Where to start
- New to daily games? Start with Wordle. It takes two minutes, it's free, and it's the one everybody else is playing.
- Want something to solve with other people? Connections is the best daily game to argue about out loud.
- Prefer no pressure? You can't lose at Strands, and Blossom is a calm five minutes.
- Finding Wordle too easy? Move up to Quordle, and then to Octordle when four boards stop being enough.
Compare at a glance
| Game | Typical time | Difficulty | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyword | 1–3 min | Easy | Free |
| Wordle | 2–5 min | Easy–medium | Free daily puzzle |
| Crossclimb | 2–5 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Wend | 2–5 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Weaver | 2–6 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Waffle | 3–6 min | Medium | Free |
| Blossom | 3–6 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Connections | 3–8 min | Medium | Free daily puzzle |
| Letroso | 3–8 min | Easy–medium | Free |
| Strands | 5–10 min | Easy–medium | Free daily puzzle |
| Quordle | 5–10 min | Medium–hard | Free |
| Bracket City | 5–10 min | Medium | Free |
| Smartle | 5–10 min | Medium | Free |
| Raddle | 8–12 min | Medium | Free |
| Letter Boxed | 5–15 min | Medium | Subscription |
| Octordle | 10–15 min | Hard | Free |
| Contexto | 5–20 min | Medium | Free |
| Spelling Bee | 10–30 min | Medium | Free with limits |
| Squaredle | 10–30 min | Medium | Free |
| Semantle | 15–60 min | Hard | Free |
Times and difficulty are dailyfika's own estimates for a typical day, not official figures.
Five kinds of word game
Guess the hidden word
Wordle set the pattern: guess, read the colours, guess again. Quordle and Octordle run four and eight boards at once, and Letroso drops the guess limit and lets the word be any length up to ten letters.
Guess by meaning
In Contexto and Semantle the letters don't matter at all. Each guess is scored on how close its meaning is to the secret word. They're slower, stranger and very satisfying when you finally get there.
Find the words
Here you're given the letters and asked what you can make of them. Spelling Bee and Blossom use seven letters, Letter Boxed uses twelve, and Squaredle, Strands and Wend hide their words along bending paths in a grid.
Repair the board
In Waffle and Smartle every letter is already on the board, just in the wrong place, and you move them until the words appear. Keyword is the quick one: six words with a letter missing from each.
Links, clues and ladders
Connections asks which words belong together. Bracket City nests clues inside clues. Crossclimb, Raddle and Weaver are word ladders, where each word is one small change from the last.
More to explore
Enjoy clues? The daily crosswords are a natural next stop. If you'd like a break from words altogether, try the daily logic puzzles.