Spotle TV

About Spotle TV

Spotle TV is a browser game built around one mystery television show a day. It plays like Spotle, the music artist game, and Spotle Movies, but every answer here is a TV series, drawn from show data supplied by TMDB.

You start by typing any show into the search box and picking it from the list, which shows each title with its poster. The game then lays out your guess beside its clues: the year it first aired, how many seasons it ran, its audience score out of 100, its network, its genre and its main cast. Green means a match, yellow means close and grey means no match, and arrows on the number tiles say whether the hidden show is earlier or later, longer or shorter, rated higher or lower. After a few guesses hints open up, and a golden hint arrives later. You have ten guesses in all.

The puzzle changes at midnight GMT, and a time zone menu at the top shows when the next one comes where you are. Past the main show there are six bonus rounds, each with its own pool and one new show a day: Netflix Only, Disney+ Only, Sitcoms Only, Anime Only, Spin Offs Only and One Season Wonders. They give you seven guesses and hints sooner.

The site keeps the last 30 days in an archive you can catch up on, tracks win and play streaks with medals, and keeps a TV journal of the shows you have come across. You can also pick a show yourself, leave a hint and send the link to a friend, or start a 1v1 Heads Up match where two players chase the same hidden show in timed rounds, seeing each other's guesses once both are locked in. It suits anyone who watches a lot of television and likes narrowing down an answer from clues rather than recognising it from a picture.

How to play Spotle TV

1. Open spotle.tv and press Play to start today's show.
2. Type the name of any TV show in the search box and pick it from the list.
3. Read the tiles under your guess: green is an exact match, yellow is close and grey is no match.
4. Follow the arrows on year, seasons and score to see whether the hidden show is earlier or later, longer or shorter, higher or lower rated.
5. Check the cast row and network for shared names, and take a hint once they unlock if you are stuck.
6. Name the hidden show within ten guesses, then try the six bonus rounds or past days from the archive.

Tips

• Open with a long-running, well-known show: its year, seasons and network tiles split the field quickly.
• Use the season arrow early; it separates one-season shows from long runs faster than the year does.
• A matching network narrows the list a lot, so pick your next guesses from that network's shows.
• Set your time zone in the menu at the top to see when the next show arrives where you live.

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