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Daily games like Wordle that are actually different
The best daily games like Wordle that play differently are Connections (grouping words), Contexto and Semantle (guessing by meaning), Queens and Pips (logic), Worldle and TimeGuessr (geography), Framed and Bandle (films and songs), Murdle (a mystery) and STRANDED (creative answers where the rarest one scores most). If you want Wordle itself with a twist, try Quordle or Nerdle.
LMP makes STRANDED, and it is marked wherever it appears. Every other game here is made by someone else and is not affiliated with us. Nobody paid to be listed.
What people love about Wordle is less the letters than the ritual: one puzzle, the same for everyone, done in a few minutes, compared over breakfast. Every game here keeps that ritual. Most of them change what you are actually doing.
If you want Wordle, but more
1.Quordle
Solve four five-letter words at once, with every guess going on all four boards and nine guesses in all.
Wordle with four times the pressure, for people who find one word too easy.
Visit Quordle →2.Nerdle
Guess a hidden maths equation in six tries, with Wordle-style colours for each number and symbol.
Wordle for people who like numbers more than letters.
Visit Nerdle →If you want words without guessing letters
3.Connections
Sort sixteen words into four groups of four that share something, with four mistakes allowed.
The red herrings: most words seem to fit two groups, and the hardest group is usually a pun or wordplay.
Visit Connections →4.Contexto
Find a secret word with unlimited guesses; each guess is ranked by how close its meaning is, with the answer at number 1.
It trains a different muscle from spelling games: thinking about how words are used together.
Visit Contexto →5.Semantle
Guess a secret word; each guess gets a similarity score from a language model, with 100 meaning you found it.
The hardest of the meaning games, with a numeric score that rewards patient hunting.
Visit Semantle →If you want no single right answer
6.STRANDEDMade by LMP
Answer six open-ended questions a day; the fewer players who gave your answer, the more it scores, and the further a crashed alien runs on his way home.
The opposite of Wordle: there is no one answer to find. Each of six daily questions accepts hundreds, and the fewer people who gave yours, the more it scores. Two friends can both do well with completely different answers, and your total picks one of nine endings. Made by LMP.
Play STRANDED free →If you want logic instead of words
7.Queens
Place one queen in every row, column and coloured region, with no two queens touching, even diagonally.
Fast to learn, satisfying to clear, and LinkedIn shows how people in your network did.
Visit Queens →8.Pips
Place dominoes on a board so every coloured region meets its rule: a sum, all equal, not equal, more than or less than.
Three daily difficulties, so it works as a quick warm-up or a proper think.
Visit Pips →9.Murdle
Solve a short murder mystery each day: work out who did it, with what and where, from clues and a deduction grid.
A logic grid with a story and jokes, by the author of the Murdle puzzle books.
Visit Murdle →If you want pictures, places or songs
10.Worldle
Name a country from its silhouette in six tries, with each miss showing the distance and direction to the answer.
A quick geography check with a compass to steer by.
Visit Worldle →11.TimeGuessr
For each of five photos, pin where it was taken and pick the year; closer guesses score more.
GeoGuessr with history added: the year is often harder than the place.
Visit TimeGuessr →12.Framed
Guess the film from stills, with another frame shown after each wrong guess, up to six.
Movie trivia without the trivia: you only need to recognise a scene.
Visit Framed →13.Bandle
Guess the song as its instruments are added one at a time, in up to six guesses.
A song built up from the drums upward, so the moment you recognise it is the fun.
Visit Bandle →How they compare with Wordle
| Game | What you do | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Quordle | Solve four five-letter words at once, with every guess going on all four boards and nine guesses in all. | 5 to 10 minutes |
| Nerdle | Guess a hidden maths equation in six tries, with Wordle-style colours for each number and symbol. | 3 to 8 minutes |
| Connections | Sort sixteen words into four groups of four that share something, with four mistakes allowed. | 3 to 10 minutes |
| Contexto | Find a secret word with unlimited guesses; each guess is ranked by how close its meaning is, with the answer at number 1. | 5 to 20 minutes |
| Semantle | Guess a secret word; each guess gets a similarity score from a language model, with 100 meaning you found it. | 10 minutes to an hour |
| STRANDED | Answer six open-ended questions a day; the fewer players who gave your answer, the more it scores, and the further a crashed alien runs on his way home. | About 2 minutes |
| Queens | Place one queen in every row, column and coloured region, with no two queens touching, even diagonally. | 1 to 5 minutes |
| Pips | Place dominoes on a board so every coloured region meets its rule: a sum, all equal, not equal, more than or less than. | 2 to 15 minutes |
| Murdle | Solve a short murder mystery each day: work out who did it, with what and where, from clues and a deduction grid. | 5 to 15 minutes |
| Worldle | Name a country from its silhouette in six tries, with each miss showing the distance and direction to the answer. | 2 to 5 minutes |
| TimeGuessr | For each of five photos, pin where it was taken and pick the year; closer guesses score more. | 5 to 10 minutes |
| Framed | Guess the film from stills, with another frame shown after each wrong guess, up to six. | 1 to 5 minutes |
| Bandle | Guess the song as its instruments are added one at a time, in up to six guesses. | 1 to 5 minutes |
STRANDED: not a Wordle clone
STRANDED is a free daily browser game made by Last Minute Productions. Each day everyone gets the same six open-ended questions, such as "Name something you shouldn't do on a first date." Each accepted answer scores between 1 and 500 points depending on how few other players gave it, and the total out of 3,000 decides how far a small crashed alien gets on his way home and which of nine endings he reaches.
Play STRANDED free Made by Last Minute Productions, the publisher of this guide.How to play STRANDED
- Open stranded.run. It runs in any phone or computer browser. There is nothing to download and no sign-up.
- Answer six questions, 25 seconds each. If an answer is not on the list, you lose nothing and can try another until the clock runs out.
- Rarer answers score more. An answer given by about 30% of players is worth around 100 points; one given by fewer than 1 in 200 is worth 500.
- Watch the alien run. He runs through the woods, the farm, downtown and Area 39 as your points add up.
- See your ending. Your total decides which of nine endings you get. Scores of 2,201 or more reach the secret one and a bonus question.
The full rules and the scoring table are on the how to play STRANDED page.
Why come back tomorrow
A new run with six new questions opens every day at midnight US Central time, and everyone gets one try. Finishing on consecutive days builds a streak, which earns silver, gold and diamond skins at 10, 25 and 50 days.
Accounts and saved progress
You can play STRANDED without an account. Signing in with Google is optional: it keeps your streak and skins on any device, gives you a player name, and lets you start a friends' race and appear on race and creator leaderboards. Without signing in, your progress is kept in your browser.
Questions people ask
What games are like Wordle but different?
Connections, Contexto, Semantle, Queens, Pips, Murdle, Worldle, TimeGuessr, Framed, Bandle and STRANDED all keep the one-puzzle-a-day format but ask you to do something other than guess a five-letter word.
Is STRANDED like Wordle?
Only in format: one run a day, the same for everyone, in a browser. The play is different. Wordle has one answer to find; STRANDED has hundreds of accepted answers per question and scores yours higher the fewer players gave it.
What is the closest game to Wordle?
Quordle, which is four Wordles at once with nine guesses, and Nerdle, which is Wordle with a maths equation instead of a word.
Are these Wordle alternatives free?
All of them can be played free in a browser. Queens needs a LinkedIn account, and NYT Games accounts are optional for Wordle and Connections.