One shared 5-letter word, six guesses, still the daily that every other daily is measured against.
Why it’s here. Editorial listing. You cannot be a daily-puzzle directory and skip it.
Daily Puzzle Game Recommendations
If you like one kind of daily, play another of the same type. Word, number, path, lights, logic. We link out. We do not host the games.
- word
- number
- path
- lights
- logic
Word
If you like Wordle, play Connections, Minute Cryptic, or Squaredle.
Sixteen words, four hidden groups, four mistakes — the lateral-thinking daily Room Escape Artist, Greatest Games, PuzzleDaily, and FandomScoop all treat as the second tab after Wordle.
Why it’s here. Word and category logic, not another letter-guessing clone.
One handcrafted cryptic crossword clue a day, with optional hints and a video explanation.
Why it’s here. Word, but not Wordle.
Daily Boggle-style word search on a letter grid; a bonus word ties the board together. New puzzle 3am PT.
Why it’s here. Word path (you trace letters).
Number
If you like a calculation or placement daily, play Nerdle or Pips.
Guess the hidden equation in six tries; every guess must be a valid calculation.
Why it’s here. Number type.
Daily domino-placement puzzle with region rules (sums, equals, inequalities). Launched in the NYT suite in 2025.
Why it’s here. Number / spatial, not words.
Path
If you like drawing a line, play LinkedIn Zip. Squaredle is a word path; enclose.horse is spatial and path-adjacent.
Draw one continuous path through a grid that hits the numbered cells in order.
Why it’s here. Path type.
Daily Boggle-style word search on a letter grid; a bonus word ties the board together. New puzzle 3am PT.
Why it’s here. Word path (you trace letters).
Build the largest pen around a horse with a limited wall budget; one shared daily, one submit.
Why it’s here. Spatial / path-adjacent, nothing like Wordle.
Lights
If you like illumination logic, play Daily Akari.
A Nikoli Light-Up daily: place lamps so every cell is lit, lamps don’t see each other, numbered walls constrain neighbors.
Why it’s here. Lights type. Signals this is not a Wordle-clone farm.
Logic
If you like placement and deduction, play LinkedIn Queens, Clues by Sam, Murdle, Daily Grid, or Thinky Dailies.
Place one crown per row, column, and colored region so none touch, even diagonally.
Why it’s here. Placement logic, not a Wordle reskin.
If the play URL flakes: www.linkedin.com/games
Mark a grid of townspeople innocent or criminal; each correct mark unlocks that person’s clue. The site’s own rules: you cannot guess.
Why it’s here. Deduction with a face-grid, not letters.
Daily logic-grid murder: who / how / where / why, harder as the week goes on. Books exist; the daily is the web game at murdle.com.
Why it’s here. Classic logic grid.
Twelve free browser logic puzzles a day at midnight PT (Snake, Pathways, Bridges, Bits, Polyfit, and more). Separate iOS app is its own daily, not a port of the twelve.
Why it’s here. Path + number + packing in one hub.
One handcrafted puzzle a day with changing rules, strung on a story.
Why it’s here. The anti-clone listing: new rules, not a reskin.