Wordle has grown to be one of the most popular words games since Josh Wardle launched it more than four years ago in 2021. The game asks players to figure out a five-letter word in six or fewer guesses (we have a two-step strategy to help you solve the puzzle every time). After each guess, the game shows gray blocks for the wrong letters, yellow blocks for the right letters in the wrong spot and green blocks for the right letters in the correct spot.
CNET's Gael Cooper has loads of tips and tricks to tackle each NY Times Wordle puzzle but if you've been playing the game everyday for the past few years, you might be getting tired of it. Luckily, there are other word and puzzles games out there that you can play.
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Here are 10 other puzzle games you can play now.
Connections
I know it's old but I'm not even going to try to figure this out. New York Times/CNET
Another New York Times-owned puzzle, Connections is a tricky word game. "Players must select four groups of four words without making more than four mistakes," the New York Times wrote on X. There are also four color-coded difficulty levels for each game; yellow is the easiest, then green, then blue and finally purple. The game is also similar to the BBC quiz show Only Connect, and the show's host took to X to point out the connection. See what I did there?
You can play Connections on any web browser but you need a New York Times subscription (which starts at $1 a week) to play.
Strands
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