Category · 58 games
Sports Games Like Wordle: Players, Teams and Careers
Sports games like Wordle turn player knowledge into a daily puzzle. Poeltl asks for an NBA player, HERTL focuses on hockey, Career Path reveals a footballer through former clubs and The Heatmap starts from positions on the pitch
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Poeltl
Guess the mystery NBA player in eight guesses from color-coded traits, with new players every day
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Chessle
Wordle for chess openings: guess the whole opening sequence for White and Black in six guesses
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Athletele
Identify NBA, NFL, MLB or NHL players from season-by-season stats in three guesses, with daily, infinite and multiplayer modes
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Ball Don't Cry
Use a season-by-season table of NBA numbers to identify the hidden player
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Career Path
Identify a player from a club career table, unlocking one more stop after every miss and choosing how many hints remain visible
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CFBordle
Use six rows of five-letter guesses to find a college-football-themed answer in a familiar Wordle-style grid
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CRICLE
Guess a mystery cricket player using country, role, batting, bowling and age information, with hints that cost wickets
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Daily Draft
Build a daily fantasy football team from historical players, filling eight roster slots under PPR scoring
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Daily Putt
Aim and power your shots through a three-hole daily course, trying to finish with the fewest strokes
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Deep Cut
Answer six daily hockey prompts, aiming for uncommon valid names and avoiding three strikes on any one question
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DeepBall
Answer seven timed NFL questions, aiming for valid names that other players are less likely to choose
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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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Football Bingo
Match incoming footballers to clubs, countries, leagues or honors, filling twelve boxes with a timer or at your own pace
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Football Connections
Sort 16 players into groups of four connected by clubs, countries, awards or other career details
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Football Grid
Name nine footballers who satisfy intersecting categories such as clubs, nations, managers and trophies
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Football Logo Quiz
Name the soccer club in five guesses as each wrong answer exposes a larger circle of its badge
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Football Wordle
Find the name a footballer is known by in six tries, with a word length that changes each day
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FootyIQ
Solve soccer puzzles about players, clubs and statistics, including a blurred-photo challenge, Footle, grids and teammate links
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FUMBLL
Six guesses to name a mystery football player using team, position, jersey number, age, experience and fantasy-point feedback
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Geosportle
Pin famous sports events on a globe and estimate their years, with daily rounds, practice and an archive
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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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GroundIQ
Identify five soccer clubs from views inside their grounds, with 45 seconds per stadium and no moving away from your starting spot
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Guess The NBA Player
Identify a basketball player in ten tries using comparisons of draft year, team, position and other attributes
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HERTL
Identify a hockey player in an NHL guessing game that includes an optional silhouette clue
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Immaculate Grid: Football
Nine scored guesses to match pro football players to team and achievement intersections, with rarity rewarding less common picks
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Kickoff Trivia
Answer ten true-or-false football cards with 12 seconds each, choosing a daily theme or another football topic
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Kinda Hard Golf
Climb toward the top in as few golf strokes as possible, saving progress at checkpoint flags
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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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Liftle
Guess a gym exercise in six tries using front and back muscle diagrams and clues about equipment and movement
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Missing 11
Use the formation, shirt numbers and eight visible players to name three missing starters in six guesses
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MLB Pickle
Guess today's MLB player using matches on team, league, division, age and position, with nine attempts to solve
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Name Chain
Build chains of player names across MLB, NFL or NBA, with daily challenges, shared chains and friend duels
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NFL Wordle
Use player clues to identify the daily NFL answer, or open an earlier puzzle from Previous Wordles
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Player of the Day
Choose a soccer league and identify its player of the day in eight guesses using five profile clues
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PriceTag
Guess how much a player's transfer cost from the clubs and year shown, scoring more points for a closer estimate
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Puckdoku
Fill nine hockey cells with players who satisfy both labels, choosing uncommon valid names to lower your uniqueness score
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Roster Relay
Build a chain of former teammates between two players in NBA, NFL or MLB daily puzzles
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Scout
Find a daily hockey player in eight guesses using feedback on team, division, position, age, number, height and more
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Sportdle
Identify athletes and esports pros through attribute clues, career paths, statistics and other modes across a large selection of competitions
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Sportiz
Use sport-specific attributes to identify athletes in football, cricket, F1, tennis, golf and World Cup history
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Sports Connections Unlimited
Find hidden links among sixteen sports terms, with four mistakes allowed, difficulty choices and a dated archive
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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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Statle
Test your knowledge of all-time basketball statistics in Over / Under, Career Clash and Hit the Target
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Sundaydle
Answer football questions, sort player connections or face another player across the same five-question duel
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The Ball Grid
Fill nine cells with Premier League players, scoring rare picks in Classic or racing the clock in Rapid Fire
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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| Poeltl | Name the NBA player from color-coded traits | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| Chessle | Guess a chess opening, move by move | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| 38-0 | Draft a football team and simulate its campaign | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Free, paid extras |
| 82-0 | Draft an all-time NBA roster and simulate its season | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Free |
| Athletele | Recognize an athlete from a career of statistics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free |
| Ball Don't Cry | Recognize an NBA player from season statistics | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Career Path | Name a soccer player as their clubs are revealed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| CFBordle | A daily word puzzle for college football fans | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free to try |
| CRICLE | Identify a cricketer from player attributes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Daily Draft | Draft a fantasy football roster from past seasons | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Daily Putt | Play three miniature golf holes each day | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Free |
| Deep Cut | Score hockey knowledge by how rare your answers are | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
| DeepBall | Score yards with less obvious NFL answers | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Dribble | Connect two NBA players through former teammates | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Free |
| Football Bingo | Assign soccer players to twelve categories | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free to try |
| Football Connections | Find four hidden groups of footballers | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Football Grid | Fill a soccer grid with players matching two clues | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Football Logo Quiz | Recognize a club crest through a widening window | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| Football Wordle | Guess a football name letter by letter | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free |
| FootyIQ | A daily soccer collection with grids, clues and connections | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Free with ads |
A closer look
Some games ask you to connect facts instead of naming one hidden player. Dribble builds a chain through shared basketball teammates, Football Bingo matches footballers to categories and Sports Connections Unlimited groups related sports terms
Choose a sport you follow, then a clue format you enjoy. Player comparisons reward knowledge of teams and positions, while career tables and heatmaps reward recognizing how and where someone played
Questions people ask
Is there a basketball game like Wordle?
Poeltl hides an NBA player and responds to guesses with trait comparisons. Dribble offers a different task: connect two basketball players through shared teammates
Which games are about football players?
Career Path uses a club history, The Heatmap uses positions on the pitch and Who Are Ya? starts from a player picture. Missing 11 asks you to complete part of a starting lineup
Are sports puzzles always about guessing a name?
No. Football Bingo matches players to categories, Sports Connections Unlimited sorts related terms and Chessle asks you to reconstruct an opening sequence
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