The word game so popular that the New York Times secured ownership, is not one-of-a-kind. Wordle created by Josh Wardle is a once-daily challenge that requires you to guess the five-letter word of the day in six attempts. The growing popularity of the game inspired many spin-offs, some of which are specific to a particular topic.
Taylordle– This game is almost identical to Wordle, but has one major difference: it’s Taylor Swift themed. Every word is either a song title, a reference, or a description all relating to music icon Taylor Swift.
Nerdle– Eight spaces, six tries and numbers instead of letters. Nerdle requires you to create balanced math equations to correctly guess the equation of the day. The math is very basic–- containing the possibilities of subtraction, addition, multiplication and division.
Le Mot Wordle– Wordle, but French. In this game you can only use French words, but otherwise it follows the rules of Wordle.
Absurdle– If Wordle was chaos then it would be Absurdle. This game attempts to prolong the answer for as long as possible–you have endless “lives”–and will change the word if necessary; it is borderline lacking rules altogether.
Survival Wordle– In this game you are given some green letters and some yellow letters, and you are timed to solve the word. Having five lives, it scores how many words you get right before you die.
Worldle– This is a geography version of Wordle where you have six attempts to guess the country based on the shape. After each try, you are given the distance that your guess is from the correct country to help figure out what region of the world it is in.
Prattle– Sharing the same rule set as Wordle, Prattle has a Shakespearian theme. The only other difference is that an unlimited number of games can be played.
Heardle– For Heardle you need your ears. With six attempts to guess the correct song, Heardle plays a couple of seconds from the intro of a mystery song, revealing more of the song with every wrong guess. You can also skip a guess to hear more of the song.
