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December 16 NerdleBuddy Puzzles

Play the original NerdleBuddy puzzles assigned to this date across available years. Use the difficulty ratings to choose a challenge, then open a row to play.

Total Puzzles: 26

About this collection. These dates use retroactively generated puzzles, not historical official Nerdle games. Nerdle launched in January 2022.

December 16 games by year

One game per year, newest first. This year's December 16 game arrives on 2026-12-16 (dates roll over at midnight UTC).

26 puzzles (December 16, 2006 – December 16, 2025).

  1. December 16, 2025Tuesday#9,482Easy 2/5
  2. December 16, 2024Monday#9,117Easy 2/5
  3. December 16, 2023Saturday#8,751Very Hard 5/5
  4. December 16, 2022Friday#8,386Very Easy 1/5
  5. December 16, 2021Thursday#8,021Very Hard 5/5
  6. December 16, 2020Wednesday#7,656Medium 3/5
  7. December 16, 2019Monday#7,290Easy 2/5
  8. December 16, 2018Sunday#6,925Very Hard 5/5
  9. December 16, 2017Saturday#6,560Easy 2/5
  10. December 16, 2016Friday#6,195Medium 3/5
  11. December 16, 2015Wednesday#5,829Very Easy 1/5
  12. December 16, 2014Tuesday#5,464Hard 4/5
  13. December 16, 2013Monday#5,099Very Hard 5/5
  14. December 16, 2012Sunday#4,734Very Easy 1/5
  15. December 16, 2011Friday#4,368Easy 2/5
  16. December 16, 2010Thursday#4,003Medium 3/5
  17. December 16, 2009Wednesday#3,638Medium 3/5
  18. December 16, 2008Tuesday#3,273Very Easy 1/5
  19. December 16, 2007Sunday#2,907Easy 2/5
  20. December 16, 2006Saturday#2,542Very Easy 1/5

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Every December 16 since 2000 has its own NerdleBuddy puzzle — play the whole collection.

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NerdleBuddy daily games are our own Nerdle-style puzzles, separate from the official Nerdle at nerdlegame.com. New here? Learn how to play.