Trekdle
Rate itName the day's Star Trek episode from screenshots, with an easier still after every miss.
on trekdle.app
Trekdle shows you a screenshot from one Star Trek episode each day and asks which episode it is. You get six chances, and every wrong guess or skip reveals a clearer image. A second daily mode gives six stills from six different series with four answers to choose from.
About Trekdle
Trekdle is a fan-made daily guessing game for Star Trek viewers. Each day it picks one episode from across the whole franchise on television, from The Original Series and The Animated Series through The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise to Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks and Prodigy. Its code holds 274 episodes, most of them from The Next Generation and Voyager, each with six stills taken from Memory Alpha, the Star Trek fan wiki.
The Daily Challenge opens on a still that shows only a small or subtle detail of the episode. You type into a search box to pick an episode by title, and if you are wrong, or skip, the next of six stills appears, each one easier to place than the last. Getting it on the first image is the aim, and after six misses the day is lost.
The Daily Multiple Choice mode is a gentler second puzzle: six rounds, one still from each of six series, with four episode titles to choose between for each. Both daily modes have unlimited practice versions on the same menu for players who want more than one puzzle a day. After a daily you can copy your result to share it, and a countdown shows the time to the next puzzle.
It sits beside Whodle (Doctor Who) and Episodle (any TV show) as a frame-guessing game, and asks for the exact episode, which suits viewers who know the shows well.
How to play Trekdle
- Open trekdle.app and choose Daily Challenge.
- Look at the first screenshot from the day's episode.
- Search for an episode title and submit it as your guess, or press Skip.
- After each wrong guess or skip a new, easier screenshot appears, up to six chances in all.
- Afterwards, try the Daily Multiple Choice: six stills from six series, four titles to choose from for each.
Screenshots
Tips
- Uniforms, ship interiors and the picture's colour and aspect ratio narrow down the series before you think about the episode.
- Skipping costs a guess just as a wrong answer does, so guess when you have a plausible title.
- Use Practice Mode to learn the look of series you watch less often.
Questions
When does Trekdle reset?
At midnight by your own device's clock. The game picks the day's episode from your local date, so players in different time zones switch over at different moments.
Which Star Trek series are included?
The help screen names every TV series, Short Treks included. The episode list in the game's code holds 274 episodes from TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DIS, PIC, SNW, LD and PRO, with no Short Treks among them yet.
Is Trekdle official?
No. It describes itself as a fan project. Star Trek belongs to Paramount Global.
Can I play more than once a day?
Yes. Both modes have an unlimited practice version alongside the daily puzzle.
Do episodes come back?
Yes. The game cycles through a fixed order of 274 episodes. Most return about nine months after they were last the answer, though a few come round within a few weeks.
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