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24 alternatives to It's like Hangman not Wordle

Grey-haired back-end dev has a go at a web-based game using html/css/js only. The interface is (very) similar to Wordle, but it's a different game based on guess-the-word letter-by-letter Hangman.

It's like Hangman not Wordle is a web-based guessing game built with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Players guess letters one at a time to figure out a hidden word, using the classic Hangman format rather than Wordle's… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. It's like Hangman not Wordle launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Wordle▲301

    A daily word game

    2022 · powerlanguage.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Wordle reminded me of Mastermind, a game I played as kid, so just for fun I made a version of the game that plays a lot more like Mastermind. I think this version is way more challenging :)

    2022 · playhurdle.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    2022 · swag.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A new Wordle-like game, where guesses are ranked by how close letters are on a QWERTY keyboard. Try it out and let me know what you think!

    2024 · qwertle.friedman.in · 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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    Play Wordle on Google Sheets. Contribute to sajadmh/google-sheets-wordle development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.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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    WarWordly▲163

    Play Wordle against a friend

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    I made this game for my children to play, as they are heavily into Wordle, and I thought they'd also like something maths based! Every puzzle is solvable and has at least one solution (usually more). There is a kids mode in the settings, plus a hard mode for extra difficulty.

    2022 · summle.net · its alternatives →

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    Can you beat the clanker?

    2025 · wordlebattle.com · its alternatives →

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    A Friends (tv-show) themed version of Wordle

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Wordict▲110

    Add Wordle-like game directly in your live broadcast

    2022 · livereacting.com · its alternatives →

  15. 15HI

    Just because you can, doesn

    2016 · danverbraganza.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16HM

    Hey HN, I am a novice web developer, and I built a new webapp game in Angular that combines the game play of Hangman and Wordle. I chose this project because I wanted to learn Angular, while also developing something useful. I have some prior backend experience. And, I was pleasantly surprised with how much you can achieve in the pure JS/Typescript these days. For my app, the backend only sends the daily puzzle data in JSON, while the entire game logic and interactions are completely implemented in the frontend. I wrote around 4000 lines of the frontend code for this project. For me,…

    2022 · 10letters.app · its alternatives →

  17. 17AS

    Hello HN! I've been playing a lot with https://hyperscript.org/ recently (not to be confused with the other hyperhype hyperscript). I threw together a quick Wordle clone in an evening to see what it would look like using this language. The main functionality that is missing is checking for invalid words. The word dictionary is also very small, so it's very easy. The goal here wasn't really to create a good version of Wordle, it was to build 80% of Wordle in a different language to see what it looks like. Turns out, it looks pretty good! Stuff like using CSS rule precedence to…

    2022 · arhamjain.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18NL

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

    2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Emojly▲59

    Wordle style game with just emojis 😅✌️

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Wordle is getting too easy for you? Try the reverse wordle. You are given a pattern and the solution word. You have to guess the rest of the words.

    2022 · reversle.net · its alternatives →

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    It's like if Wordle and a mini-crossword had a baby

    2022 · wordiebird.every.to · its alternatives →

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    Can you beat an AI at WORDLE?

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Heardle▲127

    Like Wordle, but for music

    2022 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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