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24 alternatives to Headlines – word game with real news

Complete real news headlines by guessing missing words

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Headlines▲288

   Analyse how engaging your headline is

   2016 · headlines.sharethrough.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   What The Fake News Trivia Game▲65

   A game where you try and guess which news piece is real

   2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   NewsGamer▲73

   Real-time multi-player web game, free for everyone

   2023 · newsgamer.in · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Toppled▲116

   Can you Topple the wall, make 4 valid 5 letter words and win

   2024 · bythomas.co.uk · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Newsflash▲59

   A daily news game

   2023 · its alternatives →

6. 6AN
   A new daily word puzzle▲52

   2022 · twentyletters.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Words Mind▲63

   Puzzle game will have you looking for words for hours

   2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Quizzle▲86

   Can you guess the word in fewer than 20 questions?

   2023 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Borgle▲71

   A daily word search game, find as many words as you can

   2022 · danaraujo.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    word.rodeo▲94

    Custom word puzzles for friends

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11AW
    A word of the day that doesn't suck▲82

    I’ve long thought that the Word of the Day was a wasted genre. The goal should be to give you words you can use; to enrich your understanding of words you already know; or at least to use words to tell you something neat about the world. Instead, what you usually get is words that will never be used in conversation, held up as curios. Some examples from Dictionary.com’s daily email: thewless, balladmonger, vagility, contextomy. These words are... not useful. I’ve always thought I could do better. My friend Ben recently created a daily puzzle game, called Bracket City, launched here on HN…

    2025 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Word Forward▲62

    A head-scratching word puzzle game

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Find Words▲71

    Best word search game

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HelloWords▲75

    Learn languages fast with vocabulary games.

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Six Words▲60

    A simple, challenging, daily, word game

    2022 · 6words.xyz · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Scores▲12

    A daily puzzle game

    Feb 2026 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Words For Us▲55

    App to simply create, choose and guess custom word lists

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Trivia Daily▲10

    Get your daily news in trivia format.

    May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    WordHit - the newest word game!▲7

    Hit letters. Guess words. Win the competition.

    Dec 2025 · wordhit.app · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Slick Sentence▲8

    The daily Where’s Waldo–style sentence game

    Dec 2025 · slicksentence.com · its alternatives →

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    What The Fake: Guess which headline is real?▲12

    2022 · wtf.notmydayjob.fyi · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Word-Not▲7

    A fast paced word game. Scrabble meets beat the clock.

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Word Topics▲7

    A trivia game that goes beyond multiple choice, BE BRILLIANT

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A Word Game▲12

    It is a word game you can not stop playing.

    2017 · aword.apps.com.tr · its alternatives →

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