17 October NerdleBuddy Puzzles
Every year since 2000 has its own puzzle for 17 October — 26 playable games and counting, each with a computed difficulty. A birthday on 17 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.
17 October games by year
One game per year, newest first. This year's 17 October game arrives on 2026-10-17 (dates roll over at midnight UTC).
26 puzzles (1 January 2000 – 29 July 2026).
- 17 October 2025Friday#9,422Very Hard 5/5
- 17 October 2024Thursday#9,057Easy 2/5
- 17 October 2023Tuesday#8,691Hard 4/5
- 17 October 2022Monday#8,326Hard 4/5
- 17 October 2021Sunday#7,961Very Hard 5/5
- 17 October 2020Saturday#7,596Easy 2/5
- 17 October 2019Thursday#7,230Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2018Wednesday#6,865Easy 2/5
- 17 October 2017Tuesday#6,500Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2016Monday#6,135Medium 3/5
- 17 October 2015Saturday#5,769Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2014Friday#5,404Medium 3/5
- 17 October 2013Thursday#5,039Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2012Wednesday#4,674Very Hard 5/5
- 17 October 2011Monday#4,308Medium 3/5
- 17 October 2010Sunday#3,943Easy 2/5
- 17 October 2009Saturday#3,578Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2008Friday#3,213Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2007Wednesday#2,847Easy 2/5
- 17 October 2006Tuesday#2,482Hard 4/5
- 17 October 2005Monday#2,117Medium 3/5
- 17 October 2004Sunday#1,752Hard 4/5
- 17 October 2003Friday#1,386Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2002Thursday#1,021Very Easy 1/5
- 17 October 2001Wednesday#656Very Hard 5/5
- 17 October 2000Tuesday#291Medium 3/5
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Every 17 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.