Daily movie games like Framed, Moviedle and the Box Office Game.

A crowded field of daily movie games

Since Wordle, a handful of daily movie games have found an audience by turning film knowledge into a short, repeatable ritual. They ask different things of a player: naming a film from a still, a clip, or a number, usually with one hidden answer per day. Cast Six asks something different again. Nothing is hidden, and there is no single answer to guess; the puzzle is figuring out where six visible movies belong.

If you already play one of these games and are looking for something to add to the rotation, here is what each one actually does, in plain terms, and where a matching puzzle like Cast Six fits alongside them.

Framed

Framed shows a single movie in six stills, one at a time, and asks you to name the film. You get a fresh still if you guess wrong, so the puzzle gets a little easier with every miss as more of the film's visual identity is revealed. It rewards recognizing a scene, a set, a costume or a face at a glance, and it works well as a quick daily habit because there is exactly one movie to identify and one correct answer to land on.

Moviedle

Moviedle plays a very short clip from a film, often starting at around one second, and lets it run a little longer each time you cannot place it. Like Framed, the entire puzzle is built around a single hidden movie, and the challenge is purely about recognition from limited audio and visual context rather than facts about the film's cast, genre or era. Fewer clues used means a better score, so timing your guess is part of the game.

Box Office Game

The Box Office Game turns movies into a numbers puzzle instead of a recognition one. You are given a handful of films and asked to rank them by box office gross, or guess how much a movie made, rather than identify anything about the movie itself. It rewards a feel for the industry's biggest hits and a head for figures more than trivia about any single film, which makes it a different kind of daily habit from Framed or Moviedle.

Where Cast Six fits

Cast Six never hides the movie, and there is no box-office figure to recall. You see all six titled posters from the start; what you are solving is which of six overlapping categories each one belongs in, using every movie exactly once. A film can fit more than one category, so the puzzle is less about guessing correctly on the first try and more about finding the one arrangement that gives every movie a place.

Each round gives you three checks rather than one shot: your first attempt plus two retries, with up to three optional hints if a connection has you stuck. Moving movies around and undoing a move are always free, so you can rework your lineup before committing to a check. It is free to play, needs no account, and pairs a shared daily challenge with an anytime library of themed packs for whenever the daily round is not enough.

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Common questions

Is Cast Six harder than a one-guess game?

It asks for something different rather than something harder. A one-guess game rewards recognizing a single hidden film; Cast Six shows you all six titles and rewards working out how they fit together, with three checks and optional hints along the way.

Can I play more than once a day?

Yes. Beyond the daily challenge, the anytime library offers themed packs by decade and genre whenever you want another round, and past daily editions are available in the archive.

Try a themed pack

If a decade or genre in one of these other games caught your attention, a Cast Six pack gives you a full matching puzzle built around it instead of a single guess.