Squirdle

Squirdle is a daily Pokemon guessing game where you have eight tries to name one hidden creature from the National Pokedex. Every guess you make is itself a real Pokemon, scored at the same time on generation, two type slots, height, and weight. You read the colors and arrows to close in on the answer before your guesses run out.

What is Squirdle?

Squirdle is a browser-based deduction game built around the National Pokedex. Instead of unscrambling a word, you are trying to name one specific hidden Pokemon, and every guess you submit is a real Pokemon scored against the answer across five separate data points at once: its generation, primary type, secondary type, height, and weight. There is no spelling element at all, so the challenge is entirely about how well you know the roster and how efficiently you can narrow a field of more than a thousand creatures down to one.

What sets Squirdle apart from the wave of Wordle clones is that single guess gives you five independent clues rather than one row of letters. A color tells you whether each attribute is right or wrong, a misplaced type clue tells you a type belongs to the answer but sits in the opposite slot, and directional arrows on the numeric fields tell you to aim higher or lower on generation, height, and weight. That combination turns each attempt into a small logic problem: you are not just reacting to one signal, you are cross-referencing several at once to eliminate large chunks of the Pokedex with every entry.

The game was created by Sergio Morales Esquivel under the handle Fireblend and went live in February 2022, riding the early Wordle spinoff wave. It drew coverage from outlets such as Kotaku and quickly became one of the better-known fan-made Pokedex puzzles. The project is open source on GitHub and has kept pace with the series, folding in newer generations as they release, so the pool of possible answers grows over time rather than freezing at one game era. Pokemon names can be displayed in several languages, including English, Korean, Japanese, French, and German.

Squirdle runs on a once-a-day Daily mode where every player worldwide chases the same hidden Pokemon, and it caps you at eight guesses to find it. When you finish you get a shareable spoiler-free grid of colored squares that shows how your run went without naming the answer, which is what makes comparing scores with friends fun. If eight tries a day is not enough, a separate Free Play mode lets you start fresh as often as you like with a new random Pokemon. The difficulty leans genuinely hard for casual fans and rewards people who know type charts and relative sizes, but the layered clues mean a careful solver can usually triangulate the answer even without encyclopedic recall.

How to play Squirdle

1. Open Squirdle and pick a mode: the once-a-day Daily puzzle, or Free Play for unlimited random rounds.
2. Click the Pokemon Name field and start typing; pick a real Pokemon from the dropdown as your guess.
3. Read the five results for that guess: generation, type 1, type 2, height, and weight are each scored separately.
4. Use the colors and arrows to interpret each clue, then choose a next guess that tests what you still do not know.
5. Watch for a misplaced-type clue, which means that type is on the answer but in the other slot, so try swapping it.
6. Keep refining and submit your best guess; you have eight tries to land the exact hidden Pokemon.

Tips and strategy

• Open with a mid-generation, mid-size, dual-type Pokemon so the generation, height, and weight arrows can swing either direction and give you maximum information.
• Treat the two type slots as separate puzzles: nail which types are present first, since type narrows the field far faster than height or weight.
• When a type comes back as present-but-misplaced, immediately test a Pokemon that has that same type in the opposite slot.
• Use the height and weight arrows to split Pokemon that share identical types and generation, since size is often the only thing left to separate them.
• Remember the generation arrow brackets the whole answer quickly: a couple of guesses can pin the exact generation and shrink your candidate list dramatically.
• Keep a mental note of size outliers, because very tall or very heavy guesses are efficient probes for confirming whether the answer sits at an extreme.

Good to know

Resets

Daily, one shared puzzle per day

Cost

Free to play in a browser

Guesses

8 attempts in Daily mode

Modes

Daily and unlimited Free Play

Scored attributes

Generation, type 1, type 2, height, weight

Creator

Sergio Morales Esquivel (Fireblend), launched February 2022

Squirdle FAQ

Is Squirdle free?

Yes. Squirdle plays for free in a web browser at squirdle.fireblend.com with no download or account required. It is a fan-made project and is open source on GitHub.

How many guesses do you get in Squirdle?

The Daily mode gives you eight guesses to identify the hidden Pokemon. If you want more attempts, the separate Free Play mode lets you start unlimited random rounds.

When does Squirdle reset?

The Daily puzzle refreshes once per day, and the same hidden Pokemon is served to every player worldwide for that day. Free Play does not reset because you can start a new random game any time.

Is Squirdle related to Wordle?

It is inspired by Wordle but does not involve spelling. Instead of guessing letters, you guess real Pokemon and get scored on generation, both type slots, height, and weight, with arrows telling you to aim higher or lower.

Can you play past Squirdle puzzles?

There is no built-in archive of previous Daily answers to replay. If you want extra games beyond the one Daily puzzle, use Free Play, which generates a fresh random Pokemon each round.