Wordle, the word-guessing puzzle game created by Josh Wardle, has become a popular daily activity for many players. Each day, the game will pick a new five-letter word that players must guess in up to six tries, with no clues but the letters themselves. The Mastermind-like format used by Wordle inspired a host of alternative versions, including some in other languages and others with a limited pool of words pertaining to a specific theme. This time, the theme is choral music.
Byrdle started as a meme, posted by choral theme account QuireMemes on Twitter in January 2022. Soon after, mathematician Robert Bignall—who is both a “choir nerd” and a “coding nerd”—actually brought the game to life. The idea is the same as Wordle, but “related to choral music.” Possible answers for the game include “proper nouns, plurals, and musical terms in other languages.” Most frequent non-English languages include Latin and Italian.
Initially, Byrdle followed the same five-letter, six-guess pattern from Wordle, but that has now changed. From Byrdle No. 111 on, words have six letters, and players have up to seven tries to get it right. That is subject to change again in the future, but for now, it is the rule.
If you’re having trouble figuring out the answer, however, we’ve got you covered. Below you will find today’s word and all the previous answers from the game.
Today’s Byrdle answer
- Byrdle No. 156 (June 16, 2022): CORPUS
Past Byrdle Answers
- Byrdle No. 155 (June 15, 2022): SEMPRE
- Byrdle No. 154 (June 14, 2022): LASSUS
- Byrdle No. 153 (June 13, 2022): PALATE
- Byrdle No. 152 (June 12, 2022): SEXTET
- Byrdle No. 151 (June 11, 2022): PHRASE
- Byrdle No. 150 (June 10, 2022): MELODY
- Byrdle No. 149 (June 9, 2022): OCTAVE
- Byrdle No. 148 (June 8, 2022): DORIAN
- Byrdle No. 147 (June 7, 2022): TUNING
- Byrdle No. 146 (June 6, 2022): BASSES
- Byrdle No. 145 (June 5, 2022): SPIRIT
- Byrdle No. 144 (June 4, 2022): TALLIS
- Byrdle No. 143 (June 3, 2022): VIVACE
- Byrdle No. 142 (June 2, 2022): SEPTET
- Byrdle No. 141 (June 1, 2022): ATONAL
- Byrdle No. 140 (May 31, 2022): RUTTER
- Byrdle No. 139 (May 30, 2022): PRESTO
- Byrdle No. 138 (May 29, 2022): OFFICE
- Byrdle No. 137 (May 28, 2022): BREVIS
- Byrdle No. 136 (May 27, 2022): BRAHMS
- Byrdle No. 135 (May 26, 2022): COELOS
- Byrdle No. 134 (May 25, 2022): WARBLE
- Byrdle No. 133 (May 24, 2022): BALLAD
- Byrdle No. 132 (May 23, 2022): CANTUS
- Byrdle No. 131 (May 22, 2022): EIGHTH
- Byrdle No. 130 (May 21, 2022): LARYNX
- Byrdle No. 129 (May 20, 2022): SOFTLY
- Byrdle No. 128 (May 19, 2022): DECANI
- Byrdle No. 127 (May 18, 2022): CUSTOS
