinkedIn app
Questions people ask
Is there an official Wordle app?
The official Wordle is in the NYT Games app for iOS and Android, together with Wordle Bot, Connections, Strands and Spelling Bee. The app is free to download, and subscribers get the archive
Which word game app can I play with friends?
Worduel has apps for iPhone and Android with ranked duels and friend rooms. Wordfeud, Words With Friends and Scrabble GO are turn-based word board games, and NYT Crossplay is the Times' two-player game
Are these apps free?
Each can be played for free at least in part. Some sell in-app purchases or a subscription, such as Words With Friends, Scrabble GO and the NYT Games app