Wordle Retro-Clone Round-Up

You may have come across Wordle - a web-based word game created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and since acquired by the New York Times.

The idea is simple. You have six guesses to guess a five-letter word. If a letter you guess is in the word but in the wrong place, it is highlighted in yellow. If the letter is in the correct place it is highlighted in green. It's kind of like a cross between Hangman and Mastermind.

Well, the retro community wasn't going to hold back in creating versions for all the retro systems. Here is our round-up of all the Retro-Wordle's we can find! Let us know if you find any others.

Acorn Archimedes

Arcle
by Steven Howes

GitHub - stevenhowes/Arcle: An implementation of Wordle for the Acorn Archimedes series

An implementation of Wordle for the Acorn Archimedes series - GitHub - stevenhowes/Arcle: An implementation of Wordle for the Acorn Archimedes series

github.com

Amiga

aWordle
Variant for the Amiga's console

awordle - Wordle console implementation - English Amiga Board

awordle - Wordle console implementation Coders. C/C++

eab.abime.net

Amstrad CPC

Wordle CPC
by arnolde

WORDLE CPC

www.cpcwiki.eu

Apple IIGS

Wordle GS
by Dan Malec

GitHub - dmalec/Wordle.GS: A clone of Wordle for the Apple IIGS

A clone of Wordle for the Apple IIGS. Contribute to dmalec/Wordle.GS development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Atari 2600

2600 Words
by Karl G

2600 Words (Wordle clone)

(Updated 3/08/2022) After seeing @mksmiths cool port of Wordle for the 7800, I thought Id try my hand at making my own version. This version is fairly complete and playable. Instructions You are attempting to guess a 5-letter word, and get six tries to do so. Guessed words have to be valid dictio...

atariage.com

Atari 7800

W O R D L E
by mksmith

W O R D L E [DONE]

Welcome to W O R D L E for the Atari 7800! Concept by Josh Wardle THIS RELEASE IS FREE TO THE COMMUNITY AND IS NOT TO BE COMMERCIALLY SOLD FOR PROFIT About Guess the WORDLE in 6 tries. Each guess must be a valid 5 letter word. Hit the enter button to submit. After each guess, the color of the til...

atariage.com

BBC Micro

Wordle for the BBC Micro
by Chris Bradburne

Wordle (for the BBC Micro)

Self-published in 2022

bbcmicro.co.uk

Commander X16

Word Slide!
By SlithyMatt

GitHub - SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide: Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.)

Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.) - GitHub - SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide: Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.)

github.com

Commodore VIC20

20RDLE
by Jason Justian

20RDLE - Denial

Word Slide!
By SlithyMatt

GitHub - SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide: Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.)

Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.) - GitHub - SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide: Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.)

github.com

Commodore 64

Turdle
by Roysterini

TURDLE C64 by Roysterini

Turdle - A shit take on Wordle

roysterini.itch.io

Word Slide!
By SlithyMatt

GitHub - SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide: Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.)

Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.) - GitHub - SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide: Guess a 5-letter word, for CBM-based machines (C64, X16, etc.)

github.com

Commodore Plus/4

Word Slide!
By FIRE (converted from SlithyMatt's version)

Word Slide! - Software Details - Plus/4 World

Teddle
By Bo Zimmerman and Steve Gray.

https://plus4world.powweb.com/software/Teddle

Fairchild Channel F

Wrdl-F
by Arlasoft

Wrdl-F (Channel F) by Arlasoft

Port of the viral game Wordle for the Fairchild Channel F

arlagames.itch.io

Game Boy

GB Wordle
By stacksmashing

GitHub - stacksmashing/gb-wordle: A WORDLE clone for the Nintendo Game Boy

A WORDLE clone for the Nintendo Game Boy. Contribute to stacksmashing/gb-wordle development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Play online here: https://nezza.github.io/gbwordle/

GB Fiver
By Alexander Pruss
A version of GB Wordle, where the author attempted successfully to include 12972 words

Game Boy Fiver [Wordle clone]: How to compress 12972 five-letter words to 17871 bytes

Update: You can play an updated version online here in the binjgb Game Boy emulator. This is the version with the frequency-based answer l...

