Hollywood Stardle Has Arrived!

by Karen A. Romanko

Like many others on the planet, I recently got hooked on Wordle, the game that asks you to guess a five-letter word in six tries. Given my writing interests, it wasn’t long before I came up with a pop culture twist on the original, and Hollywood Stardle was born. My husband, Bob Desharnais, became my partner on the venture, and within a few weeks we had launched the game.

Hollywood Stardle is a daily puzzle which asks you to guess the last name of a star from film, television, or music, in six tries. The rules differ from Wordle in that your guess does not have to be a name or even a word, which helps to eliminate unnecessary letters. The full instructions are available at the site, and are also included in the image below.

In addition to the challenge of the game, there’s the fun of finding out who the star of the day will be. The name is selected randomly from our database, so even Bob and I, the creators of the game, don't know who it will be, allowing us to be players as well. We chose stars from the past 80 years or so, trying to include celebrities for every interest, and some of our first 40 answers have included Amanda Redman, Bradley Cooper, Joan Collins, Malcolm Barrett, Robert Vaughn, Elvis Presley, Kim Fields, Ryan Gosling, and Ian McShane.

We keep a running list of previous Hollywood Stardle answers at the website. Here’s a sample.

If you’re unfamiliar with the star of the day, the results panel gives you the option to find out more about them by clicking their name. In the example below, you would just click or tap “Yannick Bisson” to find out more about the star, such as his lead role in the long-running TV series Murdoch Mysteries. Yes, Hollywood Stardle is educational too!

We hope you’ll give Hollywood Stardle a try and tell your friends!

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