HarryPotterDle

Five separate Harry Potter puzzles refresh every day on the same page, all of them answered by naming somebody or something from the books. Classic is the attribute grid: you name a character and the row marks each attribute green when it matches the hidden answer and red when it does not, with an arrow on the birth year telling you which way to go. The other four hand you a quote, a spell description, a censored passage or a described place, and ask you to name the character, spell or location behind it.

1. Pick one of the five modes from the icon row: Classic, Quote, Spell, Description or Location.
2. Type a character's name into the input box and submit it.
3. Read the colours across your row, guess again, and lean on the two tip buttons that unlock at four and eight tries.

The pull here is the spread of five puzzle types on one page, and in particular that Description and Location lift their text straight from the novels rather than the films, so they reward people who actually read the seven books. Spell mode is the same bargain from the other side: it asks you to produce an incantation from a description of its effect. Expect a minute or two per mode and under ten to clear the set. It is a weak fit for film-only fans, who will find the book excerpts opaque, and for anyone who wants a scarce, high-pressure daily, since unlimited guesses keep the pressure low. There is no archive to catch up from either.

Classic answers in a grid of green and red squares, one per attribute: green means you got that attribute right, red means you did not, and the Born column carries an arrow showing whether the answer was born earlier or later than your guess. Above the input, two tips unlock as you go - at four tries the game tells you whether the character is dead or alive, at eight what they do for a living. The site also asks you to pick a Hogwarts house on the way in.

Classic

Name the character of the day; each guess is compared with the answer attribute by attribute.

Quote

A line of dialogue is shown; you name who said it.

Spell

A description of what a spell does, without its name, and you supply the incantation.

Description

A passage lifted from the books with the character's name blacked out in blocks.

Location

A place described or talked about in the books, censored the same way. Hints unlock in stages: the book at five guesses, the surrounding area at ten, the chapter title at fifteen.

• Born is the column that gives you an arrow, so it does more work than the rest: one guess with a known birth year cuts the roster in half, while a red square only tells you what the answer is not.
• Open with a well-documented character rather than a favourite obscure one - the more of the answer's attributes your guess actually has on record, the more the row can tell you.
• Nothing punishes extra guesses here since there is no limit, so there is no reason to sit and think when a cheap guess brings the dead-or-alive tip at four tries and the occupation tip at eight.
• In Location mode, hold out past ten guesses only if you have to: the game warns that the chapter title unlocked at fifteen can give the place away outright.