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Collection of Wordle Variants

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 WORDLES - This list was made before coming across WORDLES. Now that it exists, this repo has no purpose. Please refer to it. There are a few variants that it misses are covered here.
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 Credits go to maxspero, the original creator of the wordle_variants.md list. This is a "fork" of his work with the aim of keeping a more updated list. We are grateful for his effort on attempting to collect all wordle variants!

This list borrows a LOT from the original wordle_variants.md

Table of Contents
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 [ND] tag means there is NO dark mode. [OS] tag means Open Source.

Wordle

Worlde-like

Keeping the theme idea the same, differing mechanics

This section complements the # Wordle Direct Variants Section

Multiplayer

Multiple Wordle Grids

Wordle Direct Variants

  • Seven Wordles - Speed Wordle

  • Squardle - Wordle in two dimensions across a 5x5 grid with six different words.

  • Absurdle, Evil Wordle - Wordle rules, but the answer is adversarial. Infinite guesses.

  • QWRTL - Wordle without the letter E.

  • Waffle - Squaredle grid (5x5 grid with six words) with shuffled letters and 15 swaps to find the correct grid.

  • Reversle - Given an answer and grid of clues, find a sequence of words that matches the clues as quickly as possible.

  • Reverdle - Wordle, but in reverse

  • Survivle - Normal Wordle rules but you must use the information you have and the goal is to play as many rounds as possible without finding the answer.

  • Absurvivle - Absurdle but the goal is to survive as long as possible.

  • Scrabwordle - Wordle, but your word must also match a given Scrabble score.

  • xordle - Wordle with two disjoint answers but only one board. Guess both words correctly to win.

  • Fibble - Wordle, but the clue contains one lie in every row.

  • Sixdle - Wordle with six-letter words and answers.

  • Warmle - Wordle, but a yellow clue lets you know if are within 3 letters alphabetically for that position.

  • Wordle Peaks - Wordle, but each position is hinted based on the alphabetical direction of the answer’s letter in that position.

  • Symble - Wordle, but hints are given as a random 3 symbols and it is up to the player to determine what the symbols mean. Important to note: symbols clue at the answer letter in that position, not the guessed letter.

  • Quodle - Wordle, but you guess qutoes.

  • invisidle - Invisible words.

Language/Regional Variants

Math Variants

  • Primel - Guess a five-digit prime in six guesses. Each guess must be prime.

  • Primal - Primel version by Andrew Taylor

  • Mathler - Guess a six-character expression that equals a given number.

  • Numberle - Guess the mathematical equation in 6 tries

  • MathWordle - Same as Numberle but with a custom generator as well

  • Nerdle - Guess an eight-character equation.

  • OEISLE - Guess Integer Sequences from OEIS.

Answer categories

  • Byrdle - Answer will be related to choral music.

  • A Greener Wordle - Answer will be related to climate change.

  • Wordle-BTS - Answer will be related to BTS.

  • Moxle - Answer will be a 5-letter Magic: the Gathering card name.

  • Sweardle - Answer will be a four-letter swear word. Guess it in four guesses.

  • Jordle - Answer will be Neopets-related.

  • Queerdle - Answer will be queer related words of various lengths.

  • YGODLE - Answer will be Yu-Gi-Oh! related.

Guessing and Answer Categories

The set of legal guesses == the set of answers

  • Oundle - Guesses and answers must be a British place name.

  • Lewdle - Guesses and answers must be in the lewd word dictionary.

  • Paimordle - Guesses and answers must be characters, items, and concepts relating to Genshin Impact.

  • BRDL - Guesses and answers must be a 4-letter bird banding code.

  • Artle - Guess the artist given a work of art

  • moviedle - Sped up movie, guess the title. Failed = Slowed down clip.

Fandom Variants

  • Enchant Worldle - Magic: the Gathering. Guess a card in 20 tries, recieving hints on card properties.

  • tirtl - wordle for autostraddle fans.

  • Commander Codex - Magic: the Gathering. Guess a commander and receive hints based on card properties.

  • Squirdle - Pokémon. Guess a Pokémon and receive hints based on Pokémon properties.

  • Lordle of the Rings - Lord of the Rings. Uses only five-letter words (including names) in the main text of Lord of the Rings

  • Swordle - Star Wars. Guess 5-character Star Wars words including numbers and dashes.

Transit/Geography

  • Airportle (Avi Bagla), Airportle (Scott’s Cheap Flights) - Guesses and answers must be three-letter airport codes.

  • Metrodle - Guess your destination on the London Underground

  • Subwaydle - Guess a valid NYC subway trip from point A to point B.

  • Worldle - Guess a country by its outline. Hints are distance and direction between the guessed country and the answer country.

  • Globle - Guess a country based on color-coded hints indicating distance.

  • Tradle - Guess a country based on its export profile.

  • Flagdle - Guess a country based on its flag. Hints are a similarity score between your guess’s flag and the actual flag.

  • Flagle - Guess a country based a 2x3 grid of a flag that reveals one square with each guess.

  • Flaggle - Flag guesser.

Game2Wordle Variants

  • Poeltl - Guess NBA player names

  • Mahjong Handle - Guess the riichi mahjong hand in 6 tries.

  • Crickle - Guess cricket related words or cricketer names.

  • Nurdle - Guess only names of cricketers. [ND]

  • Chessle - Chess

  • Chessguessr - Like Chessle but to identify the moves in a game that actually happened from a certain position of the game openings.

  • Who-are-ya - Guess the footballer name in 8 tries.

  • Boardle - Like Chessle but to identify the moves in a given puzzle

  • Pokle - A Texas Hold’em Puzzle

  • Fusekle - Like Wordle, but for Go openings (fuseki).

  • Gordle - Last name of an NHL player past or present

  • Crosswordle 1

  • crosswordle 2

  • Crosswordle 3

Joke Variants

  • Letterle - Guess one letter in 26 guesses.

  • Windle - Wordle built for Windows 3.1.

  • Passwordle - Receive hints based on the difference between SHA-256 hash of your guess and the hash of the answer.

Other Variants

  • Chordle - Guess chords

  • Semantle - Guess any word or phrase. Hints are the Word2Vec semantic distance between guess and answer.

  • Scidle - Like wordle, but you create a word or phrase using five consecutive elements from the periodic table.

  • Pictle - Using Wordle rules, use guesses to match a picture inspired by the Wordle puzzle from 7 days ago.

  • SpotifyHeardle - Guess a song by hearing increasingly long opening snippets. Features design language from Wordle.

  • HeardlePhonemic - A phonemic version of wordle

  • Squaredle - Boggle-like word finding game. Features design language from Wordle.

  • Rwordle - Guess the most obsolete word

Not Variants.

Similar Design but different Mechanics

THE ARCHIVE

No longer working

  • Taylordle - Answer will be related to Taylor Swift.

  • HardWordle - Hard words

  • Wordle2

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