Updated October 2, 2026 · 14 games
You solved today's Wordle and want another puzzle. Good news: there are plenty of free daily word games, some that stretch the Wordle formula to four or sixteen words at once, and others that swap guessing letters for finding words, building ladders or hunting by meaning.
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Try one of today’s Origins Quiz clues
What title is Old English for 'loaf-kneader', the woman of a household who baked its bread, while her husband was the 'loaf-guardian'? It was already being used of Aethelflaed, ruler of the Mercians, in a chronicle entry for 912. (4 letters)
Play the other nine clues →The same green-and-yellow feedback you know, with a twist.
Solve four Wordle-style words at once. Every guess counts toward all four boards, and you get nine guesses in total.
Best for: The natural next step after Wordle.
Eight words at once with thirteen guesses. A new puzzle every day.
Best for: When Quordle starts to feel easy.
Two Wordle puzzles to solve at once. It has a daily mode and plays free in the browser.
Best for: A gentle warm-up for multi-board games.
Sixteen words in 21 guesses. There is a daily puzzle plus a free practice mode and variants with other word lengths.
Best for: Players who want a long, tactical session.
All the letters are already on a waffle-shaped grid, just in the wrong places. Swap them into the correct words across and down, using 15 swaps or fewer. The daily puzzle is free, with optional extras for supporters.
Best for: Wordle colors with a sliding-puzzle feel.
Still five minutes and a daily reset, but you are doing something other than guessing a five-letter word.
Find words by connecting letters on a grid, in any direction. New puzzles daily, getting harder through the week. Free, with an optional subscription that removes ads and adds archives and extras.
Best for: Word search fans who like a full board to clear.
Make words from seven letters, always using the center letter, with longer words and pangrams scoring more. One curated puzzle a day plus unlimited generated ones, all free and open source.
Best for: A free alternative in the Spelling Bee style.
The Guardian's daily word game. You get five goes to find the longest word that contains the day's starter word.
Best for: A quick daily stretch of your vocabulary.
A daily word ladder: turn one word into another, one letter at a time. The site also hosts two sister puzzles, Weaver X and Subtext.
Best for: Fans of classic word ladders.
Guess a secret word. Each guess is scored by how close it is in meaning, not spelling, and guesses are unlimited.
Best for: Thinking about meaning rather than letters.
Guess a secret word, and each guess tells you how close you are to the answer in meaning.
Best for: A friendlier take on the Semantle idea.
For when you want a little general knowledge mixed in with your wordplay.
One hidden 10-letter word and ten clues. Each answer starts with the next letter of the hidden word, and every clue is about where a word, name, place or brand came from. Solving a row gives you letters toward the others, and every puzzle has a roundup that tells the full story behind each answer.
Best for: People who like trivia as much as wordplay.
Play today’s puzzleFull disclosure: we make this one. It’s on this list because it’s the game we wished existed.
Guess the country from its silhouette in six tries, with distance and direction hints after each guess. The daily game is free, and an optional paid tier unlocks the archive.
Best for: A geography take on the Wordle format.
A Wikipedia article with every word blacked out. Guess words to reveal them until you can name the article. Free with ads, or subscribe to skip them.
Best for: Deduction and general knowledge.
Ten clues, one hidden word, and a new origin story every day.
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