The internet is, to say the least, a mixed bag. Things trend, die down, and then are replaced by other similar or drastically different things. 

The Wordle craze can be explained by the simple fact that we are in need of new ways to entertain ourselves in the given situation. Moreover, it’s simply fun! 

It also goes to show us how we can create a shared community around such forms of entertainment. When we talk about Wordle or share Wordle memes, what else are we doing but building that community? It’s fun to talk about or reference stuff that we’re all doing. 

If you’re reading this to find fun games to play on your own or with your friends, or to find such games for your family, you are at the right place! Here are 5 online word games apart from Wordle that are perfect mixtures of fun and learning: 

1. Skribbl.io

Skribbl basically asks you to draw pictures based on a certain word and help your teammates guess the word, and then to take on the role of the guesser. You get points for successful guesses and for successfully helping others guess. Be it your drawing skills, association skills, guessing skills, or spelling skills, Skribbl challenges you on many levels! But that’s the fun of it. When playing the game with friends, you can both laugh at and learn from your mistakes. This is a game for all age groups. So start a new game and let your creativity flow! 

2. Internet Scrabble Club

Good old scrabble is now on the internet too! This classic game is a must-play. Like the board game, you need to form words with given letter tiles. You can switch the tiles if you need to, and the points are awarded based on the length or complexity of the word you create. The challenge is that any alphabets you add must result in a real word being created in every direction. Have fun playing this game while you and your friend wonder if this or that would be a real word! Trust us, you’ll learn words that you never knew could be real.  

3. Word Master 

This game is very similar to Wordle, except that you can play more than once a day. You get six tries to guess the correct word, and the color-coding is just like Wordle’s: green if the letter is in the word and at the place you guessed, yellow if it’s in the word but at a different place, and grey if it’s not in the word at all. It’s simple, fun, and a great challenge to your vocabulary skills! 

4. Wordshake 

Shake things up a little with Wordshake! You get a grid of sixteen letters, using which you have to create all the words you can within a time span of three minutes. Compete against yourself or your friends, and try to create more and more words! Not only is this a fun little challenge you can set yourself, it is also something that’ll sharpen your performance under time-constraints and your vocabulary and spelling skills. 

5. Word Ladder

This game is bound to be every younger child’s favourite, with its simple and fun format as well as funky music. It has more than one level, and each level adds one rung to the ladder. The player has to move from one rung to the next by only changing one letter in the previous word and using the image alongside to guess. It helps build the association between an image and its corresponding word, and might even help pre-schoolers strengthen the foundation of their vocabulary. 

So go ahead with these free online games and spend your free time in fun and productive ways. Also, don’t forget to stay tuned on the Tinkle website for upcoming Wordplay and Word Search games!