16 December NerdleBuddy Puzzles
Every year since 2000 has its own puzzle for 16 December — 26 playable games and counting, each with a computed difficulty. A birthday on 16 December? 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 December games by year
One game per year, newest first. This year's 16 December game arrives on 2026-12-16 (dates roll over at midnight UTC).
26 puzzles (1 January 2000 – 29 July 2026).
- 16 December 2025Tuesday#9,482Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2024Monday#9,117Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2023Saturday#8,751Very Hard 5/5
- 16 December 2022Friday#8,386Very Easy 1/5
- 16 December 2021Thursday#8,021Very Hard 5/5
- 16 December 2020Wednesday#7,656Medium 3/5
- 16 December 2019Monday#7,290Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2018Sunday#6,925Very Hard 5/5
- 16 December 2017Saturday#6,560Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2016Friday#6,195Medium 3/5
- 16 December 2015Wednesday#5,829Very Easy 1/5
- 16 December 2014Tuesday#5,464Hard 4/5
- 16 December 2013Monday#5,099Very Hard 5/5
- 16 December 2012Sunday#4,734Very Easy 1/5
- 16 December 2011Friday#4,368Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2010Thursday#4,003Medium 3/5
- 16 December 2009Wednesday#3,638Medium 3/5
- 16 December 2008Tuesday#3,273Very Easy 1/5
- 16 December 2007Sunday#2,907Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2006Saturday#2,542Very Easy 1/5
- 16 December 2005Friday#2,177Medium 3/5
- 16 December 2004Thursday#1,812Medium 3/5
- 16 December 2003Tuesday#1,446Very Hard 5/5
- 16 December 2002Monday#1,081Very Hard 5/5
- 16 December 2001Sunday#716Easy 2/5
- 16 December 2000Saturday#351Medium 3/5
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Every 16 December 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.