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24 alternatives to Wordle over DNS

Wordle over DNS is a version of the word-guessing game Wordle that runs entirely over DNS queries. Players guess five-letter words and receive feedback through DNS responses, making the game playable without a… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Wordle over DNS launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Wordle▲302

    A daily word game

    2022 · powerlanguage.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Wordict▲110

    Add Wordle-like game directly in your live broadcast

    2022 · livereacting.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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    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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    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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    2022 · swag.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Recursive and authoritative DNS server in go, including DNSSEC and DNS-over-TLS - tenta-browser/tenta-dns

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Buildle▲77

    Customize and publish your own variation of Wordle

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Worldle▲78

    Wordle for geography buffs

    2022 · worldle.teuteuf.fr · its alternatives →

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    Play Wordle in real-time against up to 8 friends

    2022 · jessezhang.org · its alternatives →

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    First true multiplayer Wordle

    2022 · wewordle.org · its alternatives →

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    A Friends (tv-show) themed version of Wordle

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Wordle, but with crypto words, surprisingly hard

    2022 · cryptojobslist.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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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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    Can you beat an AI at WORDLE?

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Play Crosswordle - Recreate a valid wordle grid given the final row and color coded tiles for the guesses. Regular wordle rules apply. Rows cannot reuse letters already eliminated in previous rows. Every row must be a valid five letter word.

    2022 · crosswordle.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Landbot Wordle is a web-based conversational word puzzle

    2022 · rapidbott.com · its alternatives →

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    A Wordle decoder that guesses your guesses. Contribute to mattruzicka/wordle_decoder development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cryptle▲60

    A cryptographic word game

    2023 · cryptle.io · its alternatives →

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    Just another Wordle that lets you play the word game 24x7

    2022 · its alternatives →

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