Horrordle Horror movies

How to play Horrordle, the Horror movies Wordle

Every day there is a new secret character from Horror movies. Type any character name and submit it. Each guess shows how close you are: green means that clue matches the secret character, yellow means a partial match, and red means it's wrong. For number clues like Debut, an arrow tells you whether the answer is higher or lower. Keep guessing until you find the character. There is no limit.

The clues in Horrordle

Franchise

The film series the villain comes from, or the single film. Japanese originals and their US remakes count as one series (The Ring, The Grudge); the Conjuring Universe includes the Annabelle, Nun and La Llorona films

Type

What the villain is: Human, Possessed (a person taken over), Ghost (the spirit of someone dead), Undead (a dead body walking, vampires included), Demon (devils and the Antichrist included), Witch, Entity (a shapeless or cosmic evil), Creature, Alien, Doll or Robot

Weapon

Signature ways to kill: Blade (knives, machetes, axes), Tools (chainsaws, saws, hammers, pickaxes), Claws, Hook, Bite, Bare hands, Gun, Traps, Fire, Mind (dreams, telekinesis, hypnosis, magic), Possession or Curse. Any shared weapon is yellow

Face

What you see: Mask (a mask, sack or helmet worn), Makeup (clown or face paint), Scarred (burns, nails, stitches), Ghostly (a dead-pale ghost or demon face), Monster (not a human face), Doll (a toy's face) or Human (an ordinary face)

Gender

As the films present the villain: Male, Female, or None for beasts and shapeless things

Debut

Year of the villain's first feature film (the It miniseries for Pennywise); amber = within 5 years

Horror movies characters in Horrordle

Horrordle has 87 Horror movies characters you can guess. 74 of them can be the daily answer; the rest are deep cuts you can still type as a guess. 50 quotes, 87 emoji sets and 87 pictures feed the other modes.

Franchise: The Conjuring Universe comes up most often (4 of the 87 characters), ahead of Get Out (3) and Saw (3).

Type: Human comes up most often (30 of the 87 characters), ahead of Ghost (13) and Demon (9).

Weapon: Blade comes up most often (24 of the 87 characters), ahead of Bite (15) and Curse (14). One character can have several.

See every character and their clue values on the Horrordle character list, or check yesterday's answers.

FAQ

When does the character change? At midnight UTC, the same moment for everyone.

How many characters are there? 87 characters from across the show, including minor ones, so even superfans get a challenge.

Is it free? Yes. No account, no app, just open the page every day.

Horrordle is a fan-made game and is not affiliated with the creators of Horror movies. It is part of Bingedle, a collection of daily Wordle-style guessing games for TV shows and video games. Horrordle is an unofficial fan game. The characters belong to their films' studios and rights holders; this site is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Pictures are film stills used for identification only.