Game guide
How to Play K-Pop Heardle
Choose an artist, listen to a short song preview, and identify the title in no more than 6 attempts. Every skip or incorrect guess unlocks a longer audio clue.
The six attempts
Attempt 1
1 second
Submit a title or skip to continue.
Attempt 2
2 seconds
Submit a title or skip to continue.
Attempt 3
4 seconds
Submit a title or skip to continue.
Attempt 4
7 seconds
Submit a title or skip to continue.
Attempt 5
10 seconds
Submit a title or skip to continue.
Attempt 6
15 seconds
Submit a title or skip to continue.
Daily mode
Each artist has one shared daily challenge. The challenge changes at midnight in the America/Los_Angeles time zone.
Completing the daily game records the result for that artist. Reloading does not create another daily answer.
Practice mode
Practice mode serves random eligible songs for unlimited play. It is separate from the shared daily challenge.
A practice result does not replace the daily board, making the mode useful for learning a catalog after the daily game.
What enters the playable catalog
Heardle uses song preview availability supplied through Apple Music catalog data. A release appearing on a streaming service does not guarantee that its preview is available to this game.
Tracks need a playable preview and an ASCII title. The catalog filters alternate versions, remixes, instrumentals, live recordings, intros, outros, skits, and duplicate versions when those patterns are detected. Artist pages display the active eligible-song and release totals.
Catalog refreshes and game selection are separate. A newly announced or released song may not appear immediately, and the guide never identifies the current daily answer.
Read the full catalog methodology for sourcing, filter, refresh, count, and correction details.
Accounts, statistics, and sharing
You can play without creating an account. Guest results are stored in the browser; signing in can preserve supported statistics across devices.
After a completed game, the share result records the attempt pattern without including the song title. This lets other players open the same artist page without having the answer spoiled.