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24 alternatives to I made a unique word game that got a Webby Nomination
WordGlyph: Where the alphabet is made of straight sticks. Find the word using the fewest. A new kind of word puzzle - now on iOS and Android.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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WordGlyph▲122025 Webby Nominated! Find the word using the fewest sticks!
2025 · wordglyph.xyz · its alternatives →
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Letters▲71I made a new daily word game for web and iOS which is a funky mix of scrabble and boggle. Each day everyone gets the same randomly generated configuration of bonus tiles and letters on a grid. The app is written completely in SwiftUI and the web port is written in ts/react. Both use the same random seeds each day.
2015 · thelettersgame.com · its alternatives →
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Here’s a free, fun, novel five-letter word game for the web! It’s a game I originally wrote for the iPhone in 2010, but wasn’t able to finish before my first child was born. When I left my senior web developer job in September 2021 I figured I would postpone looking for work and finish the game before another 11 years passed, and expose myself to new skills doing it (in this case, Swift). I released it on the App Store in December, then turned my attention to doing a web version — when suddenly Wordle was in The NY Times, and then everywhere. Perhaps foolishly, I plowed ahead and here we…
2022 · threemagicwords.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! FlappyBirdle combines elements from the game Flappy Bird and the popular word game Wordle. I wanted to see if I could make a game that added urgency to Wordle, while also feeling outragous at the same time. I think I achieved it with FlappyBirdle. Every time you type a letter of the word, the bird flaps its wings and you get closer to the goal. It also has an easy mode that ignores the pipes, so even beginners can get a good score. Let me know if you have any ideas on how I can make it better!
2023 · flappybirdle.com · its alternatives →
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Tile and complete word puzzles with a unique gameplay
2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Make and share your own words! Fun twist on the popular game
2022 · mywordle.strivemath.com · its alternatives →
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A Modern Twist on Classic Word Puzzle Games
2015 · word-whiz.com · its alternatives →
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Word Slicer▲85I shared Word Slicer here a while back — it’s a free, ad-free, browser-based word game where you try to find 5 words in 5 minutes. Since then I’ve been improving it (daily challenge archive, cleaner UI, better stats), and I’d love more feedback from the HN crowd. In particular, I’m interested in thoughts on the gameplay flow, design/UX, and what would make it more engaging.
2024 · wordslicer.com · its alternatives →
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Word Morph!▲81Transform words by replacing one letter at a time
2015 · tickleyourbraincells.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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Hi everybody. I occasionally make little browser-based games, and this is my latest attempt. It's not quite done, but it's quite playable (note: it does include audio): https://www.omiword.com/ This has been my occasional tinker target for ~5 years now, starting in the early days of Covid. The objective is to drag letter tiles within certain boundaries to spell four common American-English words. It hasn't got ads or anything, it's just supposed to be fun for its own sake. If people happen to like it, I might add an option for folks to make a small, one-time payment to unlock…
2025 · omiword.com · its alternatives →
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Find words, steal tiles, color the board!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I've been playing Wordle and remembered this puzzle game I used to play with my grandfather. It's inspired by the block puzzles in many newspapers but made to be shorter: just guess the nine letter word. So I made a quick thing to play with my family like we used to. I thought you guys might enjoy it.
2022 · nineletterwordgame.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · playletterlinks.com · its alternatives →
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SpellUp▲55Link letters, combine effects become a word whiz
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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