Pop culture Wordle takeoffs: Heardle and Framed

Daily word puzzle game Wordle inspired a host of clones and takeoffs. Two that I like are Heardle and Framed.

Heardle

Heardle challenges users to guess a song and its artist by the first few seconds of its intro. Players get six guesses. With each guess, users hear a little bit more of the song. The songs range from rock classics and pop favorites to more obscure titles.
A nice feature of Heardle is that it provides hints if you only know the artist or partial name of the song. Sometimes I can guess a song in the first second. Other times I need the full 16-second clip. And other times, I’m stumped, but it’s still fun.

Framed

Framed tests players knowledge of movies with visual cues. Players must guess a movie from six still frames from the film. Sometimes the stills are landscapes or establishing shots. So, it’s not as easy as it sounds.

What follows are some other interesting websites I’d like to highlight.

Web3 Is Going Just Great

Software engineer Molly White created the website Web3 Is Going Just Great to spotlight all the cryptocurrency scams and problems with Web3. She provides a welcome bit of rationality and balance amid the hype for crypto and Web3. (See article by the Washington Post.)

Libs of TikTok

Libs of TikTok is a service that compiles fringe ideology promoted online by progressive liberals. It is considered controversial by some because it pokes fun at the militant LGBTQPIA+ community using their own videos from TikTok.

National Day Calendar

Here’s a non-controversial website I like: National Day Calendar. It is the “original and authoritative source for fun, unusual and unique National Days.” And there are a lot of them. The website lists over 1,500 national days.