Did You Know There’s a Jewish Version of Wordle? Meet Jewdle 

A new word. A new challenge. And another piece of Jewish culture to uncover every day. 

Jewdle is a daily word game filled with Jewish language, traditions, food, culture and the expressions that somehow find their way into everyday conversation. 

Some words you’ll know straight away. Others might leave you wondering what on earth they mean. 

So, what is Jewdle? 

Jewdle takes the familiar Wordle format and gives it a Jewish twist. 

Every day, players have to uncover a Jewish word, with the number of letters changing from puzzle to puzzle. The words draw from different parts of Jewish language and culture, including Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, Ladino, Arabic and Russian. 

But getting the letters right is only part of it. 

Once you’ve uncovered the word, you can discover what it means. And sometimes the explanation is almost as much fun as solving the puzzle. 

What makes a word Jewish? 

That’s where things get interesting. 

Jewish words have travelled across countries and generations, through kitchens, synagogues, schools and family dinner tables. 

Some belong to ritual and tradition. Others have become part of everyday conversation. 

Take grogger: 

“My neighbours are renovating… a noise is worse than 1,000 groggers!” 

Or schmutz: 

“Look at the schmutz on that shirt, I can’t take you anywhere.” 

Then there’s Hagadah: 

“Don’t go to Mendy for First Night he reads the whole hagadah, no skipping!” 

And shlep: 

“We shlepped all the way to Bondi, shlepped enough food for a Barmitzvah, and a million pecklach and it was raining.” 

The words tell you something, but the examples reveal something else: the humour, habits and conversations that surround Jewish life. 

When Jewish words take on a life of their own 

Then there are words like megilah. 

The word belongs to Jewish text and tradition, but you might also have heard someone complain about getting “the whole megilah”, meaning a story with every possible detail. 

That’s part of what makes Jewdle interesting. 

Jewdle isn’t simply Wordle with a different dictionary. Each word opens a little window into Jewish culture. 

You might recognise one from your grandparents. You might hear another around the Shabbat table. You might use one all the time without ever having thought about where it came from. 

Then there are the words you’ve never seen before, inviting you to delve further into a part of Jewish history that’s new to you. 

How did Jewdle begin? 

Jewdle was created in 2022 by Rabbi Alon Meltzer, Director of Programs at Shalom, together with the Shalom team, as Wordle was becoming part of people’s daily routines. 

The idea was simple: what would happen if those words came from Jewish life? 

As Jewdle grew, so did the game. After working through the available six-letter words, Jewdle expanded to words of different lengths. Now the number of boxes changes with each puzzle, opening the game up to a much bigger collection of Jewish words. 

Jewdle also began drawing on the Jewish English Lexicon, part of the Jewish Language Project, giving players even more Jewish language to discover. 

And Jewdle travelled well beyond Sydney, attracting Australian and international media attention and players from around the world. 

Still guessing, years later 

Jewdle wasn’t just a moment in the Wordle craze. Years after it launched, people are still coming back to play. 

Around 2,700 people play Jewdle in an average month, generating around 60,000 monthly views as they return to the game.

And when they crack the word, many don’t keep the result to themselves. In a one-year period, 22,951 people engaged with Jewdle and the Share button was hit 32,605 times taking Jewdle from one screen to another, and into conversations between friends and family. 

That’s how a Jewish word travels. Someone solves it in Sydney, Miami or Tek Aviv shares it with family overseas, and tomorrow they come back to discover another piece of Jewish language and culture. 

Experiencing Jewish culture together 

In 2025, Shalom rebranded to Shalom Collective, better reflecting our mission to foster contemporary Jewish experiences where culture, identity and community can thrive. 

This is at the heart of Jewdle: finding contemporary ways to experience Jewish culture together. 

Sometimes that starts with something as simple as a word. 

Ready for today’s Jewdle? 

You might know it immediately. 

You might learn a new Jewish word. 

There’s only one way to find out. 

Play today’s Jewdle → https://www.jewdle.app/

Data Source: Shalom Collective GA4 – Sep 2025 and Aug 2026.