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Comprehensive list of Wordle variants

Original

  • Wordle - Guess a five-letter word in six guesses. Each guess must be real words.

Clones

Multiplayer

Multiple Wordle Grids

  • Dordle - Wordle on two different grids at once.
  • Tridle - Wordle on three different grids at once.
  • Quordle - Wordle on four different grids at once.
  • Octordle - Wordle on eight different grids at once.
  • Sedecordle - Wordle on sixteen different grids at once.
  • Kilordle - Wordle on 1000 different grids at once.
  • Polydle - Choose how many Wordle grids to solve at once (maximum 2315).
  • Thirtle - Solve thirty consecutive Wordle grids as quickly as possible.
  • Crosswordle - Wordle on two intersecting words.

Word Variants

  • 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.
  • 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.

Language/Regional Variants

Math Variants

  • Primel - Guess a five-digit prime in six guesses. Each guess must be prime.
  • Mathler - Guess a six-character expression that equals a given number.
  • Nerdle - Guess an eight-character equation.

Answer categories (English words + category are all legal guesses)

  • Taylordle - Answer will be related to Taylor Swift.
  • 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.

Fandom Variants

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

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

  • 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.
  • Chessle - Like Wordle, but for Chess openings.
  • Fusekle - Like Wordle, but for Go openings (fuseki).
  • Pictle - Using Wordle rules, use guesses to match a picture inspired by the Wordle puzzle from 7 days ago.
  • Heardle - Guess a song by hearing increasingly long opening snippets. Features design language from Wordle.
  • Squaredle - Boggle-like word finding game. Features design language from Wordle.

Made a Wordle game and not on here? Drop a link in the comments!

@6zs
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6zs commented Mar 22, 2022

Fibble - It tells you a lie every row. Starts with a random word already guessed (same word for everyone).

@Miller2007
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Miller2007 commented Mar 23, 2022

https://word.rodeo/Sixdle/ is a new one that deserves adding to the list

@6zs
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6zs commented Mar 25, 2022

Warmle - Yellows let you know if you got close (within 3 letters alphabetically) for that position. Starts with some random letters clued (same letters for everyone.)

@wincelau
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SUTOM - A french popular wordle, the word length can be between 6 and 9 letters, and the first letter it give. The project is free/open source. This game is inspired of an old very popular TV game MOTUS.

@maxspero
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Thanks all. Updated the list.

@mgiuffrida
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@maxspero I don't see Squaredle in the list yet :-/ (it's different from Squardle and squareword)

Do you consider it too dissimilar from Wordle to list here?

@maxspero
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@mgiuffrida Isn't this just Boggle? I don't see the similarity to Wordle beyond the name and paste-able score.

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mgiuffrida commented Mar 26, 2022

@maxspero It has some key differences from Boggle that make it more fun IMO, but yeah, the fundamental gameplay is different from Wordle's so that's fair! Either way, thanks for maintaining this list.

@TriceratopsAteVelociraptor
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Paimordle - Genshin Impact fandom wordle
Queerdle - Queer related words, various lengths
Wordle Peaks - Word Variant (based off letter proximity)
Flagdle - image Based off flags

@PelleNyren
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Could you fix the spelling in "Squardle"? (Remove the first E.)

@lstoldt
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lstoldt commented Apr 6, 2022

@suchir-g
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suchir-g commented Apr 6, 2022

http://scidle.co.uk/

science wordle

@maxspero
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maxspero commented Apr 6, 2022

Updated, thanks all. @PelleNyren thanks for the catch. @mgiuffrida I added Squaredle. I figure if Heardle makes the cut then this one should as well.

@akshatchugh
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https://ygo-wordle.vercel.app/ Words related to either the Yu-Gi-Oh card game or the anime.

@julianwachholz
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Interesting you chose to include a custom page made with word.rodeo 😂

@isurasan
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isurasan commented Apr 7, 2022

https://www.flagle.io/
Wordle with flags!!

@alexhou00
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alexhou00 commented Apr 8, 2022

https://words.hk/static/bopomofo-wordle/
Wordle in Chinese bopomofo phonics

Wheredle🌎
Guess the US state from Google Street View

@jamesluke
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Pimantle: https://semantle.pimanrul.es/

Like semantle, but shows a 2D point plot of all words. This allows you to see not only how close your guess is to the target, but how close your guess was to other guesses.

Includes a semantle archive.

@chongtastic
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chongtastic commented Apr 9, 2022

we made https://futboldle.com, guess the Premier League soccer player!

@nickholl
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We made https://www.warbl.org, a backwards song guessing game!

@pharmtechmom
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pharmtechmom commented Apr 16, 2022

someone sent me a link to www.harryvu.me/meddle, guessing names of medications

also trordle and hexordle, at hexordle.com

@LorisSecuro
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@maxspero could you fix the link to the original Wordle? The current link has an extra slash at the end.

