Free Online Word Games

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Choose your favorite way to play with words.

Showing 13 of 13 games

Tile board · Relaxed

Outspell

Build connected words on an 11 × 11 board against a computer. Bonus squares, rack swaps, and three computer difficulties make each match different.

Play Outspell

Guessing · Relaxed

Hangman

Guess a category word before six wrong letters complete the drawing. A local two-player mode lets someone enter a secret word.

Play Hangman

Guessing · Relaxed

Dordle

One guess goes to two five-letter boards at once. Solve both answers within seven shared guesses.

Play Dordle

Guessing · Relaxed

Sedecordle

Work through sixteen five-letter boards with twenty-one shared guesses. An optional eight-board mode offers a shorter challenge.

Play Sedecordle

Word logic · Relaxed

Weaver

Change one letter at a time to reach a target word. Four- and five-letter puzzles include a shortest-route hint.

Play Weaver

Letter puzzle · Relaxed

Spelling Bee Unlimited

Find words from seven reusable letters, always including the center. A pangram uses all seven letters and earns a bonus.

Play Spelling Bee

Anagram · Timed

Text Twist

Make words from six or seven tiles before the two-minute timer ends. A full-length word unlocks the next round.

Play Text Twist

Anagram · Timed or relaxed

Word Whomp

Search for words in a six-letter rack. Choose a two-minute challenge or a relaxed round without a clock.

Play Word Whomp

Tile board · Relaxed

Just Words

Play connected words on a 15 × 15 board. Take on the computer or alternate turns with a local second player.

Play Just Words

Grid path · Timed

Word Hunt

Trace neighboring letters through a four-by-four or five-by-five grid. Find as many words as you can in two minutes.

Play Word Hunt

Word logic · Relaxed

Waffle Unlimited

Swap letters into three across and three down words. Every puzzle is built from a solved grid and can be reversed within fifteen swaps.

Play Waffle

Letter puzzle · Relaxed

Letter Boxed Unlimited

Link words around a four-sided frame until all twelve letters are used. A built-in solver shows checked chains if you get stuck.

Play Letter Boxed

Word logic · Relaxed

Codeword

Decode a numbered crossword where each number stands for one letter. Use two given letters, hints, and a progress check.

Play Codeword

How to choose a word game

If you like turning partial information into a solution, start with Dordle or Hangman. Dordle gives you color clues across two boards. Hangman gives you a category and a fixed allowance of wrong letters. Sedecordle is a larger version of the shared-guess challenge, with sixteen boards by default.

For word building without a clock, try Outspell or Just Words. Both ask you to place connected words on a board, but Just Words uses a larger 15 × 15 grid and offers local two-player play. Spelling Bee Unlimited lets you reuse letters; Text Twist and Word Whomp use each rack tile at most once.

Choose by pace

Text Twist and Word Hunt have two-minute rounds. Word Whomp can be timed or relaxed. The other games on this shelf have no turn timer, so you can pause to think. The pace filter above helps narrow the list, and each card goes straight to its playable page.

Choose by mechanic

Letter Boxed and Spelling Bee both start with a small letter set, but they ask different questions. In Spelling Bee, every answer needs the center letter. In Letter Boxed, you alternate sides inside each word and link one word's ending to the next word's start. Waffle and Codeword both use crossing words, yet one asks you to swap tiles while the other asks you to decode numbers.

Frequently asked questions

Are these games free to play?

Yes. The games on this site run in your browser without an account or payment. Some use local browser storage to remember progress. If storage is blocked, a current round may still work but may not resume after a reload.

Which games work with a keyboard?

All of these games offer keyboard input or keyboard-reachable controls. Word Hunt also accepts a typed answer when a valid path exists on its grid, and Waffle lets you select two tiles to swap without dragging.

Where can I check an Outspell word?

Use the Outspell Dictionary. It checks the same word list as the Outspell board on this site. It does not provide meanings or certify acceptance in other games.

Which games are closest to Wordle?

Start with Dordle for two simultaneous five-letter answers or Sedecordle for a much larger set of boards. Our Games Like Wordle guide compares their rules with other word logic choices.