Songless (songless.pro)
Name the day's song from a fraction of a second of its intro, with six chances.
Every day: One daily song for everyone, dated by the UTC day: you hear a tiny slice of its intro and each skip or wrong guess plays a little more, with six chances. Past daily dates can be played from an archive. New puzzle: Midnight UTC (stated on the site's daily answer page).
Songless at songless.pro is a Heardle-style song guessing game that opens with a very short piece of a song's intro and plays more after each skip or miss. The daily challenge is the same track for everyone each UTC day, with leaderboards and an archive of past days, and unlimited rounds by genre or artist sit beside it. It is a separate site from the Songless on lessgames.com.
About Songless (songless.pro)
This Songless lives at songless.pro and describes itself as the 0.1-second song guessing game, formerly called Songless Zeta. It is not the Songless on Lessgames, although the idea is the same: hear almost nothing of a song's intro and try to name it before the clip becomes generous.
The daily challenge gives everyone the same track, tied to the UTC date, so the new song arrives at midnight UTC wherever you are. The first clip is tiny, often a drum hit, a synth sound or a breath before a vocal. You search for the song or artist and submit, or skip; each skip or miss reveals more of the intro, and you have six chances before the answer is shown. Audio previews are streamed through Apple's music search service.
Around the daily round the site has a lot more: unlimited play, genre and era crates such as pop, hip hop, rock and K-pop, artist modes, a survival mode with three lives, friend challenge links that send the same set to someone else, leaderboards and an archive of earlier daily dates. There is also an iOS app.
The daily and the browser modes are free, with no sign-up. It is a good fit if you liked Heardle but want a harder opening and plenty to do once the daily song is solved.
How to play Songless (songless.pro)
- Open songless.pro and start the daily challenge.
- Press play to hear the first, very short clip of the intro.
- Search for the song or artist and pick a result, or skip if the clip is too thin.
- Each skip or wrong guess reveals more of the intro; solve it within six chances.
- Check the leaderboards, or keep going with unlimited rounds, crates or the archive.
Tips
- Use headphones: quiet details like a bass note or a breath are easy to lose on phone speakers.
- If the artist comes to you before the title, search the artist and scan the list.
- Skip a clip that tells you nothing rather than spending a guess on a blind answer.
- Remember the daily follows the UTC date, so in the Americas the next song appears in the evening.
Questions
Is this the same Songless as on Lessgames?
No. songless.pro is a separate site, formerly called Songless Zeta, with its own daily song and modes.
When does the daily song change?
At 00:00 UTC, as the site's daily answer page states.
Can I play past daily songs?
Yes. The site lets you pick an earlier daily date from its archive and play it.
Is there an app?
Yes, an iOS app for iPhone and iPad. The browser version is free and needs no sign-up.
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