Zelda Heardle

Zelda Heardle takes the song intro game Heardle and points it at one series: The Legend of Zelda. The answer each day is a track from the soundtracks, listed as the track name and the game, such as Twilight Realm from Twilight Princess, and the game's code holds 884 tracks across the series. The day's pick counts days from 31 July 2024, so the bank lasts well over two years before it starts again in a new order.

The clip starts at one second. Each skip or wrong guess unlocks more of the track, at 2, 4, 7, 11 and finally 16 seconds, and you have six tries. You pick your answer from a searchable list. When a guess is wrong, the game adds a note saying whether you picked a track from the right game, which helps you narrow things down even if the tune escapes you.

The audio is streamed from SoundCloud. The home page carries a notice from the maker that the music player does not always load, and suggests Infinite mode as a fallback when it fails. Infinite mode serves random tracks without the once-a-day limit, so it is also the place to practise.

The game is a fan project, free and without an account; there are links to a Ko-fi page for support and a feedback form for suggestions. It suits players who know the series well enough to tell a dungeon theme from a village theme in a second or two.