@gipros
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gipros commented Apr 26, 2022

Hello,

We made Ibrandle, where you have to guess 3 to 11 letters brand name.

@Aigul9
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Aigul9 commented Apr 28, 2022

@Miller2007
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How did you make that?

@bluebear94
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@mynery
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mynery commented Apr 29, 2022

dungleon: guess a dungeon with heroes, monsters and loot

@davidkna
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@4var1
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4var1 commented May 4, 2022

@thuiop
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thuiop commented May 9, 2022

redactle.com : Guess the title of an obfuscated wikipedia page by revealing the words you try to guess
https://ymfyw.github.io/Marvel-Wordle/ : Wordle but with Marvel stuff (guessing and answer categories)

@mcradha
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mcradha commented May 9, 2022

Joined Words : Guess a compound word from three clues given to you.
http://joinedwords.com/

@gajahduduk
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gajahduduk commented May 24, 2022

https://duotrigordle.com : guess 32 in 37 tries
https://katla.vercel.app : Indonesian Wordle
Wordle Bot : analyze your Wordle play

@maxspero could you fix the link to the original Wordle? The current link has an extra slash at the end.
ditto -- doesn't work as is

@fca2011
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fca2011 commented Jun 14, 2022

​LingPal - Play, even in a language you don't know, and learn new words using its word suggestion

https://www.idelan.com/lingpal

@adin04
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adin04 commented Jun 17, 2022

Jewdle - English words relating to Judaism
Artle - guess the artist given a work of art. Failed guesses reveal more art by the same artist.
Moviedle - given a movie sped up to last a second, guess the movie. Failed guesses slow down the movie.

@kpatelPro
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Quodle - Decipher a famous quote by solving wordles.

@Pokle-Game
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Pokle-Game commented Jul 7, 2022

Pokle - A Texas Hold'em Puzzle

@6zs
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6zs commented Jul 21, 2022

Hi -- I had to change xordle's website from https://xordle.xyz to https://xordle.org due to an issue with the original domain. It would be great to get the link updated here.

@gajahduduk
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looks like OP is no longer maintaining this, anyone want to take over and fork it?

@pier4r
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pier4r commented Jul 23, 2022

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XI64 commented Aug 5, 2022

looks like OP is no longer maintaining this, anyone want to take over and fork it?

I did create a "fork" here but I eventually found wordles which is like a huge compedium. So I think it is worth contributing directly to it.

@Grantismo
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https://www.polygonle.com: Wordle with a shape-based clue for each character

@quanghieucorp
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These are very good word games. It not only entertains us but also helps promote human judgment. In addition to the games above, there are also some more similar games such as: nyt wordle - wordle unlimited

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

This link is dead. Too bad since I really like the periodic table!

@epicurus101
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epicurus101 commented Nov 26, 2022

Referdle - You are given a completed Wordle puzzle with only the coloured squares and have to deduce each of the words using normal Wordle rules in the lowest number of total guesses

@mcradha
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mcradha commented Nov 27, 2022

Try Four Word Grid also. You have to rearrange 16 letters to make the grid read the same horizontal and vertical https://fourwordgrid.web.app/

@Openstreetmapler
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Referdle - You are given a completed Wordle puzzle with only the coloured squares and have to deduce each of the words using normal Wordle rules in the lowest number of total guesses

Thanks for hurting my self-confidence. 🤕

To be fair, English is not my native language …

@epicurus101
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Referdle - You are given a completed Wordle puzzle with only the coloured squares and have to deduce each of the words using normal Wordle rules in the lowest number of total guesses

Thanks for hurting my self-confidence. 🤕

To be fair, English is not my native language …

Haha! Sorry to do that to you. It’s quite a tough one but hopefully some people get a kick out of it! I know I wouldn’t be able to do a word puzzle in any language other than English 😀

@phuongle22
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I found wordle on Twitter and I've been into this game for a while. Not once have I found the correct answer, it's very difficult and we only have 6 guesses in all in one day. The game has a simple gameplay but it is very difficult to win.

@julianwachholz
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😂 wat

@SouthSydneyRabbitohs
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SouthSydneyRabbitohs commented Dec 24, 2022

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SouthSydneyRabbitohs commented Jan 9, 2023

Referdle - You are given a completed Wordle puzzle with only the coloured squares and have to deduce each of the words using normal Wordle rules in the lowest number of total guesses

Thanks for hurting my self-confidence. 🤕
To be fair, English is not my native language …

Haha! Sorry to do that to you. It’s quite a tough one but hopefully some people get a kick out of it! I know I wouldn’t be able to do a word puzzle in any language other than English 😀

Lol, neither! 😂

@RattatAndyGo
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duotrigordle is missing

@adrik
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adrik commented Mar 5, 2023

Please add Smartle (https://smartle.net) - it's a game with a 5x5 grid where you need to build a valid word in each row to win.

