Games Like Wordle You Can Play After Solving Your Daily Word

Fun, free-to-play daily word game "Wordle" has become a smash hit — perhaps even keyboard-smashing for those who keep finding themselves a few squares shy of the daily word. Twitter is largely responsible for helping "Wordle" take over the internet, thanks to a fan-created function that allows users to share their daily attempt at the 5-letter word through spoiler-free, color-coded squares. Players can go for bragging rights or regret their incorrectly guessed letters by sharing their unique combination of green squares indicating the right letter in the right place, yellow squares signaling a correct letter in the wrong place, and gray squares representing a letter that isn't in the daily word.

The satisfyingly straightforward game has become a success story for its aptly-named creator Josh Wardle, so much so that multiple clones and copycats have popped up trying to profit off his creation that he wants to keep ad- and payment-free. Fans are pushing back against clones and supporting the original, but there is still a growing desire for similar word games that are equally enjoyable with enough notable differences to keep things interesting. As entertaining as it is to try a new round of "Wordle" every 24 hours, it can leave players wanting more in the meantime, since each day only allows six guesses for one word. For "Wordle" gamers who just can't get enough, there are plenty of similar games out there that may provide a similar thrill.

"Bookworm" is the throwback free-to-play desktop game from 2003 that is just as much worth indulging in now as it was back then. It's up to players to feed hungry bookworm Lex with words created from an evolving selection of letter tiles that repopulate with new ones after players use them for a word. Adjacent letters can be used to spell the longest word possible for the highest number of points, creating a more complex landscape of choices than "Wordle" offers. Though, this also makes the game easier in a way since the board typically presents multiple viable options for earning points as opposed to one single correct answer.

Interestingly enough, "Bookworm" features color-coded tiles like "Wordle," but for an entirely different reason. Red burning tiles are a threat that can set the whole library on fire. Green and gold tiles offer extra points, the latter for words of 5 letters or more only. Finally, diamond and sapphire tiles pack a big point punch after a player creates a word with at least two gold or green tiles. With many differentiating elements as well as the shared common thread of strategic word formation, "Bookworm" is sure to please "Wordle" fans whether or not they played it back in its prime.

For any tabletop game fans who have experienced the whimsical joy of "Exploding Kittens," it'll be exciting to learn that the folks behind the "award-winning card game" also have a free-to-play word game for both Android and iOS called "Kitty Letter." In this charming game that leads with a pun as cheeky as the game itself, players are tasked with unscrambling letters which turn into kitten armies that get bigger with word length.

The main mode of gameplay in "Kitty Letter" is 1v1, so "Wordle" fans will relish the opportunity to get playfully competitive with friends or strangers as they defend their respective homes from neighboring kittens across the street. One promo for "Kitty Letter" even describes the game as "words with enemies," making a clever reference to none other than "Words With Friends."

Though the multiplayer head-to-head mode is where the real action happens, the "Kitty Letter" single-player campaign is a "giant playable Oatmeal comic" created by one of the two folks behind the original "Exploding Kittens" card games. So, whether for the words, the aesthetic, or the cats who could blow up at any moment, "Wordle" fans who want a change of pace still rooted in solving letter puzzles will probably get a kick out of "Kitty Letter."