CLUSTER WORD-GAME-LETTER · 9 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2022-01-08

Word guessing puzzle games

This cluster consists of word-guessing puzzle games where players guess a five-letter word within six attempts, receiving colour hints for each letter. The dated history shows an isolated entry in 2009, a concentration of entries in January 2022, and a further isolated entry in early 2026, while three members have no source date. The traction leaders are Wordle, Wordle_flutter, and Wordi - a word guessing game, each with 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

OCT 2009: 1JAN 2022: 2MAR 2026: 1AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 2OCT 2026: 1
OCT 2009OCT 2026

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 6 unlabelled

Operator · 3 commercial · 1 open source · 5 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 9 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Wordle0★12 days—Daily word-guessing game that gives players six attempts to find a five-letter word using color-coded letter feedback, with hints and shareable results.
  2. 02Wordle_flutter0★17 days—Word puzzle game that gives players six attempts to guess a five-letter word.
  3. 03Wordi - a word guessing game0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialWord guessing game with six tries per puzzle, unlimited rounds, offline play, and statistics.
  4. 04Words!0★5 moliveopen sourceA word puzzle game similar to Wordle where players guess hidden words within six attempts across multiple languages.
  5. 05Whirly Word0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialWord game where players find all possible words from six letters across thousands of puzzles.
  6. 06Word Guess - Word Games0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialA word guessing game that gives players six tries to find a mystery word, with colour hints for each letter.
  7. 07LLMdle - Daily LLM Guessing Game0★unknownliveA daily word game where players guess the LLM model name in six attempts.
  8. 08Poker Handle 20★unknownlivePuzzle game that asks players to guess a poker hand in six tries, with color changes on cards indicating how close each guess is.
  9. 09Wordle0★unknownliveOnline word puzzle game where players guess a five-letter word within six attempts.