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24 alternatives to Koboko

A word puzzle challenge. Timed or untimed. You choose.

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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    Hi, I wanted to share a simple game I wrote. It's a sliding pieces puzzle like many others. I have focused a lot on making the experience smooth and minimalistic and the levels being challenging in a way a sudoku or chess puzzles could be. I had no prior knowledge of game development and while it feels like someone competent could build this game in a week I spent over two years and hundreds of hours to bring this game to life. My journey went through: - thinking it will be a PC game - being overwhelmed by the amount of different game frameworks - hiring an indie dev to bootstrap the game in…

    2023 · kuboble.com · its alternatives →

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    Zanagrams▲400

    Untangle the hidden words.

    Jun 2026 · zanagrams.com · its alternatives →

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    Addictive word puzzle game

    2022 · fiveletters.xyz · its alternatives →

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    A Match-3 strategy game based on Kubo and the Two Strings

    2016 · smarturl.it · its alternatives →

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    WordHoop▲225

    A daily word game

    2024 · wordhoop.com · its alternatives →

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    Whittle is a small word game I've been working on. Each phrase must be whittled down by one letter (or space) each turn. The remaining phrase must still consist of valid words. That's it! There's a daily puzzle, as well as an archive of old puzzles. The idea for the game came to me in a dream (really) and I built the puzzle generator with my partner, who's also a software engineer. It's a labor of love! Any feedback or suggestions are welcome. Thanks for playing!

    2025 · playwhittle.com · its alternatives →

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    The word puzzle RPG where your vocabulary is your weapon

    Jun 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Find the best emoji combinations for Puzzle emojis from our database. Discover similar emojis and more.

    2023 · puzzlemoji.com · its alternatives →

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    I 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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    Fun daily word game where you make sequences of words.

    2022 · robinwords.com · its alternatives →

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    Hilo - Hi. Lo. Solve. A daily word puzzle.

    Jul 2026 · hilogame.cc · its alternatives →

  12. 12NL

    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 simple and addictive brain puzzle game

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Japanese Wordle-like puzzles

    2025 · kanarooplay.com · its alternatives →

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    Kode.▲6

    Crack the 4-digit lock. One new puzzle every day.

    2025 · kodethegame.com · its alternatives →

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    A word game that you need to play in a hurry.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Tap falling tiles to build words before the board fills up

    2023 · zimventures.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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    If you love word games, you'll love this!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20AN

    2022 · twentyletters.com · its alternatives →

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    Word unscrambling game

    2025 · post176baseball.org · its alternatives →

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    A simple yet challenging daily word puzzle

    Apr 2026 · komposita.watchinharrison.com · its alternatives →

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    Rekog▲12

    Image guessing game for curious minds

    2025 · playrekog.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24IM

    Hi everyone, Wanted to share a game I built. It's called Unscramble! and I believe it's the simplest word building game. Rules: You get a few letters on screen. You need to make one word with all the letters. Tap a letter to select. Tap again to deselect. Faster you go, better you score. If you enter anagrams of the word it's looking for, it gives you extra points. If you are stuck, you can either "Ask Friend" or get Hint. You get extra points for getting the word fast but you don't get penalized for taking too long. I believe the simplicity of the game along with big touch buttons makes it…

    Sep 2026 · its alternatives →

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