Montreal ranks as one of the top cities in Canada for solving Heardle

Have you heardle the good wordle?

According to a recent study, Canada ranks seventh in the world at Heardle, with Montreal coming in tied for fourth nationwide.

Heardle is based on the popular word puzzle game, Wordle. But instead of asking for a correct word, this game asks players to identify a pop song based on the first second of the track. They have six tries to get it right, plus a clue with every wrong guess.

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WordTips analyzed thousands of geotagged tweets to find the average Heardle score for places around the globe and compiled their findings in a recent study. 

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Here’s the nitty-gritty of each city:

Edmonton was rated the best city in the country at Heardle, with people living there naming the correct tune in an average of 1.63 guesses.

The runner-up was Ottawa, where players guessed the song in an average of 1.71 turns. Toronto followed with an average of 1.86.

Montreal and Halifax are tied for fourth on the list, average 1.93 turns to get the right answer.

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Ireland is the best country worldwide at the game, with players in Dublin guessing the correct answer in an average of 1.73 turns.

France came in second, followed by Belgium, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, and Germany, in that order.

Fun fact: The easiest Heardle song to guess is apparently “Smells like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana. If you get that one wrong, yeah, it’s on you. By comparison, one of the hardest was the 2000 hit “Ms. Jackson” by Outkast — I am for real. No need to feel bad about skipping it.