Kanuckle is a Canadian Wordle clone with daily puzzles using Canadian vocabulary, created by two brothers with no investors. It's been running four years, draws 50,000 daily players, and costs nothing. The creators also made Kanuko, a Canada-Sudoku-emoji hybrid now used as a brain-health tool for dementia patients.
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Welcome back to my series replacing American tech with Canadian alternatives. Today, a fun one. You might be familiar with the popular New York Times game Wordle, where you have a number of tries to guess a certain word. Did you know there is a Canadian version of this and it's better? It's called Kanuckle. All the words are Canadian themed, they have daily games, and they have a special weekly game at plus.kanucklegame.ca. If you are watching this between April 6th and April 12th, 2026, and you successfully solve the weekly puzzle, you might recognize the answer. Kanuckle is fully Canadian owned, started by these guys who are are brothers. It's just them. There aren't any outside investors. They've been around for 4 years. 50,000 people play every day. Best of all, there is no paywall. It is completely free. You don't even have to create an account to play. And they also have Kanuko, which is like Canada meets Sudoku meets an emoji game, which they also turned into a brain health game for people living with dementia. They also have some really cool merch. So yeah, kanuklegame.ca. And the special weekly edition is plus www.kanaklgame.ca. Good luck. Tavares. Right in the butt. What? No.
