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24 alternatives to Letter Hive

Easy to learn but hard to master word game

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

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    Spelling Bee Game

    2024 · spell-bee.com · its alternatives →

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    Addictive word puzzle game

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Find hidden words with 7 letters — daily brain challenge.

    Oct 2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    NYT Spelling Bee

    Jul 2026 · nytspellingbee.me · its alternatives →

  5. 5TE

    I'm in the process of learning German and wanted to play a German version of the NYT’s Spelling Bee. It was awful, I was very bad at it, it was not fun. So I built my own version of Spelling Bee meant for people like me. Three Emojis is a daily word game designed for language learners. You get seven letters and a list of blanked-out words to find. When you discover shorter words, they automatically fill into longer ones—like a crossword—which turns out to be really useful for languages like German. Each word also gets three emojis assigned to it as a clue, created by GPT-5 to try and capture…

    Nov 2025 · threeemojis.com · its alternatives →

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    I've been working on a simple multiplayer word game called Alphabet Soup. It's a bit like NYT Spelling Bee, except it's multiplayer and only your best (longest) word counts toward your score. So, instead of trying to find as many words as possible, the game is more about finding one unusually good word. You can play with friends in a private match, or, you can join a public Arena match to play against other players who are online. If no one else is around, you'll be matched with a bot. The game works well with just 2 players, but, also works with bigger groups since the game isn't…

    Aug 2026 · alphabetsoup.club · its alternatives →

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    9 letters, 60 seconds, ∞ words. Play real-time with friends

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Stepdle▲74

    Word game where you guess a 4,5,6 and a 7 letter word

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Fun daily word game where you make sequences of words.

    2022 · its alternatives →

  10. 10NL

    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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    wooord▲65

    A daily word game challenge

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    A word guessing game

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Inspired by NYTimes Spelling Bee - Simple, fast, no internet

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Mashup of Wordle and Flappy Bird - a challenging game

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Spell all the words you can in two minutes

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    A simple, challenging, daily, word game

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    A word game

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Find any Spelling Bee word in seconds 🐝

    May 2026 · beeanswers.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19IM

    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…

    8d ago · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, I got this idea for a game where, starting from a four letter word you need to go as deep as you can in your vocabulary, changing only one letter per word. bear -> beer -> peer... Each correct word gives you 1 point Each incorrect word takes one life away from you, you start with 3

    Jun 2026 · victorribeiro.com · its alternatives →

  21. 21CA

    How to play: 1. You're given a set of letters (such as "ZXCVBNM") 2. Come up with two words that use all the letters (like "convex zombie") 3. The shorter the words, the better!

    2025 · wilf.live · its alternatives →

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    Words are fun

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Challenge yourself daily and guess a 5-letter word.

    2025 · wordsegments.com · its alternatives →

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    Scrabble Search is a new, fun way to play a word hunt.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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