Challenge a friend: pick the player they'll have to guess in this mode - they get a link, with the answer kept hidden.
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Champions League Clue Ladder - Daily football player clue game
Champions League Clue Ladder gives you one Champions League clue at a time - the fewer rungs you need, the better you score. It rewards deep fans who can spot a player from a single piece of information.
The ladder opens with a hard clue: maybe a draft year, a jersey number, or a career stat. Each wrong guess drops you down one rung and unlocks an easier clue, all the way to obvious tells like the club or nationality. Expert players chase the top rungs; casual players let the ladder do the work.
Clue Ladder and Champions League Classic share an answer pool, so the two modes reinforce each other - clues you've seen in Classic give you a sharper nose for Clue Ladder, and vice versa. Combine both to build a feel for which Champions League players Sportdle is currently rotating.
Solve today's puzzle to extend your streak. Unlimited random rounds are available if you want to keep climbing.
Frequently asked questions
- How is Champions League Clue Ladder scored?
- You start at the top of the ladder and drop one rung per wrong guess. The fewer rungs you use, the higher your final position. Solving at the top rung is the best possible score.
- What kind of clues appear in Champions League Clue Ladder?
- Clues range from hard (jersey number, specific career stats) to easy (current club, country). The exact mix depends on what data Sportdle has for the answer player.
- Is it the same player as Champions League Classic?
- No - each mode picks its own daily answer independently, though they draw from overlapping pools of Champions League players.
- Can I play Clue Ladder more than once a day?
- Yes. The daily puzzle sets your streak, but you can play unlimited random rounds from the same page at any time.
- Is Champions League Clue Ladder like Wordle?
- It uses the same idea as Wordle - a once-a-day puzzle with green/red feedback on each guess - but instead of guessing a word you guess a Champions League player from clues. Some players also call it the UCL Wordle. Sportdle is an independent fan project and is not affiliated with Wordle or The New York Times. Champions League Clue Ladder is one of several daily Sportdle modes.
Sportdle is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by UEFA, the Champions League, or any competing club, nor with Wordle or The New York Times Company. All team names, player names, logos, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only.