Daily Sports Games Like Wordle: 5 Worth Playing Every Day

Wordle turned a five-minute puzzle into a daily habit for millions of people. It didn't take long for sports fans to build their own versions.

There are now dozens of daily sports games. Most follow the same basic recipe: one puzzle a day, the same puzzle for everyone, a limited number of tries, and a result you can share without spoiling it.

But they don't all test the same thing. Some test how many players you can name. Some test how well you remember rosters and careers. And a few test something different: whether you can read a game the way the market does.

Here are five worth adding to your morning routine, what each one asks of you, and how they compare.

Disclosure: we make TrueLine Daily, one of the five.

What makes a good daily sports game?

The best ones share a few traits:

• One puzzle a day, for everyone. The shared puzzle is what makes it social. You can compare scores with friends because you all played the same thing.
• A few minutes, not an hour. A daily game has to fit around your day.
• Feedback on every guess. Wordle's colored tiles are the model: a wrong guess should still teach you something.
• A result you can share without spoiling it. The emoji grid is half the fun.
• A reason to come back tomorrow. Usually a streak.

1. Connections: Sports Edition

Sport: Multi-sport · Tests: Sports knowledge and lateral thinking

The sports version of the New York Times' popular word game, made by The Athletic with NYT Games. You get 16 sports terms and sort them into four groups of four, with four mistakes allowed before the game ends.

It feels closer to a word game than a trivia quiz at first, but you need real sports knowledge to spot the connections. The trick groupings — names that could fit two categories — are where most people lose a life.

Good for: Fans of the original Connections and anyone who follows several sports.

2. Immaculate Grid

Sport: Baseball, plus football, basketball, hockey and soccer versions · Tests: Player knowledge across teams and eras

A 3×3 grid where each row and column is a team or an achievement. For each cell, you name a player who fits both — a player who suited up for both the Yankees and the Red Sox, for example. You get nine guesses for nine cells, and rarer correct answers earn a better score than the obvious ones.

Immaculate Grid started as a baseball game and is now run by Sports Reference, the company behind Baseball-Reference, which has added grids for other sports.

Good for: Deep-roster fans who know the journeyman middle reliever, not just the stars.

3. Poeltl

Sport: NBA · Tests: Player knowledge

The game that set the template for most player-guessing games. There's one mystery NBA player each day. After every guess, you see how close you were on team, conference, division, position, height, age and jersey number, and you narrow it down from there.

Poeltl was created in 2022 and named after center Jakob Poeltl. It was relaunched in 2024 with the NBA Players Association.

Good for: Basketball fans who know their rosters.

4. Weddle

Sport: NFL · Tests: Player knowledge

The football version of the Poeltl format. Guess the mystery NFL player, and each guess shows how close you were on details like team, division, position, age and number. It's named after former NFL safety Eric Weddle.

Good for: Fantasy football players, who tend to know rosters better than most.

5. TrueLine Daily

Sport: MLB, WNBA, MLS, college football, NFL and CFL · Tests: Reading a game

The other four games ask what you know about players and teams. TrueLine Daily asks something different: how well can you read a game?

Each day there's one real matchup per league, with the result hidden. You make three predictions about it: the projected total (how many runs, points or goals the game was expected to produce), each team's chance of winning, and a third question that changes by league. You get three guesses at each number, with a higher-or-lower hint after every miss.

Each prediction is scored from 0 to 100 on how close you landed to where the market closed before the game. That's the benchmark serious sports analysts use, because it reflects all the information available before kickoff. Nailing a number on your first guess scores more than getting there on your third.

It's free to play one league a day in your browser, with no account needed. It has a daily streak, a weekly leaderboard, private leaderboards for friend groups, and one free 2× a day to double the score of the slate you feel best about.

There's no wagering and nothing to win. It's a skill game about reading numbers.

Good for: Fans who follow the numbers as closely as the players. If you check totals and win probabilities before games, this is the one for you.

How the five compare

Trivia games vs. prediction games

Most daily sports games are trivia games. They reward memory: the more players and careers you know, the better you do. That's a big part of the appeal, and it's why lifelong fans tend to dominate them.

A prediction game rewards something else. In TrueLine Daily, knowing a team's roster helps, but what matters is turning what you know — pitching matchups, pace, injuries, home field — into a number, and then adjusting when the hint tells you you're off.

The two scratch different itches, which is why many fans play one of each.

Building a daily sports games routine

If you want a routine that doesn't take over your morning:

1. Pick one trivia game for your main sport. Poeltl for basketball, Weddle for football, Immaculate Grid for baseball.
2. Add one game that covers several sports. Connections: Sports Edition, or TrueLine Daily across its leagues.
3. Play with friends. Every game on this list has a shareable result, and most are more fun with a group chat keeping score. TrueLine Daily also has private leaderboards you can create with an invite link.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Wordle-style game for sports fans?

It depends on what you enjoy. For basketball trivia, Poeltl is the original player-guessing game. For baseball, Immaculate Grid is the most popular grid game. If you'd rather predict games than name players, TrueLine Daily has you predict the key numbers behind real matchups across six leagues.

Are daily sports games free?

All five games here are free to play. TrueLine Daily is free for one league a day, with an optional subscription that unlocks every league and the full archive of past slates.

Is there a daily baseball game like Wordle?

Yes. Immaculate Grid is the best-known baseball trivia grid. TrueLine Daily's MLB game has you predict the projected run total and win probability of a real baseball matchup each day.

Is there a daily football game like Wordle?

Weddle is an NFL player-guessing game in the Poeltl style. TrueLine Daily has daily NFL and college football prediction games, plus a weekly CFL game.

Is TrueLine Daily a gambling game?

No. There's no wagering, no deposit and nothing to win. You predict numbers and get a score from 0 to 100 for how close you were.