alexanderpruss.blogspot.com

GB Wordyl
by bbbbbr

GB-Wordyl: Wordle clone for Game Boy (& Color) / Analogue Pocket by bbbbbr

A Wordle clone for the Nintendo Game Boy (& Color) / Color and Analogue Pocket

bbbbbr.itch.io

Intellivision

INTL
by cmadruga

Intle: Wordle for Intellivision

Im slowly getting hooked on this silly online word game called Wordle. Seems to be the game everyone is talking about these days. Relevant link: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ Today I was bored of waiting for my next round of Wordle (it only refreshes once a day) and decided to make my o...

atariage.com

MS-DOS

WorDOSle
by Graham Downey

WorDOSle - A word game for DOS!

Recreation of the game Wordle for MS-DOS

grahamdowney.com

Wordos
by kajott

GitHub - kajott/wordos: a Wordle clone for DOS

a Wordle clone for DOS. Contribute to kajott/wordos development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Nintendo Entertainment System

NES Wordle
by FG Software

Wordle NES by Vectrex28

An NES clone of the world-famous Wordle with keyboard support!

vectrex28.itch.io

Nerdle
by Z-10

Nerdle by z-10

Wordle clone for NES

z-10.itch.io

Nokia N-Gage

NGAGE WORDL
By Michael Fitzmayer
Even the N-Gage is getting in on the act!

GitHub - ngagesdk/wordle: A clone of Wordle for the Nokia N-Gage.

A clone of Wordle for the Nokia N-Gage. Contribute to ngagesdk/wordle development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Pico-8

WRDL
by scarecrw

WRDL

Sega Mega Drive

MD Wordle
by Matt J

Wordle for Sega Megadrive – Matt's Projects

Tandy Color Computer

COCOdle
by Rick Adams

GitHub - yggdrasilradio/cocole: Wordle port for the Tandy Color Computer 3

Wordle port for the Tandy Color Computer 3. Contribute to yggdrasilradio/cocole development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

TRS-80

There's currently a competition for Wordle clones at trs-80.org.uk

TRS-80 Model 100

m100LE
by bgri

GitHub - bgri/m100LE: A Wordle-like game for the vintage Tandy (Radio Shack) Model 100

A Wordle-like game for the vintage Tandy (Radio Shack) Model 100 - GitHub - bgri/m100LE: A Wordle-like game for the vintage Tandy (Radio Shack) Model 100

github.com

Texas Calculators

Wordle CE
by commandblockguy

GitHub - commandblockguy/wordle: Wordle clone for graphing calculators

Wordle clone for graphing calculators. Contribute to commandblockguy/wordle development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

ZX81

Lingo
by Dr. Beep

Wordle / Lingo - Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 / Z88 Forums

ZX Spectrum

ZX GUORDEL
by Kounch

ZX GUORDEL another wordle clone for ZX Spectrum - Spectrum Computing Forums

ZX Wordle
by Adam Ainsworth

http://zxbasic.uk/db/88

Finally,

If you want to play Wordle on a teletype you can do that too, thanks to Hugh Pyle.

You can play the real Wordle on your browser here:

Wordle - A daily word game

Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.

Wordle Retro-Clone Round-Up

Acorn Archimedes​

Amiga​

Amstrad CPC​

Apple IIGS​

Atari 2600​

Atari 7800​

BBC Micro​

Commander X16​

Commodore VIC20​

Commodore 64​

Commodore Plus/4​

Fairchild Channel F​

Game Boy​

Intellivision​

MS-DOS​

Nintendo Entertainment System​

Nokia N-Gage​

Pico-8​

Sega Mega Drive​

Tandy Color Computer​

TRS-80​

TRS-80 Model 100​

Texas Calculators​

ZX81​

ZX Spectrum​

Finally,​

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Acorn Archimedes

Amiga

Amstrad CPC

Apple IIGS

Atari 2600

Atari 7800

BBC Micro

Commander X16

Commodore VIC20

Commodore 64

Commodore Plus/4

Fairchild Channel F

Game Boy

Intellivision

MS-DOS

Nintendo Entertainment System

Nokia N-Gage

Pico-8

Sega Mega Drive

Tandy Color Computer

TRS-80

TRS-80 Model 100

Texas Calculators

ZX81

ZX Spectrum

Finally,