Doctordle

About Doctordle

Doctordle turns a clinical vignette into a Wordle-style daily guess. The team behind it is made up of medical students, with a team lead, a developer, a medical education editor and a different clue maker for each day of the week, so every case is written by hand.

Each day there is one case, the same for every player. It starts with a single line about the patient. You type a diagnosis; if it is wrong, the next clue appears, filling in history, examination findings and test results until you get it or run out of rows. When you finish, a diagnosis summary explains the condition.

For students preparing for the USMLE, buttons copy ready-made Anki tags for Step 1 and Step 2 that pull up related cards in the AnKing deck. Past cases are available in the archive, and a free account keeps your streak and stats across devices. The site notes it is for entertainment only, not medical advice.

It suits medical, nursing and other health students, clinicians who want a morning warm-up, and anyone curious about how diagnoses are reached.

How to play Doctordle

1. Open doctordle.org and accept the cookie notice to play.
2. Read the first clue about today's patient.
3. Type the diagnosis you suspect and submit; a wrong answer reveals the next clue.
4. Name the diagnosis in as few clues as possible, then read the summary.

Tips

• Note the age and sex in the first clue: they narrow the possibilities a lot.
• Think of the most common cause first, then adjust as findings arrive.
• Use the Anki tags afterwards to review the topic.

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