How to play
- Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories.
- Every day there are 10 notable, diverse, and interesting people, places, and things to guess.
- Guess the article title. Titles normally include any first names. Don’t worry about capitalisation, accent marks, or anything in brackets like (TV series) or (singer).
- If you knew the right answer but got the title wrong, tap .
Articles and categories
- The game’s database has around 3,000 articles, taken from player suggestions, the Vital Articles project, and popular pages. 10 are picked at random each day.
- Each article is in 4 to 60 categories, and is the only article in those categories. Categories which include a non-trivial word from the title are removed, to avoid give-aways.
Alternative names
- Many alternatives to the exact title are accepted. Specifically, any aliases on Wikidata and any word or phrase which Wikipedia redirects to the article.
- Also, if your guess is within a few letters of the correct title or an alternative name, the game asks Did You Mean the correct title. You can turn this off in settings.
Examples of correct and incorrect guesses
Title | Guess | Result | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
One Thousand and One Nights | arabian nights | Correct | It's an alias |
arabian nigh | Did You Mean | Typos detected | |
Louis Armstrong | satchmo | Correct | It's an alias |
armstrong | Incorrect | Not an alias or redirect (as it's a common surname) |
Contributing
- You can suggest articles for the game.
- If an article doesn’t make sense, tap and I will review it.
- Improve categories and alternative names by editing Wikipedia and Wikidata. Drop me an email and I will pick up your edits.
About the game
- Made by Matthew – email me with feedback or issues at [email protected].
- Original concept by Sumana Harihareswara. Name and original implementation by Kevan Davis in 2006.
Further credits and licensing
- Article titles and categories by Wikipedia editors (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Alegraya and Alegreya Sans by Juan Pablo del Peral for Huerta Tipográfica (Open Font License)
- Golden Nile Catfish illustrated by Edme-François Jomard (public domain)
- SVG icons by 480 Design (CC BY 4.0)
- Close un oeuf joke by Stephen.
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