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Wondering why your Twitter feed is awash with green, yellow and grey squares? That’s down to people sharing Wordle results in spoiler-blocking form. This free online game has you guess a five-letter word across six rounds; a new challenge arrives daily at the stroke of midnight. Just can’t wait for the next one? Try Hello Wordl (foldr.moe/ hello-wordl/), which has the same rules and unlimited play. £free / powerlanguage.co.uk

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Dig into the latest word puzzle craze (if you somehow haven’t already) and then try five mobile titles with their own brain-busting daily challenges

Typeshift

This new take on anagrams has you slide columns of letters up and down to form words on a central row. Doing so colours the letter tiles; transform them all to complete the puzzle. The game has a crossword-style mode, but the daily challenge is a speedrun effort, where you blaze through a puzzle before facing a list of your words – and discovering you only needed half that number to win. Gaah! £free (IAP) / Android, iOS

Wordsmyth

If Typeshift feels too frantic, try Wordsmyth instead: a daily puzzler so tranquil it’s in danger of falling over. It’s essentially Boggle, serving up nine letters and having you use them to make as many words as possible. There’s no timer or moves limit – you can dodder along at leisure. And this genial feel extends to letting you dip into recent unfinished puzzles you’d like another crack at. £2.99 / Android £2.49 / iOS

Bonza Word Puzzle

This one chops up crossword puzzles into what resembles a bunch of Tetris pieces that someone’s stencilled letters onto. It’s your job to put this minimalist jigsaw together, in a manner that makes sense. Assistance comes from a single clue that links all the words… but that’s not always a great help when you’re faced with a dozen or more pieces scattered about and no idea where to begin. £free (IAP) / Android, iOS

SpellTower

At its most frenetic, this game has you drag snake-like paths through a grid of letter tiles in what amounts to a high-octane mash-up of a wordsearch and Tetris. The daily mode is rather more sedate, letting you relax while tackling a single tower of tiles that disappear when words are submitted. But that does mean you must think ahead to make best use of your letters and not leave any stranded. £free (IAP) / Android, iOS

Tiny Crossword

Much of Wordle’s appeal comes from how easy it is to fit in a short session every day. This app applies similar thinking to the traditional crossword puzzle. It won’t concern purveyors of cryptic crosswords – the clues are simple and the daily puzzles are easy. But then that’s the point: you get a mild workout for your brain yet can still tell yourself you’re completing a crossword puzzle every day. £free (IAP) / iOS