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The same long-running success, unfortunately, can't be said for other Wordle-like games. One of the most popular Wordle clones, called Heardle(opens in new tab), gave Wordle's puzzle format a musical spin. In Heardle you listen to the first second of a song and try to guess what song it is, with each wrong guess (or pass) giving you a bit more of the song's intro to base your guess on.
Heardle was popular enough to be purchased by Spotify in July of 2022, but less than a year after spending an undisclosed sum to buy it, Spotify is shutting it down. Daily Heardle players now receive a brief and gloomy message when visiting the site to play the music puzzle game:
"Thanks for playing Heardle, but unfortunately we have to say goodbye. From May 5th, Heardle will no longer be available," the message reads.
That's a big bummer. No reason for the shutdown is given, but perhaps the game just didn't lead to a rise in paid subscriptions the way Wordle did for the NYT. When it bought the game, Spotify said it saw Heardle as not just a puzzle game but "a tool for musical discovery" that "aligns with our plans to deepen interactivity across the Spotify ecosystem."
I guess that didn't pan out. It's a shame: Heardle is a fun daily puzzle and an inventive twist on the Wordle format, and I can't imagine it's too difficult or costly to maintain. If you play Heardle and want to preserve your stats, players are urged to "take a screenshot" of their stats page before May 4, otherwise they'll be lost forever.
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