CharDle
A daily character-guessing game where you type character names from movies, TV, anime, and video games and get color-coded letter hints. It spans 100+ franchises plus community-made and multiplayer games.
CharDle is a daily guessing game about fictional characters instead of plain words. You pick a franchise, type a character name, and the grid colors each letter to show how close you are. It covers more than 100 franchises across movies, TV, anime, and video games in one place.
What is CharDle?
The core loop borrows the Wordle idea and points it at names. You choose a game to play, either the daily featured character or one of the franchise and community themes like Marvel, Harry Potter, or anime, then type a full character name as your guess. Each letter you enter is scored against the hidden name: green means the letter is in the right spot, yellow means the letter belongs to the name but sits elsewhere, and red means it is not in the name at all. You read those colors, adjust your next guess, and keep going until every letter turns green. Names can span more than one word, and you have a limited number of tries per puzzle.
What sets CharDle apart from single-franchise character guessers is its breadth. Rather than one show or one game, it collects more than 100 franchise games under a single hub, so you can jump from a superhero roster to an anime cast to a video-game lineup without leaving the site. On top of the daily featured puzzle there is an infinite mode that lets you keep playing past the one-a-day limit, which is useful when you want more than a single round.
There is also a social side. Multiplayer lets you add friends, compare results, and race to guess a character, with real-time and shared-clue twists. Community games extend the catalog further: players create their own custom character-guessing games for any show, movie, or game they like, so the pool of themes keeps growing beyond the built-in set. Between the daily puzzle, infinite mode, multiplayer, and community games, there is a lot of replay volume in one spot.
The presentation stays clean and simple. Feedback is entirely in the color-coded letter grid, so a single look at the tiles tells you which letters are locked, which are floating, and which are dead. The tone throughout is casual and pop-culture friendly rather than competitive or serious, and the game is free to play in a browser at chardle.com.
How to play CharDle
- Open CharDle at chardle.com.
- Pick a game to play: the daily featured character, or a franchise or community theme like Marvel, anime, or Harry Potter.
- Type a valid character name from that pool as your first guess and submit it.
- Read the color feedback on each letter: green is an exact spot, yellow is a right letter in the wrong spot, and red is not in the name.
- Use the revealed letters to shape your next guess, narrowing toward the correct name before you run out of tries.
- Keep guessing until the whole name turns green, then switch to infinite mode or another franchise if you want to keep playing.
Tips and strategy
- Start with a character whose name you are confident is spelled correctly, since letter feedback is only as good as your spelling.
- Pick a franchise you actually know well before trying unfamiliar ones, because name recall is the whole game.
- Treat yellow letters as strong clues: the letter is in the name, so try placing it in the other likely positions.
- Use green letters to lock the length and shape of the name, then brainstorm characters that fit that pattern.
- Play infinite mode to learn how a given franchise's names tend to look before committing to the daily featured puzzle.
- In multiplayer, weigh the win condition: racing for speed rewards a fast confident guess, while a patient guess protects you from wasting tries.
Good to know
- Category
- Trivia (character guessing)
- Resets
- Daily, new character each day
- Cost
- Free to play
- Guesses
- Limited tries per puzzle, plus infinite mode
- Modes
- Daily, Infinite, Multiplayer, Community games
- Feedback
- Color-coded letters: green, yellow, red
- Franchises
- 100+ movie, TV, anime, and video-game games
- Platform
- Browser, chardle.com
CharDle FAQ
Is CharDle free?
Yes. CharDle is free to play in a browser at chardle.com, with no paywall observed.
How do you play CharDle?
Pick a franchise or the daily featured game, then type a character name. Each letter is colored green for an exact match, yellow for a right letter in the wrong spot, and red for not in the name. Refine your guesses until the full name turns green.
When does CharDle reset?
It resets daily. A new mystery character appears each day for the featured game and community games. If you want more, infinite mode lets you keep playing beyond the daily puzzle.
Is CharDle like Wordle?
It uses the same color-feedback idea as Wordle but guesses full character names instead of random five-letter words, and spans 100+ franchises across movies, TV, anime, and video games plus multiplayer and community games.
Does CharDle have multiplayer?
Yes. You can add friends and play against them, with real-time racing and shared-clue twists, and you can create or play community-made character games for shows, movies, and games beyond the built-in set.