16 August NerdleBuddy Puzzles
Every year since 2000 has its own puzzle for 16 August — 26 playable games and counting, each with a computed difficulty. A birthday on 16 August? This is your personal puzzle collection.
About this collection. These dates use retroactively generated puzzles, not historical official Nerdle games. Nerdle launched in January 2022.
16 August games by year
One game per year, newest first. This year's 16 August game arrives on 2026-08-16 (dates roll over at midnight UTC).
26 puzzles (1 January 2000 – 29 July 2026).
- 16 August 2025Saturday#9,360Medium 3/5
- 16 August 2024Friday#8,995Very Hard 5/5
- 16 August 2023Wednesday#8,629Very Hard 5/5
- 16 August 2022Tuesday#8,264Very Easy 1/5
- 16 August 2021Monday#7,899Medium 3/5
- 16 August 2020Sunday#7,534Very Easy 1/5
- 16 August 2019Friday#7,168Easy 2/5
- 16 August 2018Thursday#6,803Very Easy 1/5
- 16 August 2017Wednesday#6,438Easy 2/5
- 16 August 2016Tuesday#6,073Very Hard 5/5
- 16 August 2015Sunday#5,707Very Hard 5/5
- 16 August 2014Saturday#5,342Medium 3/5
- 16 August 2013Friday#4,977Hard 4/5
- 16 August 2012Thursday#4,612Very Hard 5/5
- 16 August 2011Tuesday#4,246Hard 4/5
- 16 August 2010Monday#3,881Very Hard 5/5
- 16 August 2009Sunday#3,516Hard 4/5
- 16 August 2008Saturday#3,151Hard 4/5
- 16 August 2007Thursday#2,785Easy 2/5
- 16 August 2006Wednesday#2,420Medium 3/5
- 16 August 2005Tuesday#2,055Very Easy 1/5
- 16 August 2004Monday#1,690Easy 2/5
- 16 August 2003Saturday#1,324Easy 2/5
- 16 August 2002Friday#959Hard 4/5
- 16 August 2001Thursday#594Easy 2/5
- 16 August 2000Wednesday#229Very Easy 1/5
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Every 16 August since 2000 has its own NerdleBuddy puzzle — play the whole collection.
Make It a Streak
Warm up with today's puzzle, or study the strategy guide before you take on the older years.
NerdleBuddy daily games are our own Nerdle-style puzzles, separate from the official Nerdle at nerdlegame.com. New here? Learn how to play.