Games Like Nerdle
About Games Like Nerdle
Nerdle is the daily numbers game that brought Wordle's colored clues to arithmetic. Instead of a word you hunt for a hidden calculation, digits and signs included, and after each of your six guesses the tiles show which symbols are in the right place, which belong somewhere else and which are not in it at all. Every guess has to be a true calculation, so each one is a little piece of math as well as a clue. Mathler plays the same way with the result shown up front: you know the target, and you have six tries to find the equation that makes it.
Those games mix two pleasures, doing sums in your head and closing in on an answer clue by clue, and the games on this page split them apart. Sumdinger is the arithmetic, Wordlock is the color-clue deduction with letters, and Daily IQ is daily number and pattern reasoning. They are our own games, not versions of Nerdle or Mathler, and Gamefinity is not affiliated with either. All are free in your browser on a phone or a computer, with no download and no sign-up. Sumdinger, Wordlock and Daily IQ are all among our Daily Games, the same for everyone each day.
Each pick next to Nerdle
Pick the one that matches the part of Nerdle you enjoy most: the sums, the clues or the daily reasoning.
| Game | The puzzle | What it shares with Nerdle | What's different |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumdinger | Combine six number cards with + − × ÷ to hit a target exactly | A daily math puzzle with one target, the same for everyone, as in Mathler | No colored clues: you build the sum step by step, and three sums a day go from easy to hard |
| Wordlock | Guess hidden five-letter words | Green, gold and gray clues after every guess | Letters instead of digits, no guess limit, and word after word against a clock |
| Daily IQ | Ten reasoning puzzles a day, with no clock on a question | A daily brain workout with one provable answer, number sequences included | Multiple choice, and the puzzles range from number series to shapes and mirror images |
The numbers: a daily target to hit exactly
Sumdinger is the closest to Mathler's idea of a known target. You get six number cards, small ones from 1 to 10 and large ones from 25 to 100, and a target: tap a card, a sign and another card, and the two are swept away by their result, ready to use again. Hit the target exactly for full marks, or earn part of them by coming within 10. There are three sums a day, a two-digit warm-up, a medium and a hard three-digit target, the same for everyone, and between rounds you see how the whole class did with the same sum. Undo is free, so you can try ideas the way you would with a Nerdle guess.
The clues: green, gold and gray
If the part you love is reading the colors, play Wordlock. It is a five-letter word game with the same three clues: green for the right letter in the right spot, gold for a letter that is in the word somewhere else and gray for one that is not in it. There is no limit on guesses and no wait for tomorrow: crack a word and the next drops in, fewer guesses score more, and every solve adds time to a clock that keeps running down. It trains the habit Nerdle does, carrying every clue from one row into the next.
The reasoning: a daily test with one answer
Daily IQ is ten puzzles a day, the same for everyone, with no clock on a question, though a fast answer is worth more. Number sequences sit beside letter series, matrix puzzles, odd ones out and mirror images, and a solver checks every puzzle so that exactly one answer fits. At the end you see where your result sits among today's players.
Tips from one puzzle to the next
In Sumdinger, start from the target rather than the cards: find a large card you can multiply up to somewhere near it, then use the small ones to close the gap. In Wordlock, as in Nerdle, a first guess built from common symbols tells you the most. More number puzzles are on the number games and logic puzzles pages, and the games like Wordle page has daily puzzles of every kind.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a game like Mathler?
Sumdinger shares Mathler's known target: you combine six number cards with + − × ÷ to make it exactly. There are three sums a day, the same for everyone, with part of the marks for coming within 10.
Is there an unlimited game like Nerdle?
Sumdinger, Daily IQ and Wordlock are one go a day. For play with no daily limit, Sudoku Sprint deals 6×6 number puzzles one after another.
Is Gamefinity affiliated with Nerdle or Mathler?
No. Nerdle and Mathler are made by their own developers, and Gamefinity is not affiliated with either. These are our own games, which share parts of the same daily math-puzzle idea.
When do the daily games reset?
At midnight New York time, which is 9 pm Pacific, for everyone at once.
Are these games free?
Yes. They are free in your browser on a phone or a computer, with no download and no sign-up. Signing in is only needed for the leaderboards.