Spellie

Spellie refreshes every day with three new hidden words. That daily rhythm suits classroom routines. A teacher can open the board at the start of a lesson and have students work through Easy together before splitting off to tackle Medium and Hard independently.

The game was created by Christopher Porter, David Hirtle, and James Dodds with younger audiences in mind. Word lists are not just shortened adult dictionaries. They are mapped to school reading milestones, so a Grade 2 student is unlikely to encounter a word their class has never seen.

Standard Wordle draws from a wide open dictionary. Spellie narrows the pool deliberately. Easy words sit at an early reader level. Hard mode reaches six letters but caps out at Grade 5, so the answers are genuinely challenging without sliding into obscure territory.

That ceiling matters in a school setting. Teachers can assign Medium as a quick warm-up and Hard for students who already read chapter books, without worrying about unusual words appearing that would derail a lesson.

Most Wordle variants offer a single daily puzzle. Spellie lines up three at once. A student might clear Easy in three guesses and spend the rest of break chipping away at Hard.

Because the levels are independent, siblings or desk partners can share a screen and each pick a tab that fits their reading level. Nobody waits for someone else to unlock the next board.

Hints are available when a puzzle stalls. They nudge a stuck guess in the right direction without handing over the full answer. Correct solves also drop small emoji collectibles, giving younger players a quick sense of achievement even before all three levels are finished.

For classroom use, a completed green row makes a good spelling checkpoint. Ask students to explain why a yellow letter needs to move, or have them cross out white letters on paper before typing the next attempt. The circle colours turn the reasoning into something everyone at the desk can follow.