The mechanics of each game is also the same as the original Wordle—there’s a different set of words that you get to guess every day for free, and when you do, you get to flex your streak on social media as much as you want. But unlike the OG Wordle, Dordle, Quordle, and Octordle also offer a practice mode on top of the daily puzzle, and Quordle even offers a French version. Whatever your poison, there’s definitely something here to fill that first hour of a weekday before you have to really focus on your job. There’s also the Spanish language version of Wordle, which has two modes: normal and tildes. The latter only counts a letter as correct when it’s in its right position, but also if it has the appropriate tilde or accent, which, as a native Spanish speaker, I can say is utterly evil. But in the race for the hardest Wordle, Kotohona Tango, the Japanese language version of the game, takes the cake. In the instructions, the developers explain that “due to the nature of the Japanese language, [Kotohona Tango] is tremendously more difficult than Wordle,” and we can do nothing but believe them. The interface looks utterly intimidating.