@Othmanali02
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Hangle (https://hangle-geo.com), A daily game of hangman for countries!

@684efs3
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684efs3 commented Apr 21, 2023

Segmentle (https://segmentle.com), a daily math game created by AI.

@pier4r
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pier4r commented Apr 21, 2023

Segmentle (or magic square? Ah no, it is only columns) is nice.

@JaSfields
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Mazele (https://mazele.io/) a daily maze wordle like game, clues are given from row and column totals

@gigig987
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https://historychallenge.club/ you have to guess a famous historical figure every day. You have 5 attempts, 5 clues and you can guess if a letter is in the name to get closer to the solution. Powered by chatgpt.

@perlDreamer
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I have created Frolfle (http://www.frolfle.com) which is a disc golf guessing game using the disc's flight number for hints. Comes with 3 levels of difficulty and 3 different hinting styles.

@ARezaK
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ARezaK commented Jun 11, 2023

https://guessthe.game Guess The game

@flatoy
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flatoy commented Jun 13, 2023

https://lemot.fr <- New French version
https://www.wordle.lol. <- Norwegian version. I noticed the one in the list is broken.

@Meghan2300
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Wordle 2nd Generation, guess the word by context.
https://kveez.com/en/contexto/

@TEStearns1
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@Meghan2300
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Dilemmle - Guess the people’s sentiment about different dilemmas.

@gitayy
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gitayy commented Sep 24, 2023

@ARezaK
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ARezaK commented Sep 26, 2023

Guess The Audio (http://guesstheaudio.com)
Guess The Book (https://guessthebook.app)

@ElitoGame
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MCdle - Guess today's minecraft block, item and mob!

@Meghan2300
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The best Statele of them all Statele

@zakuk
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zakuk commented Jan 9, 2024

https://streakle.net - Create a league and compete with friends to top the leaderboards!

@robobun7
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costcodle.com, guess the price of a Costco item in 6 guesses or less

@torinman
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here is my list so far (some of these are already in there)
https://ducc.pythonanywhere.com/flaggle/

Centordle (100 wordles at once): https://hked.live/centordle/
Sexaginta-quattuordle (64 wordles at once): https://64ordle.au/
Duotrigordle (32 wordles at once): https://duotrigordle.com/
Sedecordle (16 wordles at once): http://sedecordle.com/
Octordle (8 wordles at once): https://octordle.com
Quordle (4 wordles at once): https://www.quordle.com/#/
Dordle (2 wordles at once): https://wordle.onl/dordle
Nordle (n wordles at once): https://www.nordle.us/

Globle (Guess country): https://globle-game.com/
Worldle (Guess the country based on the outline): https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
Tradle (Guess the country by exports): https://games.oec.world/en/tradle/
Tuble (Guess the London Underground station): https://tuble.co.uk/
Nerdle (Maths equation wordle): https://nerdlegame.com/
Mathler (Maths equation wordle): https://www.mathler.com/
Foodle (Wordle with food-related words): https://food-le.co/
Absurdle (Word changes based on answers): https://qntm.org/files/absurdle/absurdle.html
Adverswordle (Computer guesses your word): https://adverswordle.doteye.online/
Birdle (Wordle with bird-related words): https://quuxplusone.github.io/wordle-clone/birdle/
Heardle (1) (Guess the song): https://www.spotify.com/heardle/
Heardle (2) (Phonetic based wordle): https://heardle.glitch.me/
Crosswordle (1) (Fill in the gaps): https://crosswordle.vercel.app/
Crosswordle (2) (Two intersecting wordles): https://crosswordle.serializer.ca/
Crosswordle (3) (Crossword puzzle of wordles): https://crosswordle.xyz/
Waffle (Grid of wordles): https://wafflegame.net/
Survivle (Try not to get the word): https://lazyguyy.github.io/survivle/
Wordle peaks (Wordle based on position in the alphabet): https://vegeta897.github.io/wordle-peaks/
Redactle (fill in Wikipedia article):
https://www.redactle.com/

and the best flaggle ever: https://ducc.pythonanywhere.com/flaggle/

@torinman
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and some more joke variants:
https://horsle.glitch.me (always horse)
https://leahneukirchen.github.io/luckle/ (you always win first try)

@anilvar
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anilvar commented Feb 24, 2024

Tyzlle (Wordle crosswords): https://tyzlle.com/

@MistorBistor
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Isaacle - The Binding of Issac. Guess a TBoI item and receive hints based its properties.
Literalnie - Polish variant of wordle

@Jacobrosen819
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I Created a version of wordle that keeps going after you get the answer right I would love to get your feedback on it

📷
thewordshift.com/

@TylerJang27
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travle is a great geography one

@dhoulihan
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Worchle is a daily word search Wordle variant

@kellydornhaus
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double-dabble from the makers of fibble and xordle. letters get paired together and you must guess pairs of letters instead of individual letters

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