Letterboxdle

Letterboxdle turns real Letterboxd reviews into a daily film puzzle: read what people wrote about a movie, then name it before your six guesses run out. The reviews are picked because they hint at the film through jokes, references, and inside reactions instead of stating the title, and a new one unlocks every time you miss. Each day centers on one hidden movie to chase down.

What is Letterboxdle?

Letterboxdle is a daily film identification game built around the social review site Letterboxd. Instead of feeding you a plot summary or a frame from the film, it serves up real user reviews, the kind that earned the most likes on the platform, and challenges you to name the movie they are reacting to. The catch is that these reviews almost never say the title out loud. They riff on it, joke around it, drop references to a single scene, or pile on the same in-joke that anyone who has seen the film would immediately recognize. You read, you interpret, and you guess.

The core loop runs on six attempts, with the puzzle refreshing once a day. You start with one review on screen. Each time you guess wrong, another highly liked review unlocks, giving you a fresh angle on the same movie. The reviews are deliberately chosen to be evocative rather than literal, so the experience feels less like a trivia quiz and more like decoding a series of riddles written by people who loved (or loved to roast) the film. There is also a Skip button that appears to reveal more reviews without costing you a guess, indicated by a "0" next to it, which lets you build up context before committing to an answer.

What sets Letterboxdle apart from the wider field of Wordle-style spinoffs is its source material. Most movie guessing games lean on posters, stills, emoji puzzles, or one-line synopses. Letterboxdle leans entirely on community voice. That makes it a game about film culture as much as film knowledge: the strongest clues are often the recurring jokes, fan reactions, and shorthand that circulate around a movie online. It rewards people who actually browse Letterboxd and absorb how a given film is talked about, not just whether they have seen it. The result is a noticeably different texture from a Wordle clone, even though it borrows the familiar six-try, once-a-day, share-your-result rhythm.

The feedback is simple and clear. A correct answer triggers an "Absolute Cinema" win screen, while running out of guesses ends with "That's a wrap" and reveals the film's title, release year, and director. If you reach your sixth and final attempt still stuck, the game offers two last-ditch hints: a blurred version of the movie poster and the film's total watch count on Letterboxd. The game is a free, independent project with a colorblind mode in the settings and an archive section for revisiting puzzles. Where most movie games test whether you have seen a film, Letterboxdle tests whether you know how it is discussed, so the people who get the most out of it are the ones who read reviews for fun and recognize a film from a single shared joke before they recognize it from its plot.

How to play Letterboxdle

1. Open the day's puzzle and read the first Letterboxd review shown for the hidden film.
2. Type a film title to lock in a guess, or use the Skip button (marked with a "0") to unlock another review without appearing to cost you a try.
3. After each incorrect guess, a new highly liked review appears, adding fresh clues to the same movie.
4. Read the references, jokes, and recurring reactions across the stacked reviews to narrow down the title.
5. If you reach your sixth and final guess, use the blurred poster and Letterboxd watch count that appear as last hints.
6. Name the correct film within six guesses to reveal its title, release year, and director.

Tips and strategy

• Read the reviews as reactions, not summaries: a reviewer joking about a single scene or a character's name often points more directly at the film than any plot detail.
• Use the Skip button early to stack two or three reviews before guessing, since overlapping clues are far easier to read than one review alone.
• Watch for repeated in-jokes or shorthand across reviews; if multiple reviewers circle the same gag, that gag is usually the strongest signal about which movie it is.
• Note the star ratings and like counts, which hint at whether you are dealing with a beloved favorite, a cult oddity, or a widely mocked release.
• Save at least one or two guesses for after later reviews unlock, rather than burning attempts on hunches while clues are still thin.
• Think in terms of how a film is talked about online, not just its story; familiarity with Letterboxd's tone and recurring fan reactions is a real advantage here.

Good to know

Type

Daily movie guessing game using Letterboxd reviews

Guesses

6 attempts

Cost

Free to play

Hints

Progressive reviews, plus blurred poster and watch count on the final guess

Accessibility

Colorblind mode in settings

Archive

Archive section available at letterboxdle.net/games

Letterboxdle FAQ

Is Letterboxdle free?

Yes. Letterboxdle is a free, independent project that runs in the browser with no purchase required to play the daily puzzle.

How many guesses do you get in Letterboxdle?

You get six guesses. Each incorrect guess unlocks another Letterboxd review, and on the sixth and final attempt the game also shows a blurred poster and the film's watch count.

How does Letterboxdle give hints?

It shows real, highly liked Letterboxd reviews that hint at the film through jokes and references without naming it. A new review appears after each miss, and the final guess adds a blurred poster and watch count.

Is there a Letterboxdle archive?

Yes, the site has an archive section at letterboxdle.net/games for revisiting puzzles beyond the current day's game.

Is Letterboxdle related to Wordle?

It is not made by Wordle's creators, but it follows the same daily, six-try, shareable format. The difference is that you guess a film from community reviews rather than a five-letter word.