Category · 8 games
Daily Puzzle Games Beyond Wordle
Once Wordle is done, these daily puzzles fill the rest of the coffee break. Connections and PuzzGrid sort words into hidden groups, Pinpoint asks for the category behind a few clue words, Bracket City nests clues inside brackets and Murdle is a logic puzzle about a murder
Games 1 to 8
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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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Wordiply
The Guardian's daily game: five goes to make the longest word that contains the starter word
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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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Bracket City
Solve nested bracketed clues to reveal a fact about this day in history, now published by The Atlantic
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Puzzmo
A daily puzzle hub with crosswords, Memoku, SpellTower and Really Bad Chess, plus a shared recap called Yesterday's News
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Murdle
A daily logic puzzle: deduce the murderer, weapon, location and motive from clues and evidence cards
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PuzzGrid
User-made grids in the style of Only Connect: like Connections, but with more red herrings
Compare at a glance
A quick comparison of 8 games from this list: what changes, daily puzzles, unlimited play and multiplayer
| Game | What is different | Daily | Unlimited | Multiplayer | Price |
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| Connections | Sort 16 words into four groups | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free, paid extras |
| Wordiply | The longest word around a starter word | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | 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 |
| Bracket City | Nested clues about this day in history | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Puzzmo | A daily hub of puzzles | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Murdle | Deduce the murderer, weapon and motive | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| PuzzGrid | Only Connect style grids made by players | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
A closer look
Several big publishers run their own: The Guardian has Wordiply, LinkedIn has Pinpoint and Crossclimb, and The Atlantic now publishes Bracket City. Puzzmo gathers crosswords, Memoku, SpellTower and Really Bad Chess in one daily hub
Questions people ask
What games are like Connections?
PuzzGrid has user-made grids in the style of Only Connect, like Connections but with more red herrings. Pinpoint asks you to guess a category from clue words that appear one by one
What is Murdle?
A daily logic puzzle by G. T. Karber: you deduce the murderer, weapon, location and motive from clues and evidence cards. There is a daily mini for newcomers
Which of these daily puzzles are free?
Wordiply, Pinpoint, Crossclimb, Murdle and PuzzGrid are free. Puzzmo and Bracket City show ads, and Connections gives today's puzzle for free and keeps the archive for subscribers
Top Picks
Four games to try if you want Wordle with a twist
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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
Wordle as a solo dungeon crawl: every floor is a boss with a hidden English word and its own twist, 200 bosses deep
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Transwordle Top Pick
Wordle where the word runs away: after every miss the hidden word is swapped for a new one and your earlier rows are recolored
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Wordle Blast Top Pick
Wordle in a Tetris-style stack: clue blocks open from the bottom up, and the sooner you guess, the more blocks blow up into points