The discussion among Wordle users continues: has the New York Times damaged it? Why are there suddenly so many double-letter days (SWILL, seriously? ); so many perplexing solutions based on a single, ambiguous letter? What about the term "caulk"? Is there a new development? Or have people simply lost interest? Since Wordle captured the world's attention, there has been a steady stream of imitations and amusing spins on the word-guessing game, based on everything from profanity (Sweardle) to choral music (Byrdle) to geography (Worldle). If you're searching for something else than an imaginative take on the same theme, the Android and Apple app stores have a plethora of additional word games to choose from. Fans have been quietly enjoying some of these for years - some provide a daily five or ten minutes of puzzle pleasure, while others allow you to spend as much time as you like on them.

Wurdweb

This is a fascinating twist on Scrabble in which you are given a list of words and then challenged to arrange them on the board without running out of playable places. It appears simple, but if you put too many words in one area, you'll quickly become disoriented, and you'll need to use the premium squares carefully. Fans of Scrabble will love the game's exploration of word placement methods, and success unlocks the more difficult "precise mode," which forces players to finish on a specified square. Not for the faint of heart.

Word Hurdle

Word Hurdle is a simple game to play. You will be given a set number of attempts to determine what the word of the day is. Instead, the game does not provide any initial guesses or clues; however, once you make the first guess, the colors of the tile will change and you will know whether you correctly placed the letter in the word. They will eventually turn grey, yellow, or blue. If the letter is blue, it is correctly inserted; if it is yellow, it is present in the letter; and grey, it does not exist in the word.