February 17, 2022
From Aordle to Zorrodle: Wordle Variants to Come
There’s Wordle for Jews: Jewdle. There’s Wordle for Star Wars enthusiasts: SWordle. And lord knows how many variants are now online or are being developed by anyone who knows how to edit a word list.
So let’s just get it over with. Here are upcoming versions, some of which probably already exist but I am too lazy to check.
Aordle: Wordle for cardiologists
Boardle: Wordle for millennials taking a break from playing Settlers of Catan
Boredle: Wordle for people playing Wordle
Cawdle: Wordle for crows
Chordle: Wordle rhythm guitarists
Clawdle: Wordle for manicurists
Cordle: Wordle for electricians
Coredle: Wordle for people taking Antarctic ice samples
Corridordle: Wordle for people hanging out in hallways
Crawdle: Wordle for eyes, ear, and throat doctors
Dawdle: Wordle for dillydallyers
Depordle: Wordle for ICE
Doordle: Wordle for doormen/doorpeople
Drawdle: Wordle for gunslingers
Eeyordle: Wordle for depressed people
Floordle: Wordle for linoleum salespeople
Flourdle: Wordle for bakers
Fordle: Wordle for F-150 owners
Fodordle: Wordle for travel advisors
Frodordle: Wordle for hairy-footed denizens of Middle Earth
Glowdle: Wordle for nuclear power plant employees
Growdle: Wordle for people who are cultivating marijuana for personal use
Hoardle: Wordle for hoarders
IOrdle: Wordle for computer engineers
Ignordle: Wordle for people who don’t do Wordle puzzles
Jordle: Wordle for kingdoms bordering Israel
KOrdle: Wordle for boxers
Lordle: Wordle for evangelical Christians
Majordle: Wordle for Army officers
Maordle: Wordle for Chinese Communists
Mayordle: Wordle for leaders of cities
Mayordle: Wordle for lovers of fatty white sandwich condiments
Minordle: Wordle for underrepresented populations
Mordordle: Wordle for the inhabitants of the Dark Kingdom of Middle Earth
Motordle: Wordle for car mechanics
Murdordle: Wordle for serial killers
Nordle: Wordle for Scandinavians
Nordle: Wordle for naysayers
Oordle: Wordle for the over-enthusiastic
Phylordle: Wordle for biological taxonomists
Poordle: Wordle for those who cannot afford a NY Times subscription to do a stupid word game
Pourdle: Wordle for sommeliers
Psuedordle: Wordle for people with imposter syndrome
Repordle: Wordle for journalists
Rappordle: Wordle for empathists
Rupordle: Wordle for the Murdochs
Rumordle: Wordle for gossips
Sawdle: Wordle for carpenters
Slaudle: Wordle for merciless mass killers
Sordle: Wordle for first-time horseback riders
Sprawdle: Wordle for suburban real estate developers
Strawdle: Wordle for scarecrows
Tordle: Wordle for turtle and turtle relatives
Thordle: Wordle for Asgardians
Vaulde: Wordle for gymnasts
Worldle: Wordle for geographers
XORdle: Wordle for machine language programmers
Yordle: Wordle for turtle monarchs
Zoordle: Wordle for imprisoned animals
Zorrordle: Wordle for fencers
The comments are open for your additions. (Note: Keep ’em unhurtful.)