NerdleBuddy

Your Birthday NerdleBuddy Games

Every date since January 1, 2000 has its own NerdleBuddy puzzle — which means your birthday has one in every year. Find them all and see which vintage treats you best.

Find Your Birthday Games#

How Birthday Games Work#

NerdleBuddy's daily games are our own Nerdle-style puzzles: each calendar date deterministically selects one of the 17,723 valid equations, going all the way back to our first game on January 1, 2000. Your birthday in 2007 has a different equation than your birthday in 2019 — so a birthday gives you a whole personal puzzle collection, one per year.

Every game comes with our built-in hints, and after you solve it you'll see how your path compares to optimal play. New to the game? Skim how to play first, or bring the strategy guide's best opener with you.

Frequently Asked Questions#

What is a NerdleBuddy birthday game?

Every calendar date since January 1, 2000 has its own unique NerdleBuddy puzzle. Your birthday games are the puzzles for your birth date in each year — one per year, each with a different equation.

Are these official Nerdle puzzles?

No — they are NerdleBuddy originals. The official Nerdle game at nerdlegame.com launched in January 2022 and publishes one puzzle per day. NerdleBuddy's archive assigns our own Nerdle-style puzzle to every date back to 2000, with built-in hints and unlimited replay.

What if my birthday is February 29?

Leap-day birthdays get a game only in leap years (2000, 2004, 2008, and so on) — seven playable games so far. The finder handles this automatically.

Can I play a birthday game from a year that hasn't happened yet?

This year's birthday game unlocks on the day itself (dates roll over at midnight UTC). The finder shows it as coming soon until then.

Not Your Birthday?

Any date works — anniversaries, graduations, the day your team won it all. Or just play today's.