The word desk

A Wordle alternative with six letters

Wordly is the Wordle alternative we print: six-letter words, six guesses, the color hints you already know how to read, and an easy or hard mode. Free in your browser, a new word every day at midnight US Eastern, no signup.

The short version

If you want one more Wordle-style puzzle after the original, Wordly gives you a bigger word, a stricter optional rule set, and the same satisfying loop. Play today’s Wordly.

01 Why look for a Wordle alternative

Wordle earned its place. The New York Times’ original is a genuine daily ritual: one five-letter word, six guesses, everyone on the same puzzle. The trouble is arithmetic, not quality. One puzzle a day is exactly one puzzle a day, and it’s usually over with the coffee still hot. A good alternative keeps what makes the original work, the shared daily word and the honest color feedback, and changes just enough to make your brain sit up again.

02 How Wordly compares to Wordle

Wordly changes one big variable: the word is six letters instead of five. You still get six guesses, and the tiles still color the way you expect: green for the right spot, yellow for a letter that’s in the word but placed wrong, grey for one that isn’t there at all. The sixth letter cuts both ways. Each guess reveals more information, but the pool of possible words is far larger, so the openers you’ve memorized for five letters stop doing the work for you. Then there’s the mode switch. Easy mode plays like classic Wordle; use the hints or ignore them. Hard mode requires every clue you’ve revealed to appear in your later guesses. No throwaway probe words, no safety net.

03 Free, no account, new at midnight

Wordly is free, no subscription, no account; it runs in your browser on phone or desktop with nothing to download. One fresh word is published each day, the same for everyone, and it resets at midnight US Eastern. Solve it, share the emoji grid, and you’re done until tomorrow.

04 More daily word games to try

If you’re shopping for alternatives, the shelf here runs deeper than one game. Jumble is a tile-swap anagram grid, Zigzag spells hidden words one column at a time, and our Wordle alternatives guide rounds up the wider field. Browse all the daily word games, or see the whole lineup on the Greatest Games homepage.

05 Wordle alternative FAQ

Wordly is our daily answer: the same guess-and-read-the-hints loop as Wordle, with six-letter words instead of five, six guesses, and an easy or hard mode. It is free and needs no account.
The word is six letters instead of five, and there is a hard mode that requires every hint you have revealed to appear in your later guesses. The color feedback reads exactly the way you already know: green, yellow, grey.
Yes. Wordly is completely free in your browser, with no subscription, no paywall, and no account required.
Yes. One fresh six-letter word is published every day and resets at midnight US Eastern. Everyone plays the same word that day.
Of course. Wordly takes a few minutes, so it slots in alongside the original rather than replacing it. Many players do both as part of the same morning routine.

Start playing today.

Join Greatest Games for the full daily lineup, free, or jump straight into a puzzle.

Join Play Wordly