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French Wordle for class and self-study

Play French Wordle

The French edition of 128ordle is a free word game that works on school computers with no sign-up. Answers are everyday five-letter French words, which makes it a quick spelling and vocabulary warm-up for learners at most levels.

Why it works for learners

The 850 possible answers are common words taken from how often they appear in film and television subtitles, so learners meet vocabulary they will actually hear. Verbs appear as infinitives and nouns in the singular.

The guess list is far larger (5,589 words) and includes plurals and conjugated forms. A learner can test PARLE or AMIES to check letters even though the answer will be a base form such as an infinitive or a singular noun.

Accents and special letters

Learners type plain letters. Accents and the cedilla are ignored, so ÉCOLE is entered as ECOLE and LEÇON as LECON. Words normally written with œ, such as cœur, are not used.

Lesson ideas

  • Starter: project the one-board daily puzzle and take guesses from the room. Ask for the meaning of each guess before you type it.
  • Pairs: give each pair the four-board puzzle. One student types, the other keeps a list of every word they tried and what it means.
  • Word families: after a game, collect the guesses and sort them into nouns, verbs and adjectives.
  • Homework: everyone plays the same daily puzzle and compares the share text the next lesson. The share text shows colours, not answers.
  • Extension: fast finishers move up to 8 or 16 boards, where they have to read several sets of clues at once.

Which board count to choose

One board suits beginners and whole-class play. Four boards is a good pair activity for a ten-minute slot. Eight or more boards rewards a wider vocabulary and suits confident classes or a club.

Everyone who opens the daily puzzle for a board count on the same day gets the same answers, so a class can compare results fairly.

Accounts, cost and privacy

Playing is free and needs no account, email address or download. Progress is saved in the browser on that device. Optional accounts exist for leaderboards, and the school data page explains what is and is not collected.