# New word games for daily players

Source: https://roam.new/new-word-games/

You finished today's Wordle in four and it is not even 9 a.m. Here are newer word games to play next, from The Atlantic's Bracket City to the other New York Times dailies, plus a way to make a word game out of your group chat's inside jokes.

## Word games to play after Wordle

- **Bracket City (The Atlantic)**: Clues nested inside brackets. Solve the inner ones and the outer clue starts to make sense. Free, with the archive included.
- **Strands (The New York Times)**: Find themed words hidden in a letter grid, with one word that spans the board.
- **Connections (The New York Times, 2023)**: Sort 16 words into four groups. The hard part is the red herring that fits two groups.
- **Spelling Bee (The New York Times)**: Make as many words as you can from seven letters, always using the center one.
- **Wordle (Josh Wardle, The New York Times since 2022)**: Still the daily start for millions. It is still one of the most searched word games in the US.

## Make a word game from your group chat

The best word game for a group is one only your group can solve. Inside jokes, nicknames, the restaurant you always end up at. Daily games are fun because everyone gets the same puzzle. A group game is fun because nobody outside gets it at all.

- **Guess the word**: Six tries, but every answer is a word from your chat.
- **Who said it**: A quote appears, you guess which friend sent it.
- **Group connections**: Sixteen names, places and jokes. Sort them into four groups only you would know.

## Make a quick word game on Roam

If you want something faster than a daily word game, make one. Describe it in a sentence on Roam, a free iPhone app: five letters, ten seconds a guess, and your friends' inside jokes as the answers.


## Turn your group chat into a word game

Describe the rules and drop in the words. Roam makes it a game on your iPhone that you can send to the chat. Roam is rated 13+ on the App Store.

Try: "word guessing game using only words from our group chat, 6 tries, a meme plays when you win, friends can race"

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## Questions people ask

**What is Bracket City?**
A daily word puzzle from The Atlantic where clues are nested inside brackets. You solve from the inside out. It is free to play.

**What word game is most like Wordle?**
The closest daily games are the other New York Times puzzles, like Strands and Spelling Bee. Connections is about groups of words instead of letters.

**Can I make my own word game?**
Yes. On Roam you describe the rules and the words, and it comes back as a playable game you can share with friends.

## About Roam

Roam ("Roam - Make Games" on the App Store) is an iPhone app where you play games and make your own by describing them or from a photo. It is free to download and play, and making games works without a subscription; optional Spark and Reality plans and credit packs add more creation. Android: pre-register on Google Play. https://roam.gg