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
Keyboard shortcuts
| Screen | Key | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Enter | Start today’s game |
| Question | Enter | Enter guess, or accept Did You Mean |
| CtrlEnter | Skip, or reject Did You Mean | |
| Answer | Enter | Next question |
| c | Toggle Close Enough | |
| r | Report bad article | |
| w | Open Wikipedia article in new tab | |
| Completed | c | Copy results emoji 🐈🐟 |
| Suggest | Esc | Reset suggestion |
Articles and categories
- The game has around 4,500 articles, curated from player suggestions, the Vital Articles project, and popular pages.
- 10 articles are randomly picked each day. Once picked, an article won’t be picked again for at least 365 days.
- Each article is in at least 4 categories, and is the only article in those categories. To avoid giveaways, categories which have any non-trivial words in common with the title are removed.
Guesses
- 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, the game asks Did You Mean the correct title.
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. Feel free to get in touch via email or on Reddit.
- 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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