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WordSlip, DailyPlay Sudoku & Solitaire: Three Daily Puzzles Compared

WordSlip, DailyPlay Sudoku, and DailyPlay Solitaire share a publisher and a midnight reset, but they ask for three different kinds of work. WordSlip is a seven-letter path on a hex grid. DailyPlay Sudoku is a classic 9×9. DailyPlay Solitaire is Klondike with the same deal for everyone that day.

WordSlip, DailyPlay Sudoku, and DailyPlay Solitaire are now listed in the DLE Directory. All three live on DailyPlay, from GreatGamesNetwork ApS. Sign-in is optional; progress can stay on the device. The useful question is which of the three to open first, not whether they reset.

WordSlip is a seven-letter path

WordSlip hexagonal grid with empty seven-letter slots and a path still unsolved

WordSlip scatters seven letters across a 19-cell hex grid. The other cells are empty, and they matter: they are bridges. The job is to find the hidden seven-letter word, then drag a path that spells it in order, first letter to last. After each full guess, letters that landed in the right place lock green, so the next attempt starts with more of the route already known.

A new grid arrives at midnight, the same one for everyone. Earlier days sit on a calendar on the same page. There is no row of color-coded guesses in the Wordle sense. The feedback is where the path was already correct.

Choose WordSlip if you like spatial word puzzles and you want a round that can finish as soon as the path is right. It is the shortest of these three when the word clicks, and the one that keeps asking you to see the grid as a route rather than a list.

DailyPlay Sudoku is a shared 9×9

DailyPlay Sudoku 9×9 grid with givens filled and empty cells still open

DailyPlay Sudoku is ordinary Sudoku with a shared clock. Fill the 9×9 so every row, column, and 3×3 box contains 1 through 9 once. Notes, hints, and undo sit on the board. A new puzzle arrives at midnight. Everyone gets the same givens. Past days sit on a calendar beside today.

This listing is not the Sudoku already in the directory at greatest.games. That is a different 9×9. DailyPlay Sudoku is its own daily on dailyplay.com.

Choose this if you want a longer logic session and a finish line you can see: the last empty cell. It asks for patience more than a sudden flash of a word, and it is the one of the three that can fill a commute without asking you to remember a path.

DailyPlay Solitaire is one Klondike deal

DailyPlay Solitaire Klondike tableau with empty foundations and a stock pile

DailyPlay Solitaire deals Klondike so that everyone sees the same 52 cards that day. Seven tableau columns, four foundations built Ace to King by suit, a stock, and a waste. Stack the tableau descending with alternating colors. Only a King, or a sequence headed by a King, can fill an empty column. Draw from the stock when the tableau is stuck.

Because the deal is shared, a score is comparable. A new layout arrives at midnight. Hints and undo sit on the board the same way they do on the other DailyPlay games, but the puzzle here is the layout, not a hidden word or a digit.

Choose Solitaire if you want cards instead of a grid, and you like a daily that can still go wrong after a greedy King. It is easier to start than Sudoku. It is also the one where a single early move can close a column you needed later.

Which daily game should you try first?

Start with WordSlip if you only have a few minutes and you want a path you can finish or keep tracing. Start with DailyPlay Sudoku if you want the session to last and you already know how a 9×9 should feel. Start with DailyPlay Solitaire if you would rather move cards than fill cells, and you like knowing your friends saw the same shuffle.

The three games reset together. They do not replace each other. A hex path, a 9×9, and a Klondike deal are different evenings even when the clock is the same.

FAQ

Are WordSlip, DailyPlay Sudoku, and DailyPlay Solitaire updated daily?

Yes. Each one posts a new shared puzzle at midnight. WordSlip is a new hex grid, DailyPlay Sudoku is a new 9×9, and DailyPlay Solitaire is a new Klondike deal. Everyone gets the same challenge that day. Earlier days stay on a calendar.

Do these daily games require an account?

No. All three open in a browser without signing in. Sign-in is optional if you want progress on another device; otherwise it can stay on the one you are using.

Is DailyPlay Sudoku the same as the other Sudoku in this directory?

No. The existing Sudoku listing is a different 9×9 at greatest.games. DailyPlay Sudoku is its own daily on dailyplay.com.

Is WordSlip just Wordle on a hex grid?

No. Wordle is a sequence of five-letter guesses with color feedback. WordSlip asks you to trace a seven-letter word through hexagonal cells, including empty ones, and it locks only the letters that were already in the right place.

Conclusion

If you want a path through letters, start with WordSlip. If you want a 9×9 that everyone else is also filling, start with DailyPlay Sudoku. If you want a shared Klondike deal, start with DailyPlay Solitaire. The next midnight will swap the grid, the givens, and the shuffle. It will not mix the three skills.