- Byrdle No. 126 (May 17, 2022): MOZART
- Byrdle No. 125 (May 16, 2022): UNISON
- Byrdle No. 124 (May 15, 2022): SHANTY
- Byrdle No. 123 (May 14, 2022): WALTON
- Byrdle No. 122 (May 13, 2022): RUBATO
- Byrdle No. 121 (May 12, 2022): TIMBRE
- Byrdle No. 120 (May 11, 2022): SECOND
- Byrdle No. 119 (May 10, 2022): VIERNE
- Byrdle No. 118 (May 9, 2022): RHYTHM
- Byrdle No. 117 (May 8, 2022): TREBLE
- Byrdle No. 116 (May 7, 2022): CHORAL
- Byrdle No. 115 (May 6, 2022): GLORIA
- Byrdle No. 114 (May 5, 2022): MATINS
- Byrdle No. 113 (May 4, 2022): ANTHEM
- Byrdle No. 112 (May 3, 2022): HANDEL
- Byrdle No. 111 (May 2, 2022): SINGER
- Byrdle No. 110 (May 1, 2022): AMENS
- Byrdle No. 109 (April 30, 2022): ASTON
- Byrdle No. 108 (April 29, 2022): MARIA
- Byrdle No. 107 (April 28, 2022): NOBIS
- Byrdle No. 106 (April 27, 2022): STAFF
- Byrdle No. 105 (April 26, 2022): FICTA
- Byrdle No. 104 (April 25, 2022): MUNDY
- Byrdle No. 103 (April 24, 2022): LATIN
- Byrdle No. 102 (April 23, 2022): PIANO
- Byrdle No. 101 (April 22, 2022): HODIE
- Byrdle No. 100 (April 21, 2022): SINGS
- Byrdle No. 99 (April 20, 2022): FIXER
- Byrdle No. 98 (April 19, 2022): FUGAL
- Byrdle No. 97 (April 18, 2022): ROUND
- Byrdle No. 96 (April 17, 2022): ARISE
- Byrdle No. 95 (April 16, 2022): VIGIL
- Byrdle No. 94 (April 15, 2022): LOTTI
- Byrdle No. 93 (April 14, 2022): ROBES
- Byrdle No. 92 (April 13, 2022): ABBEY
- Byrdle No. 91 (April 12, 2022): AURAL
- Byrdle No. 90 (April 11, 2022): VOICE
- Byrdle No. 89 (April 10, 2022): SCORE
- Byrdle No. 88 (April 9, 2022): MISSA
- Byrdle No. 87 (April 8, 2022): TRIOS
- Byrdle No. 86 (April 7, 2022): LYRIC
- Byrdle No. 85 (April 6, 2022): ARIAS
- Byrdle No. 84 (April 5, 2022): FUGUE
- Byrdle No. 83 (April 4, 2022): DUETS
- Byrdle No. 82 (April 3, 2022): DOLCE
- Byrdle No. 81 (April 2, 2022): SONGS
- Byrdle No. 80 (April 1, 2022): TONES
- Byrdle No. 79 (March 31, 2022): KINGS
- Byrdle No. 78 (March 30, 2022): CHORD
- Byrdle No. 77 (March 29, 2022): WIDOR
- Byrdle No. 76 (March 28, 2022): SHAKE
- Byrdle No. 75 (March 27, 2022): MATER
- Byrdle No. 74 (March 26, 2022): VOCAL
- Byrdle No. 73 (March 25, 2022): PITCH
- Byrdle No. 72 (March 24, 2022): STALL
- Byrdle No. 71 (March 23, 2022): FAURE
- Byrdle No. 70 (March 22, 2022): NONET
- Byrdle No. 69 (March 21, 2022): PEDAL
- Byrdle No. 68 (March 20, 2022): STOPS
- Byrdle No. 67 (March 19, 2022): CANON
- Byrdle No. 66 (March 18, 2022): MOLTO
- Byrdle No. 65 (March 17, 2022): THIRD
- Byrdle No. 64 (March 16, 2022): LOBET
- Byrdle No. 63 (March 15, 2022): MEZZO
- Byrdle No. 62 (March 14, 2022): SWELL
