Sports -dle games

Sports -dle games turn the players, teams, and stats you already follow into a daily guessing game. Some hand you clues about a mystery athlete, others give you a grid to fill or a roster to draft. Below are the best daily sports puzzles, grouped by how you play, from Poeltl and the Immaculate Grid to soccer, hockey, and baseball spin-offs. Every one is free and refreshes each day. For the whole genre, our directory catalogs 45 sports games and 1000+ daily games in total.

Guess the mystery player

Name a hidden athlete from clues that narrow the field with each guess, the format Poeltl made famous. Wrong guesses reveal team, position, height, age, and more.

Poeltl Guess the mystery NBA player.

Who Are Ya? Guess the mystery footballer from revealed attributes.

Weddle Guess the mystery NFL player.

NBA Guess A collection of six daily NBA player guessing games covering career stats, survival, the draft, playoffs, awards and All Star selections, and yearly leaders.

NBAdle A daily word game where you guess the mystery NBA player's last name in eight tries, using Wordle-style green, yellow, and gray letter clues. Wrong guesses unlock pop-up hints along the way.

NFL Wordle Guess the daily NFL player from clues.

Hertl Guess the NHL player from revealed attributes.

Dangle A daily hockey guessing game where you try to name the mystery active NHL player in eight tries. Color-coded clues about team, position, conference, division, age, and jersey number narrow down the answer.

Sportle A free daily sports guessing hub where you identify active footballers and cricketers, clubs, teams, and grounds from color-coded clues. Every mode has a fresh puzzle each day.

Sportdle Guess the daily pro athlete across several leagues.

More player guessers by sport

The same idea aimed at one league or sport, from Premier League and Aussie rules footballers to cricketers, MLB hitters, college football, and disc golf.

Football Wordle Guess the Premier League footballer's surname.

Worpel Guess the daily AFL footballer from clues.

Cricle Guess the cricketer from attributes and silhouette.

Nurdle Guess the cricketer from revealed attributes.

Batter Up Guess the pro athlete from their silhouette.

Daily Walkoff Guess the mystery baseball player of the day.

Fumbll Guess the mystery NFL player from clue feedback.

Ball Don't Cry Guess the NBA player from career statistics.

McBirdle Guess the daily disc golf pro.

Journeys Guess the footballer from their club history and clues.

CFBordle Guess the daily college-football mystery word.

Fill the grid

Fill a grid so every player matches the team, stat, or award for their row and column, in the Immaculate Grid style.

Immaculate Grid Fill a grid with players matching each team.

Hoopgrids Fill an NBA grid matching each pairing.

Puckdoku The NHL version of the player grid.

MLB Pickle Fill a baseball grid of players.

Futdoku Fill the grid with soccer players matching each row and column.

StatPad Game Build the best lineup on a daily sports stat grid.

Draft, build and lineups

Draft a roster or build a starting lineup, then see how your picks score against the day's answer.

82-0 Build an all-time NBA team and chase a perfect season.

Daily Draft Draft the best fantasy roster across NFL history.

Rough Draft Order an NBA or NFL draft class and guess the year.

Futbol 11 Build a daily starting eleven, one player from each of eleven nations.

Connect and link players

Link athletes by a shared team, a match they both played, or a hidden connection, in the Connections and six-degrees style.

Dribble Connect NBA players through shared teammates.

MLB Name Chain Connect MLB all-stars into a name chain.

LinkyGrid World Cup Link footballers who shared a World Cup match.

Sports Connections Group the grid's words by a shared sports link.

NYT Connections: Sports Edition Sort sports terms into groups that share a hidden link.

I Called Game Identify teams and players from historic NBA games.

Trivia, rankings and history

Rank the top answers, guess a real trade, order events by date, or work through a set of daily sports quizzes.

Factle Sports Rank the top five answers to a daily sports prompt.

BBall Tradle Identify the NBA trade from its details.

Kickoff League Work out how today's soccer goals were scored.

Chrono NBA Order key moments in basketball history.

Chrono NFL Order iconic moments in NFL history.

Basketball 5 Play a set of daily NBA themed guessing games.

Wordlecup Guess the athlete from clues in three sports modes.

WrestlePlay Play a set of daily wrestling guessing games.

Frequently asked

What is the best daily sports game?

Poeltl (guess the NBA player) and Immaculate Grid (fill a grid of players who match each team and stat) are the two most popular. Weddle covers the NFL, Who Are Ya is the soccer favorite, and Puckdoku and Hertl serve hockey fans.

Is there a sports game like Wordle?

Yes. Games like Poeltl, Weddle, and NBADLE give you a set number of guesses at a mystery player and use color or arrow hints to show how close each guess is, the same idea Wordle uses with letters.

How does the Immaculate Grid work?

You fill a three-by-three grid so each player matches the two categories that meet at their cell, for example a team on one axis and a stat or award on the other. Rarer picks score better.

What sports are covered?

Basketball, football, soccer, hockey, baseball, cricket, college and Australian rules football, disc golf, and wrestling, with player guessers, grids, and trivia across most major leagues.

Are these sports games free?

Yes. Every game here is free to play in your browser, and each one sets a new puzzle daily.

New to the genre? See the best games like Wordle, or the most popular -dle games. Want the complete list? Browse all 45 sports games in the directory or the whole list of 1000 games. Seekdle also makes its own daily game: try Stretchdle, our original aspect-ratio puzzle.