Wordle moved to the NYT website a while back, but thankfully it’s still free – despite the Times changing some of the original answers.
But if you’re worried about losing Wordle, don’t panic. You can download the game now to continue playing the game on your computer, phone or tablet for free forever — or more accurately, until the list of 2,315 Wordle answers ends in October 2027.
twitter user Aaron Reeke posted a thread Explaining how Wordle runs entirely in your web browser. You don’t technically need internet to play Wordle, as all future Daily Words of the game are included directly in the webpage (even on the NYT). If you download Wordle’s web archive, the game only needs your device’s current date to deliver a new word puzzle each day.
If you want to continue playing Wordle for free, read on to learn how to download Wordle to your computer or smartphone.
Also, if one puzzle a day isn’t enough, try some of the wordal clones like Abserdal and Nerdle or check out every wordal puzzle created in the wordal archive.
How to Download Wordle to Your Computer
No matter whether you use Mac or Windows, or whatever web browser you use (Chrome or Safari, for example), you can easily download Wordle to your computer.
1. First of all go to the official Wordal website in the web browser of your choice.
2. Next, Right-click anywhere on the webpage,
3. Finally, Save the page to your computer Using one of the options in the menu that appears.
Depending on the web browser you are using, it may appear save as (chrome) or save page as (Safari). Whatever the option, it should download the Wordle webpage as an HTML file.
Here’s how to download a Wordal webpage in Chrome.
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now all you have to do is Click on the downloaded HTML file to open the saved Wordle webpage, Now you can access it while offline. However, it won’t import your previous streaks, so it’s as if you’re playing it for the first time.
How to Download Wordle on Android
On an Android smartphone or tablet, you can download a webpage to your device just like a desktop computer. The download process may differ across web browsers, but we’ll use Chrome for this example because it’s downloaded on most Android devices. To download Wordle on Android:
1. First of all go to official Wordal website in Chrome app.
2. Tap on New three-dot menu in the upper-right corner.
3. Finally, hit download icon To download the Wordle webpage (arrow pointing down on a line).
At the bottom of Chrome, you’ll see a notification showing that the Wordle webpage has been downloaded to your Android. To play Wordle offline, tap three-dot menu go more in chrome download, There you should see the Wordle webpage, which you can then access even if Wordle is paywalled or closed in the future.
You can easily download Wordle webpage in Chrome on Android.
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How to Download Wordle on iOS
Lastly, you can download Wordle offline to your iPhone or iPad, but this option requires you to use the free Microsoft Edge web browser, which you can download from the App Store. After you download Microsoft Edge, do the following:
1. Open the official Wordle website Safari,
2. Tap share button,
3. Hit the option next to the webpage url.
4. Select Web archive and tap complete,
5. Tap save to files in the share sheet.
6. Select a folder and hit save,
First you need to save the web archive version of Word to Files.
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This will save the Wordle webpage to your Files app, but you’ll now have to find the file yourself and open it in Microsoft Edge (it doesn’t work in Safari or Chrome).
To do this:
1. Press and hold To bring up the Quick Actions menu in Files on a Wordle webpage.
2. Select share from the options that appear.
3. Select Edge,
4. Tap open in microsoft edge,
You will then need to open the web archive file in the Microsoft Edge web browser app.
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Wordle will open in Microsoft Edge as an offline webpage that you can play without being connected to the Internet, though it won’t transfer to your Wins or Streaks.
