Dle games: Pokedle, LoLdle, Smashdle, Narutodle, OnePiecedle and Dotadle — answers today and how each one works

Today's Dle Games answers

The games covered

Six games, chosen because they're the ones people search for by name every day.

How attribute feedback works

Every classic-mode dle uses the same feedback grammar. After a guess, each attribute column turns green (exact match), red (no match) or, for attributes with an order — generation, height, weight, release year — yellow with an arrow (partial match, and the arrow points toward the answer's value: ↑ means the answer is higher). Some games add an orange "partial" state for attributes that can hold several values, like a Pokémon with two types.

The arrows are what make dle games solvable in few guesses. Two guesses with arrows on the generation column bracket the answer's generation; a third guess in that bracket with a different type usually narrows to a handful of candidates.

A first guess that actually helps

New players guess their favourite character. Strong players guess the character that *splits the roster best*: middle generation, common type, average height and weight, so that every arrow carries information. For Pokedle that's a mid-generation, single-type, medium-sized Pokémon; for LoLdle it's a mid-era champion of an ordinary class from a well-populated region. The guides for each game name concrete openers.

The second guess should change every attribute you got red on and keep every attribute you got green on. That's the whole method. Players who chase one green column at a time take twice as many guesses.

Why some dle games have two answers a day

Every game in this hub — Pokedle, LoLdle, Smashdle, Narutodle, OnePiecedle and Dotadle — comes from one developer and runs two independent daily puzzles, labelled Europe and America, assigned by your locale. They are different answers with different puzzle numbers, which is why answer sites that list a single answer are wrong for half their readers. HintSheet's answer pages list both, labelled by region, for every mode.

Where the answers come from

Each game's daily answer is read from the game itself at its reset and published here with the attributes the game uses for feedback (type, generation, region and so on), so you can see *why* the answer was the answer. Several of these games are maintained by a single developer and share infrastructure; when one changes its format the others tend to follow, and the guides are updated when that happens.

Because these are fan games with no official backing, they occasionally go offline for a day or change modes without notice. When a mode is missing from an answer page, that's why — the page says so rather than guessing.

The dle family beyond these six

There are dle games for almost every franchise with a big enough roster: Genshin, Valorant, Marvel, Star Wars, cars, countries, flags, movies. HintSheet covers the six with the most daily searchers and adds games when the demand is there. If a game you play isn't here, the contact page is the place to ask.

A shared opener method across the family

Because every game in this hub uses the same feedback grammar, one method works for all of them. Identify the *ordered* column (generation, release year, debut arc, bounty, fighter number). Open with a guess in the middle of that column. Read the arrow. Second guess: move in the arrow's direction, change every red column, keep every green. Third guess: the pool is now small enough to enumerate; pick the candidate whose attributes best match the yellows. Four guesses is the median across all six games for this method; favourites-first guessing averages seven.

The recognition modes (silhouettes, quotes, emoji, cards, splash art) don't reward method — they reward having seen the thing. For those, the honest answer is the answer page.

Reader questions about Dle games

"Are these official?" No — fan-made, unaffiliated with the franchises.

"Why did the modes change?" The developer adds and retires modes; the guides here are updated when it happens.

"Can I play yesterday's?" Some of the games offer a previous-day mode; the answer pages here list every day either way.

"Which region am I in?" The game's settings show it. HintSheet lists both regions on every answer page.

Recognition modes, and how to get better at them

Classic modes reward method; the picture and text modes reward exposure. There's no trick, but there is a shortcut: the answer pages. Reading a week of Silhouette answers with the Pokémon named teaches body shapes faster than playing does, because you see the answer every time rather than one time in four. The same goes for Splash crops, Kirby hats and Devil Fruits. If a mode frustrates you, spend five minutes on the archive and it stops.

The Quote and Laugh modes are the exception: they're memory of text, and the only way in is having read or watched the source. On those, the answer page is the honest tool.

Glossary

Terms used across the six guides.

• Classic — the attribute-feedback mode every game has.
• Arrow column — an ordered attribute (generation, year, bounty) whose feedback includes ↑/↓.
• Partial — a yellow on a multi-valued column: one value shared.
• Region — the Europe/America split each game runs; different puzzles, different numbers.
• Reset — when the day's puzzle changes; 00:00 UTC for all but Pokedle (06:00 UTC).

