Timdle vs Yeardle
Yeardle gives you three historical events that happened in the same year and eight tries to name that year. Timdle uses the same raw material for the opposite puzzle: not which year, but which order.
Play today's TimdleFree, no account, about two minutesWhat Yeardle is
Yeardle shows you three events that share a year and asks you to name it. You get eight tries, and each guess comes back colour-coded to tell you whether to go higher or lower, so the game is a guided search rather than a single act of recall. BCE years are entered with a minus sign. It resets daily at midnight Central Time, and there is an unlimited version alongside the daily one.
It lives on Histordle, which runs the same three-things-one-year format across other subjects too — PopCultured for mixed media, Songle for songs, and Moviedle for films. If you like the format, that is where the rest of it is.
histordle.com · Details checked August 2026; their site is the authority.
What Timdle is
Timdle deals nine real historical events, pins one to the timeline as an anchor, and asks you to slot the other eight into place from earliest to latest. You never type a year — the only judgement is whether a card goes before or after the ones already down, and each placement is checked the moment you commit.
Because the mechanic is ordering rather than guessing, it extends past history: Endless keeps dealing events until your first mistake, Music plays a song clip for you to place by release year, and Math has you sort expressions by value. You can also build your own set of events and share it as a link.
Side by side
| Timdle | Yeardle | |
|---|---|---|
| What you supply | A position on the timeline | A single year |
| What you're given | Nine events, one already placed | Three events sharing one year |
| The core skill | Sequencing — before or after | Triangulating a date from three angles |
| Attempts | One pass across all eight placements | Eight tries, with higher/lower feedback |
| Daily reset | Midnight in your own timezone | Midnight Central Time |
| Unlimited play | Endless mode, plus community-made timelines | An unlimited version alongside the daily |
| Music variant | Music mode — place a song by its release year | Songle — three songs, one shared year |
Which one fits you
Yeardle's three-clues-one-year hook is a neat idea if you like narrowing down a date, and it has an unlimited mode.
Timdle asks eight judgements a round instead of one, and never makes you name a year — which is why it works when you know roughly when something happened without knowing the date. If Songle was the part of Histordle you liked, Timdle's Music mode is the same idea with a timeline instead of a guess box.
Both are free, so trying Timdle costs you two minutes. Play today's timeline.
The other history games
Each of these is a separate project by separate people. The shared -dlesuffix signals “daily puzzle in the Wordle mould” and nothing more — it does not mean any of them are related.
If you want to try the ordering game
- Today's timelineTimdle's daily history puzzle. Nine events, eight to place, about two minutes.
- Endless modeNo finish line — keep placing events until you get one wrong. Your score is your streak.
- Chronological order gameThe sequencing game explained in full, with a section for teachers.
- Community timelinesPlayer-made sets on specific eras, countries and subjects — dozens to play.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between Timdle and Yeardle?
- Yeardle gives you three events that share a year and eight tries to name that year, with higher/lower feedback. Timdle gives you nine events and asks you to place them in chronological order, with no year entered at all.
- Which one has an unlimited mode?
- Both, in different shapes. Yeardle offers an unlimited version next to the daily puzzle. Timdle has Endless mode, which keeps dealing events until your first misplacement, plus dozens of community-made timelines to play.
- Is there a music version of either?
- Yes, and they work differently. Histordle's Songle gives you three songs that share a release year. Timdle's Music mode plays a clip and asks you to place it on a timeline by the year it came out.