The Wordle clones are back on the App Store, just a few weeks after Apple wiped out nearly all the copycat games in January. <\/p>\n

A quick glance at the top free apps on the App Store reveals at least two prominently placed Wordle-alikes, while diving into Apple\u2019s more specific word games category (or simply searching \u201cWordle\u201d) surfaces plenty of other copycats, many of which appear to have been part of Apple\u2019s first wave of takedowns a few months ago. <\/p>\n

None of the new games are actively passing themselves off as Wordle \u2014 at least, not in name.<\/em> Instead, the clones have creatively rebranded to \u201cWordus,\u201d \u201cWord Guess,\u201d \u201cWordl,\u201d and other thinly veiled references to the original game. But all of them offer some variant on Wordle\u2019s gameplay, down to the same gameplay, UI, design, and color scheme. <\/p>\n