Daily Orbs

15 Games Like Daily Orbs

Daily Orbs is a four-board daily. Most games people name next to it are one puzzle: a word, a country, a film, a player. I grouped the fifteen below by that single task, then wrote the difference in the Daily Orbs direction so the table is not a list of logos. Facts were read on each game’s own page on 13 Nov 2026.

Words

Wordle, Connections, and Strands live on the New York Times games site. They are free there, and the NYT Games app is the install path I saw. They scratch the “one clever grid” itch. Choose Wordle for one five-letter word, Waffle for a letter-swapping grid, or Connections for grouping. Daily Orbs suits players who want several topics and formats in the same day.

Geography, pictures, and numbers

Worldle, Globle, and Tradle are country guesses with different clues: a shape, a heat map, an export chart. TimeGuessr adds a year. Worldle’s page lists iOS and Android, and it says the daily is free while older days sit behind a Teuteuf account. Globle and Tradle did not print a store link when I looked. Framed is six film stills. Bandle is a song. Poeltl is an NBA player. Metazooa walks a tree of animals. Magnitudle asks for a range. None of them total orbs across four boards.

Trivia rounds

The Dozen is a straight trivia set. Krillion gives you seven short prompts and scores rarer answers more deeply, with paid extras beside a free game. That is the nearest “answer a pile of questions” neighbor. It is still one timed run, not a heart system.

Waffle adds a different word task: rearrange letters into six intersecting words in 15 swaps or fewer. The official help explains the swap budget, and an independent description at WordWaffle also describes six words and 15 moves. The daily game is free; supporter extras are separate.

GameGroupDaily taskDifferencePriceAppAccountEvidence
Wordle Words Six guesses at a five-letter word, one puzzle a day. A single word. Daily Orbs is four boards and a shared orb total. Free on the NYT site NYT Games app Optional1 official source
Connections Words Sort sixteen words into four groups, four mistakes. One grouping puzzle. Daily Orbs also sorts, and it pairs and lists. Free on the NYT site NYT Games app Optional1 official source
Strands Words Find theme words in a letter grid. A word search. Daily Orbs is questions and matches, not a grid of letters. Free on the NYT site NYT Games app Optional1 official source
Worldle Geography Guess a country from its outline, six tries. One geography puzzle. Daily Orbs mixes topics and does not show a silhouette. Daily game is free iOS and Android Daily play needs none; archive uses a Teuteuf account1 official source
Globle Geography Guess countries on a globe; closer guesses run hotter. One map. No orbs or hearts. Free No store link on the page Not required1 official source
Tradle Geography Guess a country from an export chart, six tries. Trade data, one country. Daily Orbs may ask about trade words, not a chart. Free No store link on the page Not required1 official source
TimeGuessr Geography Place a historical photo on the map and in time. Photo and year. Daily Orbs is text, pairs, and lists. Free Not established by the cited page Optional1 official source
Framed Film Name a film from six frames. One movie a day. Daily Orbs has a film topic among many others. Free No store link on the page Not required1 official source
Bandle Music Hear a song grow, instrument by instrument. Audio. Daily Orbs is read, not heard, except on its dance boards. Free iOS and Android Not required1 official source
Poeltl Sports Guess the day’s NBA player. One athlete. Daily Orbs has a sports topic and whole boards such as Olympic Leaders. Free No store link on the page Not required1 official source
Metazooa Science Guess an animal along a taxonomy tree, twenty tries. One species. Daily Orbs does not walk a tree of life. Free No store link on the page Not required1 official source
Magnitudle Science Estimate size, weight, or count across several dailies. Numbers and ranges. Daily Orbs asks you to recall a fact, not to bracket a magnitude. Free No store link on the page Optional1 official source
The Dozen Trivia A daily trivia round from Barstool. Straight trivia. Daily Orbs adds matching, sorting, and open lists. Free No store link on the page Not required1 official source
Krillion Trivia Seven prompts, twenty-five seconds each; rarer answers score deeper. Speed and obscurity. Daily Orbs is four boards and a six-orb line, without a shot clock. Free, with paid extras No store link on the page Not required1 official source
Waffle Words Swap letters to form six words in 15 swaps or fewer. One word grid, with a swap budget rather than orbs or hearts. Free daily game; paid supporter extras Not established by the cited page Optional for saving statisticsRules: 2 sources · availability: 1 source

Questions

What is the closest game to Daily Orbs?

Nothing else on this list runs four different puzzle shapes toward a shared orb total. The Dozen and Krillion are the nearest trivia dailies. Wordle and Connections are nearer if you want a single word puzzle.

Are these games free?

Each row says what the game’s own page showed on 13 Nov 2026. Several are free in the browser. Worldle’s daily game is free and its archive sits behind a Teuteuf account.

Sources

Checked: 13 Nov 2026.