Looking for a Wordle Alternative?
Looking for a Wordle Alternative?
Wordle is great — but it only tells you three things: right letter right place, right letter wrong place, or wrong letter entirely. If you are looking for a daily word game that gives you more information and more to think about, Proximath is worth trying.
How Proximath Differs from Wordle
Wordle uses a green, yellow and grey system. Proximath uses a five-colour system based on alphabet distance. Every letter A to Z has a number — A=1, B=2, through to Z=26. When you guess a letter, the tile tells you exactly how many steps away you are from the correct letter, and which direction to go in the alphabet. Green still means perfect. But instead of yellow meaning right letter wrong place, Proximath tells you precisely how far off you are and which way to adjust.
Proximath vs Wordle — Key Differences
Wordle gives you six guesses. Proximath gives you seven. Wordle uses five letters. Proximath offers five, six and seven letter versions across three daily modes. Wordle tells you a letter is wrong. Proximath tells you exactly how wrong and in which direction. Wordle has no direction clues. Proximath has up and down arrows on every tile. Wordle has one daily word. Proximath has three — Morning, Midday and Evening — each resetting at a different time.
Other Wordle Alternatives Worth Trying
The daily word game genre has grown significantly since Wordle launched. Popular alternatives include Quordle (four words at once), Nerdle (equations instead of words), Heardle (music guessing), and Worldle (geography). Proximath sits in this space with a unique mechanic — alphabet distance and direction — that no other daily word game currently uses.
Try Proximath Free
Proximath is completely free to play. No download, no subscription, no account required to start. One new Morning word every day at midnight, a Midday word at noon, and an Evening word at 6pm UK time. Sign up for a free account to save your streak, track your scores and compete on the monthly leaderboard for a £10 Amazon gift card.