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24 alternatives to Brains vs Words

My Lazy Project

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Brains vs Words launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Challenge your brain through this word game

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Puzzle game will have you looking for words for hours

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Guess the word is the world’s best brain teaser and fun game

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    How many words can you guess ?

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Wordle▲301

    A daily word game

    2022 · powerlanguage.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Best word search game

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    700+ levels of letter matching word guessing challenges

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Guess the secret words from the entirely mixed letters

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    A word guessing game

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Word Connect Game! Word puzzle games train brain.

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Train your memory while learning words in 11 languages.

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    This is a game I wrote over the last month and a bit. The effort allocation was pretty different from what I've done in the past. The game design snapped together very quickly: I had the initial idea, played a couple of games on a spreadsheet to get a feel for the idea, and made one change based on those plays. After that everything felt just right through multiple rounds of playtesting. Likewise the puzzle generation is nowhere near as elaborate as in my previous game, fairly simple methods worked well and provided good variety. Instead I ended up spending silly amounts of time on curating…

    2024 · huewords.snellman.net · its alternatives →

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    Play with your words. Language learning simplified.

    2015 · planblabs.net · its alternatives →

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    A simple, challenging, daily, word game

    2022 · 6words.xyz · its alternatives →

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    A four-letter word game that's fun for any age brain!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Tough puzzles, riddles and trivia for your brain

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn languages fast with vocabulary games.

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A head-scratching word puzzle game

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Play word puzzles with friends, learn and train your brain

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Guess the hidden word

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A new dimension to the classic crossword game

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    A Word Puzzle game Inspired by the New York Time's, Wordle

    2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A fast paced word game that can be deceptively challenging!

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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