Norsk · English
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.
Short, common Norwegian words. Made for children learning to read – and the easiest place to start if you are learning Norwegian.
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.
Type a valid Norwegian word and press Enter. After each guess the letters are colour-coded:
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.
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:
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.
No. A random word is drawn each time you start a round, so you can keep playing instead of waiting for tomorrow's puzzle.
Yes. No ads, no account, no download. It runs in the browser on a phone, tablet or computer.
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.
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.
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.