Dordle

Dordle is two Wordles at once. Every word you type is played on both boards simultaneously, and you get seven guesses to finish them both. That single extra guess over standard Wordle is the whole design: it is just enough slack to recover from one mistake, and not a letter more.

The skill is divided attention

In ordinary Wordle each guess serves one goal. In Dordle every guess is a compromise between two. The most common beginner error is to lock onto the board that is going well and play words that only help there — then discover with two guesses left that the other board is still wide open.

How to play it

• Spend guesses one and two on pure information. Two strong, non-overlapping openers give you roughly ten different letters tested on both boards at once. Resist solving anything yet.
• Then close the nearly-finished board. Once one side has three or four greens, take it — a solved board stops competing for your attention and frees every remaining guess for the other.
• Watch your guess budget. Seven guesses for two words means you can afford roughly three per board plus one spare. If you have used four and solved nothing, change approach rather than pressing on.

Dordle is the natural next step after the daily Wordle and by far the gentlest way into multi-board play. When two boards start to feel comfortable, Quordle doubles it again. Each mode has a shared daily puzzle plus an unlimited practice mode you can switch to above the board, and unlimited single-board play is always there for warming up.