‘Heardle’ being heralded as the new music game for ‘Wordle’ lovers

By: Simran Singh - Staff Reporter, Toronto Star Posted: 10:21 AM CST Monday, Mar. 7, 2022 Last Modified: 11:33 AM CST Monday, Mar. 7, 2022

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Look out Wordle, there’s (another) new game in town.

The wildly popular word game Wordle, which first gained popularity in November last year, has inspired a slew of copycat games after its whirlwind success caught the eye of the New York Times, which purchased the game in January.

Heardle is the latest daily guessing game to join the mix, describing itself as, “Like Wordle, but for Music.”

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Heardle is the new daily music guessing game taking the internet by storm, joining a growing list of spinoffs inspired by the viral game Wordle. — - Dreamstime Heardle is the new daily music guessing game taking the internet by storm, joining a growing list of spinoffs inspired by the viral game Wordle.

Players get to listen to one second of a song and guess the artist and song title. If the player is unable to guess correctly based on the short clip in the first round, they will skip to the following rounds which play incrementally longer clips of the song.

The goal, like with Wordle, is to guess the answer in as few tries as possible. And also like Wordle, players can brag about their daily score on Twitter and social media.

Heardle is already gaining popularity amongst music fans and musicians alike. Here’s what people are saying about the new viral game.

Musicians like Quest Love have shared love for the music game but has already issued a warning to himself and to fans not get too confident, tweeting, “Imma stay humble in the beginning cause I’ll start bragging like “pssssssh” & then they’ll start doin like Percy Faith’s #ThemeFromASummersPlace and we’ll be all throwing our phones out the window #Heardle #9.”

Swedish singer and songwriter Roomie asked fans to join along, saying he plays Heardle every day.

Twitter users are sharing their love for the game, with some bragging about how easily they’ve been able to guess the answers.

Others have shared their feedback, saying Heardle should start including older songs considering the game mostly features more modern and trending songs.