16 October NerdleBuddy Puzzles
Every year since 2000 has its own puzzle for 16 October — 26 playable games and counting, each with a computed difficulty. A birthday on 16 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.
16 October games by year
One game per year, newest first. This year's 16 October game arrives on 2026-10-16 (dates roll over at midnight UTC).
26 puzzles (1 January 2000 – 29 July 2026).
- 16 October 2025Thursday#9,421Medium 3/5
- 16 October 2024Wednesday#9,056Hard 4/5
- 16 October 2023Monday#8,690Very Hard 5/5
- 16 October 2022Sunday#8,325Easy 2/5
- 16 October 2021Saturday#7,960Medium 3/5
- 16 October 2020Friday#7,595Hard 4/5
- 16 October 2019Wednesday#7,229Very Easy 1/5
- 16 October 2018Tuesday#6,864Medium 3/5
- 16 October 2017Monday#6,499Medium 3/5
- 16 October 2016Sunday#6,134Medium 3/5
- 16 October 2015Friday#5,768Very Hard 5/5
- 16 October 2014Thursday#5,403Easy 2/5
- 16 October 2013Wednesday#5,038Very Easy 1/5
- 16 October 2012Tuesday#4,673Easy 2/5
- 16 October 2011Sunday#4,307Hard 4/5
- 16 October 2010Saturday#3,942Easy 2/5
- 16 October 2009Friday#3,577Medium 3/5
- 16 October 2008Thursday#3,212Very Hard 5/5
- 16 October 2007Tuesday#2,846Easy 2/5
- 16 October 2006Monday#2,481Very Hard 5/5
- 16 October 2005Sunday#2,116Very Easy 1/5
- 16 October 2004Saturday#1,751Hard 4/5
- 16 October 2003Thursday#1,385Very Hard 5/5
- 16 October 2002Wednesday#1,020Very Hard 5/5
- 16 October 2001Tuesday#655Hard 4/5
- 16 October 2000Monday#290Hard 4/5
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Every 16 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.