Heardle Decades

Heardle Decades takes the listen-and-guess format popularized by the original Heardle and splits it up by era. Instead of one song of the day pulled from anywhere, each decade, from the 1930s and 40s up through the 2020s, gets its own independent daily track to identify.

What is Heardle Decades?

Heardle Decades is a music identification game built around a single core loop: press play, hear a short clip of a song, and try to name it before you run out of chances. In the Heardle format, wrong guesses and skips unlock more of the track, so the puzzle gets easier the further you go, at the cost of using up your attempts. Rather than typing a free-text answer, you pick the song from a list of title and artist entries. The site's own FAQ explains that the game is looking for specific formatting, so selecting from the list is required, which also keeps the game from being derailed by misspellings.

What separates Heardle Decades from a generic Heardle clone is the decade split. The site runs separate daily puzzles for the 2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, and a combined 1930s and 40s puzzle, so a player who knows 90s pop cold but draws a blank on 60s soul can pick the era that matches their ear. The decades hub also carries harder "Super" editions of the 60s, 70s, and 80s games, No. 1 hits editions for several decades, Heardle Greatest Hits covering the 70s through 90s together, and ReHeardle, which the site bills as the original Heardle reborn. Beyond decades, the site hosts genre games such as Soft Rock, Motown, Metal, and K-pop, artist games for acts like Queen and ABBA, and Heardle Infinity, which has no daily timer and lets you play as many songs as you like.

The site is run independently by a single operator rather than a media company. The FAQ states plainly that every game on the site is created and maintained by one person, without giving a name. The operator keeps a public presence through a Facebook page under the name HeardleDecades and accepts optional donations through Ko-fi under the handle Hey_Moustache to help cover server and domain costs. Some of the smaller spin-off games have been moved to a secondary heardledecades.xyz server run by the same operator, specifically to keep the main .com site running without issues, with old links redirecting automatically.

The whole thing stays free to play and is supported by ads. It describes itself as the home of Heardle and a daily dose of Name That Tune, and it is built for people who like naming songs by ear across different musical eras rather than just whatever is currently on the radio.

How to play Heardle Decades

1. Open Heardle Decades at heardledecades.com and pick a decade from the /decades/ hub, such as the 1980s or 2000s.
2. Press play to hear the opening snippet of that day's song for the chosen decade.
3. Find the song in the answer list and select the matching title and artist entry as your guess, since free-text answers are not accepted.
4. If your guess is wrong, or if you skip, more of the same song unlocks for your next attempt.
5. Keep guessing or skipping until you either name the song correctly or run out of attempts for the day.
6. Try a different decade's puzzle, or Heardle Infinity, if you want to keep playing without waiting for tomorrow.

Tips and strategy

• Pick the decade you actually know best rather than defaulting to whatever is first on the hub page. Heardle Decades rewards deep familiarity with a specific era more than broad pop knowledge.
• Listen for instrumentation and production style in the first clip, since older decade puzzles often give it away faster than lyrics do.
• Use the answer list as a memory aid. Scanning for a partial title or an artist name can jog your memory even before you are sure of the full answer.
• Do not skip too early. Skipping moves you toward the end of your attempts just like a wrong answer, so only skip if you genuinely have no idea after the current clip.
• If the daily puzzles run out too fast for you, switch to Heardle Infinity, which has no daily timer and lets you play song after song.
• Check the genre and artist spin-off games, like the Soft Rock edition, if you want a themed challenge instead of a strict decade one.

Good to know

Category

Music

Cost

Free to play, ad-supported with optional Ko-fi donations

Resets

Daily, separately for each decade's puzzle

Modes

Per-decade daily puzzles (1930s/40s through 2020s), Super and No. 1 hits editions, genre and artist spin-offs, Heardle Infinity with no daily timer

Archive

No confirmed archive of past daily puzzles; Heardle Infinity is the closest alternative for extra play

Creator

Independent operator; public contact via Facebook page "HeardleDecades" and Ko-fi "Hey_Moustache"

Platform

Web browser

Heardle Decades FAQ

Is Heardle Decades free to play?

Yes. The site is free and supported by ads, with an optional Ko-fi donation link for players who want to help cover server and domain costs.

How do you play Heardle Decades?

Pick a decade, press play to hear a short clip of that day's song, then pick your guess from the answer list rather than typing it. Wrong guesses and skips unlock more of the song until you either identify it or run out of attempts.

Does Heardle Decades have an archive of past puzzles?

No confirmed archive of previous daily puzzles was found. Players looking for more than one puzzle a day can use Heardle Infinity, which has no daily timer and lets you play as many songs as you like.

Is Heardle Decades like Wordle?

It follows the same daily-puzzle, limited-guesses format popularized by Wordle, but the guessing is done by listening to an audio clip and picking a song from a list rather than typing letters.

Who made Heardle Decades?

According to the site's FAQ, every game there is created and maintained by one person, who does not give a name but is reachable through the HeardleDecades Facebook page.