- Byrdle No. 61 (March 13, 2022): CREED
- Byrdle No. 60 (March 12, 2022): ONSET
- Byrdle No. 59 (March 11, 2022): OCTET
- Byrdle No. 58 (March 10, 2022): MUSIC
- Byrdle No. 57 (March 9, 2022): SEGUE
- Byrdle No. 56 (March 8, 2022): TRILL
- Byrdle No. 55 (March 7, 2022): HYMNS
- Byrdle No. 54 (March 6, 2022): LOCUS
- Byrdle No. 53 (March 5, 2022): TONIC
- Byrdle No. 52 (March 4, 2022): HOLST
- Byrdle No. 51 (March 3, 2022): VERSE
- Byrdle No. 50 (March 2, 2022): LENTO
- Byrdle No. 49 (March 1, 2022): TUTTI
- Byrdle No. 48 (Feb. 28, 2022): MODUS
- Byrdle No. 47 (Feb. 27, 2022): FLATS
- Byrdle No. 46 (Feb. 26, 2022): PSALM
- Byrdle No. 45 (Feb. 25, 2022): DIXIT
- Byrdle No. 44 (Feb. 24, 2022): PARRY
- Byrdle No. 43 (Feb. 23, 2022): SHARP
- Byrdle No. 42 (Feb. 22, 2022): FORTE
- Byrdle No. 41 (Feb. 21, 2022): SCALE
- Byrdle No. 40 (Feb. 20, 2022): MINOR
- Byrdle No. 39 (Feb. 19, 2022): HAYDN
- Byrdle No. 38 (Feb. 18, 2022): QUIRE
- Byrdle No. 37 (Feb. 17, 2022): DRONE
- Byrdle No. 36 (Feb. 16, 2022): LARGO
- Byrdle No. 35 (Feb. 15, 2022): ALTOS
- Byrdle No. 34 (Feb. 14, 2022): VICAR
- Byrdle No. 33 (Feb. 13, 2022): MAJOR
- Byrdle No. 32 (Feb. 12, 2022): ELGAR
- Byrdle No. 31 (Feb. 11, 2022): KYRIE
- Byrdle No. 30 (Feb. 10, 2022): ALTAR
- Byrdle No. 29 (Feb. 9, 2022): NOBLE
- Byrdle No. 28 (Feb. 8, 2022): VERDI
- Byrdle No. 27 (Feb. 7, 2022): SICUT
- Byrdle No. 26 (Feb. 6, 2022): FIFTH
- Byrdle No. 25 (Feb. 5, 2022): GLORY
- Byrdle No. 24 (Feb. 4, 2022): NOTES
- Byrdle No. 23 (Feb. 3, 2022): SOLOS
- Byrdle No. 22 (Feb. 2, 2022): SLURS
- Byrdle No. 21 (Feb. 1, 2022): NEUME
- Byrdle No. 20 (Jan. 31, 2022): TEMPO
- Byrdle No. 19 (Jan. 30, 2022): AGNUS
- Byrdle No. 18 (Jan. 29, 2022): BREVE
- Byrdle No. 17 (Jan. 28, 2022): SIXTH
- Byrdle No. 16 (Jan. 27, 2022): FINZI
- Byrdle No. 15 (Jan. 26, 2022): CAROL
- Byrdle No. 14 (Jan. 25, 2022): CLEFS
- Byrdle No. 13 (Jan. 24, 2022): DYSON
- Byrdle No. 12 (Jan. 23, 2022): MINIM
- Byrdle No. 11 (Jan. 22, 2022): CLERK
- Byrdle No. 10 (Jan. 21, 2022): STAVE
- Byrdle No. 9 (Jan. 20, 2022): TENOR
- Byrdle No. 8 (Jan. 19, 2022): DARKE
- Byrdle No. 7 (Jan. 18, 2022): TRIAD
- Byrdle No. 6 (Jan. 17, 2022): ORGAN
- Byrdle No. 5 (Jan. 16, 2022): ZADOK
- Byrdle No. 4 (Jan. 15, 2022): CREDO
- Byrdle No. 3 (Jan. 14, 2022): CHANT
- Byrdle No. 2 (Jan. 13, 2022): MOTET
- Byrdle No. 1 (Jan. 12, 2022): CHOIR
Each day, developer Brignall also gives some insight on the word chosen for the day before. He will not spoil the current word, but instead explain the context, because it is such a specific niche. You can check out his thread on Twitter: