Our mission

Word games belong to everyone — not just English speakers. Finnish kids, Arabic grandparents, Te Reo Māori students, Esperantists, and Latin teachers all deserve a daily puzzle in the language they think in. We build for them.

We're not trying to replace the original Wordle or out-NYT the NYT. We're trying to be the place where word games exist in every language, with beautiful definitions, art for every word, and game modes for every type of player. Free, no signup, no ads during gameplay.

What's here

• 80+ languages — from Finnish and Te Reo Māori to Arabic, Esperanto, and Klingon. Each has native-speaker-maintained word lists.
• Many game modes — classic, unlimited, multi-board (Dordle/Quordle/Octordle/Sedecordle/Duotrigordle), Speed Streak, Semantic Explorer, Globle, and more landing soon.
• Editorial word pages — LLM-written definitions, etymology, example sentences, and hand-generated illustrations for every word.
• A personal dashboard — streaks, stats, per-language breakdowns, badges, leaderboards. All synced across devices if you sign in.
• Respectful accessibility — screen reader support, keyboard play, reduced-motion, high-contrast, RTL layouts. Details on the accessibility page.

Origins

Oct 2021

Josh Wardle releases Wordle as a free browser game. Word spreads through screenshots on Twitter and WhatsApp.

12 Jan 2022

wordle.global goes live. The idea — bring Wordle to every language — predates the New York Times' interest in the category.

31 Jan 2022

The New York Times announces the acquisition of Wordle, nineteen days after wordle.global was already online.

Since 2022

A volunteer community of language maintainers expands coverage from a handful of languages to 80+, including Te Reo Māori, Gaelic, and minority languages that commercial clones never bother with.

How this got built

Wordle Global's original codebase was open-sourced in 2022 under the MIT license. Dozens of contributors added languages, fixed keyboards, translated interfaces, and filed issues. That repository lives on at github.com/Hugo0/wordle as a community hub for bug reports and feature requests, with the full 26-contributor history preserved.

Active development has since moved to a private repository to enable a sustainable business model that funds ongoing hosting, content generation, and language expansion. The spirit stays the same: free core product, open contribution path for language data and bug reports, transparent roadmap.

Credits

Standing on the shoulders of giants:

• Josh Wardle — created the original Wordle in 2021. Gave the world a beloved daily ritual and unknowingly started an entire category of daily puzzles.
• Elizabeth S. Wardle — invented the coloured-grid sharing mechanic, which is really what made Wordle viral.
• Language maintainers — @akerbeltz (Gaelic), @LeTink (Te Reo Māori), and 26+ other open-source contributors whose work still powers the site. The full list is in CONTRIBUTORS.md.
• Data sources — kaikki.org (Wiktionary), Wordles of the World, wooorm/dictionaries, FrequencyWords, wordfreq, Natural Earth, Wikidata, Circle Flags. Redistributed under compatible licenses.

Who runs this

Wordle Global is built and maintained by Hugo — a solo operator running the product, engineering, design, and content. If you'd like to reach out (bug reports, language-maintainer applications, partnership enquiries, or just to say hi), drop a line at contact@wordle.global.