Crosstune calls itself a music crossword. Each day brings a new themed grid, and the clues come as song clips: you listen, work out who sings it or what it is called, and type the answer into the grid on an on-screen keyboard. Text clues appear too, such as a line with one word left blank. A timer runs while you solve, with Check and Reveal buttons for when you get stuck. The joy is in hearing a few notes and knowing exactly which answer fills the gap.
Crosstune sits where song recognition meets grid solving, so both kinds of game appear below. A music bingo card that fills from clips comes first, followed by quizzes that name songs from audio, lyrics or a band building up. A Connections-style music board bridges to the last group, plain crosswords for the grid side of the habit.
The nearest structure: a 3x3 bingo card whose squares you claim by identifying songs from short clips, going for a line of three, with year or artist hints at 20 seconds each. As in Crosstune, a grid fills as your ear does the work.
One song a day and three blanks to fill: who performed it, what it is called and the year it came out, the same knowledge Crosstune's answers draw on. Signed-in players can also join a leaderboard.
Five chart songs to identify from brief clips, where more listening time can be bought with points and naming the singer or band as well earns a bonus, much as a Crosstune clue may want either the title or the act.
Starts from words instead of sound: a single lyric is shown and you name the track, and each miss or pass brings in the line after it. It suits players who prefer Crosstune's text clues.
The classic clip guess: a few seconds of a well-known song, six tries to name it, and more audio whenever you pass or miss. It isolates the listening half of Crosstune.
Multiple choice instead of a grid: choose which of four titles matches a clip, or try Royale, slotting six songs into nine choices with no errors. Over twenty themed categories keep the clips varied.
Takes music trivia to a different kind of grid: sixteen tiles, among them artist nicknames and song names, to split into four themed groups of four, with room for four errors. As in Crosstune, a theme links the answers.
For the crossword side: Puzzmo's themed grid names its constructor and editor each time and keeps a timer running while you solve, much like Crosstune's clock, and you can pause it.
A fresh themed crossword each day, written by constructors who take turns, with back issues to work through. The clues are written instead of played, but the themed grid will feel familiar.
A small 5x5 crossword with only a few clues each way and a clock on your solve, a quick grid-only warm-up to pair with Crosstune's audio clues.
Press Start, choose a clue and play its audio, then type what you recognize, usually an artist or a song title, into the grid with the on-screen keyboard. A timer runs from the start, and Check and Reveal buttons are on hand for when you want to confirm an entry or give up on one.
Yes. Each puzzle is dated, and the site also promotes a separate mini-game called Unshuffle, where the job is reassembling the day's song. For a daily song quiz that uses clips the way Crosstune clues do, Heardle Daily and Songdle are the most direct follow-ups.
Bingle uses a 3x3 bingo card that you complete by naming songs from clips, and Harmonies sorts sixteen music tiles into four themed groups. For crossword practice without audio, Puzzmo's themed crossword and the 5x5 Mini Crossword both keep a timer running, as Crosstune does.
