Complete any Sportdle once per day to keep the global streak alive. Each game mode also tracks its own streak separately.
Challenge a friend: pick the fighter they'll have to guess — they get a link, with the answer kept hidden.
FNC Clue Ladder — Daily MMA fighter clue game
FNC Clue Ladder gives you one FNC clue at a time — the fewer rungs you need, the better you score. It rewards deep fans who can spot a fighter 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 division or nationality. Expert players chase the top rungs; casual players let the ladder do the work.
Clue Ladder and FNC 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 FNC fighters 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 FNC 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 FNC Clue Ladder?
- Clues range from hard (jersey number, specific career stats) to easy (current division, country). The exact mix depends on what data Sportdle has for the answer fighter.
- Is it the same fighter as FNC Classic?
- No — each mode picks its own daily answer independently, though they draw from overlapping pools of FNC fighters.
- 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 FNC 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 FNC fighter from clues. Sportdle is an independent fan project and is not affiliated with Wordle or The New York Times. FNC Clue Ladder is one of several daily Sportdle modes.