A worked Classic game across two of the games

To show the method is the same everywhere: Pokedle Europe #1055 (Dragonite) fell in four guesses by opening on a mid-generation Pokémon, reading the generation arrow, then the type-slot yellow, then the height and weight arrows — the walk-through is on the Pokedle guide. LoLdle Europe #1518 (Cassiopeia) fell in three by opening on a 2013 human female, reading the year arrow, then a species partial — the LoLdle guide narrates it, including the misread cell that cost a guess. Different rosters, identical reasoning: ordered column first, change every red, keep every green.

The number of guesses is also a fair measure of a game's difficulty. Across the six games the median with this method runs from three (LoLdle, Dotadle — small rosters) to four (Pokedle, Smashdle) to four or five (Narutodle, OnePiecedle — large casts with many clanless or bounty-less characters).

Where these games came from

LoLdle appeared in early 2022, months after Wordle's success, from a French developer who then built Pokedle, Dotadle and the rest on the same engine — which is why they share the two-region structure, the reset times and the look. The 'dle' suffix became the genre's name, and hundreds of imitators followed for other franchises. The six here are the original family's most-played members. They are fan projects with no official licence, supported by advertising, and they occasionally go offline or change modes; that's the reason for the notes on each guide about what to expect when a mode disappears.

Reader questions, second round

"Do the games have unlimited modes?" Some do; HintSheet covers only the daily puzzles.

"Which game should I start with?" Whichever franchise you know best — recognition modes reward familiarity — and LoLdle or Dotadle for the cleanest Classic logic.

"How do I know which region I'm in?" The game's settings; the answer page lists both regardless.

Why answer pages list attributes, not just names

Every Classic-mode answer on HintSheet comes with the attributes the game used — type, generation, region, bounty, whatever that game's columns are — because the name alone doesn't explain the feedback you saw. If your third guess returned a yellow on species and you can't see why, the attribute row on the answer page shows the answer's species values and the overlap becomes obvious. Over a few weeks that habit — reading the answer's attributes, not just its name — is what turns a seven-guess player into a four-guess one. The recognition modes list the name and, where the game provides it, the clue that was shown: the flavor text, the quote, the emoji string.

Timing your visit

Pokedle rolls at 06:00 UTC; everything else in this hub at 00:00 UTC. HintSheet's Dle pages update within a few minutes of each reset, after the cross-check. If you arrive in the minute after midnight UTC and see yesterday's answer, that's the check running; reload shortly. The date and puzzle numbers on the page are the reliable indicator of which day you're looking at, and the archive keeps every previous day if you've missed one.

Every Dle Games guide on HintSheet

• Pokedle: Classic, Silhouette, Flavor Text and Card modes explained — with the attribute logic that solves Classic in four guesses — Pokedle explained: how Classic's type, generation, colour, habitat, height and weight feedback works, what the Silhouette, Flavor Text and Card modes ask, why there are Europe and America answers, and today's Pokedle answers for every mode.
• LoLdle answers and strategy: Classic, Quote, Ability, Emoji and Splash, and the champion-splitting first guess — LoLdle answers today for Classic, Quote, Ability, Emoji and Splash, plus how Classic's gender, position, species, resource, range, region and release-year feedback works and which first guess splits the champion roster best.
• Smashdle: Classic, Emoji, Final Smash and Kirby modes, and how to guess a Smash fighter from its attributes — Smashdle answers today for Classic, Emoji, Final Smash and Kirby modes, plus how the Classic feedback — series, debut game, weight class, fighter number — narrows the Super Smash Bros. roster, and which opener splits it best.
• Narutodle: Classic, Jutsu, Eye and Quote modes — village, rank and clan feedback, and how to read it — Narutodle answers today for Classic, Jutsu, Eye and Quote, plus how the Classic columns — gender, affiliation, chakra nature, clan, rank, debut arc — narrow the Naruto cast, and which first guess splits it.
• OnePiecedle: Classic, Devil Fruit and Laugh modes, and the crew-and-saga logic that narrows a thousand characters — OnePiecedle answers today for Classic, Devil Fruit and Laugh modes, plus how the Classic columns — gender, affiliation, devil fruit, haki, bounty, height, debut saga — narrow the One Piece cast, and the opener that makes the arrows work.
• Dotadle: Classic, Ability, Quote and Loading Screen modes — attribute, range and complexity feedback for the Dota 2 roster — Dotadle answers today for Classic, Ability, Quote and Loading Screen, plus how the Classic columns — gender, species, primary attribute, attack type, complexity, role, release year — narrow the Dota 2 hero pool.

Other pillars: LinkedIn Games · NYT Games. Or go back to today's puzzle answers across every game.

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