thingdle

thingdle is a daily riddle game about the things around you. Each morning there is one numbered riddle, often written in the object's own voice, and the answer is always something people make and use in its ordinary form. Food, drinks and anything from nature are ruled out, which keeps the field to tools, furniture, gadgets and the like.

You can read the riddle and answer straight away, but most days you will need to narrow it down. Every guess appears as a row of cells for size (the longest dimension), typical weight, number of parts and categories. Green means your guess is in the same range as the answer, a single arrow means the answer is a little bigger, heavier or more complex, and a double arrow means it is far off. The category cell turns yellow when only some of the answer's categories match. One hint is shown from the start and two more open after your second and fourth guess.

The mix of a written riddle and Wordle-style feedback is what sets it apart from attribute games built on characters or players: here the clues are physical measurements, so a sense of how heavy a kettle is or how many parts a stapler has pays off. A solve earns a badge from Psychic for a first-try answer to Survivor for a sixth. It is free in the browser with no sign-up, in English and German, and suits players who like riddles more than vocabulary.

On 25 Oct 2026, after 201 daily riddles, the page switched to a "No new riddle today" notice. The maker, Ömer, wrote that the project had started as a passion and turned into an obligation, and that thingdle is not ending but is taking a break of unknown length. Community riddles, a small bond mini-game and sister games such as moviedle remain on the site in the meantime.