How to play Taylor Swift Heardle? Here's how fans can prove they're true Swifties

Swifties may pride themselves on knowing Taylor Swift's songs all too well, but can they guess them merely from the first second of the song? If you think you can rise to the occasion, this new Heardle variant's just the game for you.

Taylor Swift Heardle challenges the pop singer's loyal fanbase to test their expertise in her illustrious discography and put their countless hours of streaming her music to good use.

This new version piggybacks off the vast success of similar games like One Direction Heardle, Harry Styles Heardle, and BTS Heardle. These musical variants are but one stream of Wordle-inspired spin-offs that have caught the fancy of the internet since the original game's conception in October 2021.

What is Taylor Swift Heardle, and how do you play it?

Taylor Swift Heardle was created by Twitter user @beachboysstan using Glitch, the chosen software for all the Heardle clones.

If you're unfamiliar with the workings of Heardle, it is the musical variant of Wordle with the same fundamental rules. A player gets six chances to guess the song of the day, starting with a one-second sample of every track.

With every incorrect guess, they can unlock an additional second of the song to help them guess correctly. The clips increase in length with every subsequent try, from one second, two seconds (+1), four seconds (+2), seven seconds (+3), and 11 seconds (+4), until the final sample of 16 seconds (+5).

This version also features a 'Skip' button for players. Instead of being forced to make blind guesses and waste an attempt, this feature allows them to skip to the next second of the song.

The clips for the game are usually chosen from the beginning of the song, but they can be picked from any other section as well.

The unofficial fan-made Taylor Swift Heardle follows the same rules and format, with the only distinction being that it only features songs from the pop sensation. All the singles from the game are sourced from SoundCloud, so if a player's location does not support it, they will not be able to partake in the viral game.

Once a player is ready to make a guess, they may enter the song title, and the game will immediately prompt them with a list of corresponding titles for them to pick from.

Like every other Wordle spin-off, the game resets at midnight each day (based on each player's timezone). The next song will not be available for guessing until the following day.

Swifties can't get enough of Taylor Swift Heardle

Wordle and its plethora of knock-offs went viral primarily because of the tradition of the 'Share' function that allows players to share their day's prizes or spoils.

All the tweets tracking individual players' game progress show Swifties find this game and its twin, Swiftle, absolutely delightful, albeit too much of a breeze. At the very least, it earns them bragging rights on Twitter.

A quick search for 'Taylor Swift Heardle' on the app yields hundreds of tweets of fans acing the game in just their first try. Here are a few of them:

Since Swifties like to don their thinking hats and bring out their Sherlock-level sleuthing skills to crack Swift's numerous Easter Eggs, this article also contains a small one in tribute. You can indicate if you successfully found the Easter Egg in the poll below.

About the author

A voracious reader and writer, Aayushmita is a feature journalist who writes on pop culture, films, TV shows, books, and music. She is enamoured by the art of storytelling and wishes to write her own stories someday. When she's not reading, you can find her listening and singing along to Taylor Swift or watching anime.

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