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Ordspillet is a Norwegian word guessing game in the Wordle family. Pick a hidden word apart letter by letter, and pick up everyday Norwegian vocabulary while you do it. Three letters if you are starting out, five if you want a challenge.
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Three letters
Short, common Norwegian words. Made for children learning to read – and the easiest place to start if you are learning Norwegian.
Five letters
A wider vocabulary and one extra try. The right level once you recognise most of the short words.
The games themselves are in Norwegian, but there is very little to read: a grid, a keyboard and colours.
How to play
Type a valid Norwegian word and press Enter. After each guess the letters are colour-coded:
- Green – right letter, right position.
- Yellow – the letter is in the word, but somewhere else.
- Grey – the letter is not in the word at all.
- Red row – that word is not in the dictionary, so try another one.
The on-screen keyboard keeps track of the letters you have already ruled out, and it includes æ, ø and å – the three Norwegian letters that come after z in the alphabet.
Learning Norwegian with a word game
Guessing is active practice. To make a guess you have to recall a Norwegian word yourself, spell it correctly and place every letter in the right order – which is exactly the work that fixes a word in memory. Reading a vocabulary list is passive by comparison.
The words are ordinary, everyday Norwegian: things around the house, animals, food, common verbs. Not legal or medical vocabulary you will never use in conversation.
A way to use it:
- Start with the three-letter game. Short words are the most common ones, so they are the most useful to know first.
- Browse the list of Norwegian three-letter words and pick out the ones you did not recognise.
- Look up the words you missed after each round, rather than before.
- Move on to five letters once the short words feel familiar.
- A few rounds most days beats a long session once a week.
Questions
Is there a Wordle in Norwegian?
Yes – this is one. Same idea, Norwegian words, Norwegian keyboard. Ordspillet is not affiliated with Wordle or with the other Norwegian word games you may come across, such as Ordvri or Ordsuppe.
Is there a new word every day?
No. A random word is drawn each time you start a round, so you can keep playing instead of waiting for tomorrow's puzzle.
Is it free?
Yes. No ads, no account, no download. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
What happens to my data?
Nothing leaves your device. Your stars and streaks are stored in your own browser, and there is no login and no user database. Clearing your browser data will reset your progress.
Do I need to understand Norwegian to use the site?
Not much. The game screen is a grid and a keyboard. If you would like the full Norwegian version of this page, it is at ordspillet.no.
Who made this?
Ordspillet is built by Vasser, a small Norwegian studio. It started as a learning project and is kept free because it costs almost nothing to run.