12 October NerdleBuddy Puzzles
Every year since 2000 has its own puzzle for 12 October — 26 playable games and counting, each with a computed difficulty. A birthday on 12 October? 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.
12 October games by year
One game per year, newest first. This year's 12 October game arrives on 2026-10-12 (dates roll over at midnight UTC).
26 puzzles (1 January 2000 – 29 July 2026).
- 12 October 2025Sunday#9,417Very Hard 5/5
- 12 October 2024Saturday#9,052Easy 2/5
- 12 October 2023Thursday#8,686Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2022Wednesday#8,321Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2021Tuesday#7,956Very Hard 5/5
- 12 October 2020Monday#7,591Medium 3/5
- 12 October 2019Saturday#7,225Medium 3/5
- 12 October 2018Friday#6,860Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2017Thursday#6,495Very Hard 5/5
- 12 October 2016Wednesday#6,130Very Hard 5/5
- 12 October 2015Monday#5,764Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2014Sunday#5,399Hard 4/5
- 12 October 2013Saturday#5,034Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2012Friday#4,669Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2011Wednesday#4,303Very Hard 5/5
- 12 October 2010Tuesday#3,938Medium 3/5
- 12 October 2009Monday#3,573Very Hard 5/5
- 12 October 2008Sunday#3,208Easy 2/5
- 12 October 2007Friday#2,842Medium 3/5
- 12 October 2006Thursday#2,477Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2005Wednesday#2,112Medium 3/5
- 12 October 2004Tuesday#1,747Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2003Sunday#1,381Hard 4/5
- 12 October 2002Saturday#1,016Very Easy 1/5
- 12 October 2001Friday#651Hard 4/5
- 12 October 2000Thursday#286Very Hard 5/5
Share this day
Every 12 October 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.