Dordle

Dordle is Wordle doubled: two hidden five-letter words sit on two grids at once, and every guess you type is scored against both at the same time. You have seven total attempts to crack the pair, and a single word has to do double duty, feeding clues to two separate puzzles. It is a short daily test that rewards split attention over raw vocabulary.

What is Dordle?

Dordle is a word puzzle built directly on the Wordle template, but it asks your brain to hold two threads at once. The screen shows two five-letter grids side by side, each hiding its own secret word. When you type a guess and submit it, that single word is scored against both grids at the same time, so one entry produces two separate rows of colored feedback. Your job is to read both responses and slowly corner two different answers using a shared, limited pool of attempts.

The format is the source of its difficulty and its appeal. You get seven guesses total, two more than standard Wordle, but those seven have to cover two words rather than one, so the cushion is thinner than it looks. A guess that is excellent for one board can be nearly useless for the other, which forces constant compromise: you are rarely optimizing for a single answer and instead weighing what each word does for both puzzles. Solving one board does not end the round. It locks that grid while your remaining guesses continue to apply to the unsolved one, so a clean early solve on the left buys you breathing room on the right.

Dordle was made by Guilherme S. Toews, a Brazilian indie developer who publishes under the name Zaratustra Productions, and it went up on itch.io in mid-January 2022, very early in the wave of Wordle spinoffs. Built as a clear homage to Josh Wardle's Wordle, it became one of the first widely shared multi-board variants, helping inspire the larger family that later included Quordle and Octordle. It runs as a free browser game with no account or download, and it keeps local statistics and streaks, though the developer has openly warned that itch.io storage can sometimes wipe a saved game.

The game offers two ways to play. Daily Dordle gives everyone the same pair of words each day, which is the version people compare and share, while a free or practice mode hands you fresh random puzzles back to back with no daily limit. The vibe is low pressure but genuinely brain-stretching: it suits Wordle regulars who want a stiffer challenge without jumping straight to four or eight boards, and it rewards careful reading over speed. Past daily answers are widely archived by third-party sites, but the official itch.io game is centered on the current day's pair plus unlimited random rounds rather than a built-in calendar of replayable old puzzles.

How to play Dordle

1. Open Dordle and choose Daily mode for the shared puzzle of the day, or the free mode for an endless run of random pairs.
2. Type any valid five-letter word as your first guess and submit it; it is entered into both boards at the same time.
3. Read each board separately: green means the letter is correct and placed, yellow means it is in that word but elsewhere, and grey means it is not in that word.
4. Use the two different feedback rows to narrow both secret words in parallel, planning each new guess to serve whichever board still needs the most help.
5. When you nail one board it locks, and your leftover guesses keep applying to the remaining unsolved word.
6. Solve both words before your seven total guesses run out to win, then read your stats or share the round.

Tips and strategy

• Spend your opening one or two guesses on letter coverage rather than trying to solve either board early, since strong vowel and consonant exposure pays off across both words at once.
• After your first guess, decide which board has the more revealing clues and lean your next entry toward locking that one down, banking guesses for the harder side.
• Watch for letters that are grey on one board but green or yellow on the other; they are still live information, so do not discard a letter just because one grid rejected it.
• Once a board is nearly certain, avoid wasting a turn to confirm it and instead pick a word that also probes the unsolved board.
• Track your remaining guess count actively: with only seven shared attempts, falling two words behind late is hard to recover, so commit to a likely answer before you run dry.
• When both boards are wide open, prefer guesses that test fresh, common letters you have not played yet rather than rearranging letters you already know.

Good to know

Creator

Guilherme S. Toews (Zaratustra Productions)

Released

January 2022, on itch.io

Boards

2 words solved at once

Guesses

7 total, shared across both boards

Cost

Free, browser-based (HTML5)

Modes

Daily (shared puzzle) and free/random practice

Dordle FAQ

Is Dordle free?

Yes. Dordle is a free browser game on itch.io with no download or account required. It runs as an HTML5 page and keeps your stats locally on your device.

How many guesses do you get in Dordle?

Seven guesses total, and they are shared across both boards. That is two more than standard Wordle, but you are solving two words instead of one, so the margin is tight.

How is Dordle different from Wordle?

Wordle has one hidden word; Dordle has two at the same time. Each guess is scored against both boards simultaneously, so you read two separate sets of colored clues and must balance every word between the two puzzles.

Does Dordle have a daily puzzle and an archive?

Yes, Daily Dordle gives everyone the same two words each day, and there is also a free mode that serves random pairs endlessly. The official game centers on the current day's puzzle plus unlimited random rounds; past daily answers are catalogued by various third-party sites rather than a built-in replay calendar.

Who made Dordle?

Brazilian indie developer Guilherme S. Toews, who publishes as Zaratustra Productions, created it in January 2022 as a clear homage to Josh Wardle's Wordle. It was one of the first multi-board Wordle variants.