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Name the year an obscure event happened. Every miss narrows it down.
An obscure event and a year to pin down. Clues arrive as you narrow the field. A free daily history puzzle, done in about three minutes.
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Filter by category →- Language Play Words & Language Etymon Spot the words that share an ancient root — then name the root.
- Memory Play History & Time Annum Name the year an obscure event happened. Every miss narrows it down.
- Language Play Words & Language Pons Rebuild the six-step chain that joins two unrelated things.
- Reasoning Play Logic & Reasoning Sophisma Name the flaw in the argument before it wins you over.
- Recall Play Pop Culture & Media Cast Chain Two actors. Find the film they both appear in.
- Recall Play Pop Culture & Media Director’s Cut Three films by one director, and one that does not belong.
- Recall Play Pop Culture & Media Cast List Name the film from its cast. Every miss reveals another name.
- Reading Play Literature & Text Spoiler Shield Five words have been blacked out. Put them back.
- Language Play Words & Language Synonym Step Walk from one word to another, one synonym at a time.
- Language Play Words & Language Antonym Ascent Climb a ladder where each rung is the opposite of the one below.
- Language Play Words & Language Word Twisting Change one letter at a time to walk the trail.
- Language Play Words & Language Snark Lexicon One real definition, three invented. Choose carefully.
- Language Play Words & Language The Malapropist Spot the misused words hidden in a company email.
- Reasoning Play Logic & Reasoning Plot Hole Patrol Read the story. Find the one thing that cannot happen.
- Reasoning Play Logic & Reasoning The Alibi Archive Three statements. Exactly one of them cannot be true.
- Reasoning Play Logic & Reasoning Phantom Profile Name the historical figure from their habits and oddities.
Browse by category
- Words & Language Where words came from, what they mean, and how ideas join together. 7 puzzles
- History & Time Placing events, people and inventions on the right century. 1 puzzle
- Logic & Reasoning Spotting the crack in an argument before it persuades you. 4 puzzles
- Pop Culture & Media Casts, directors and box office — the verifiable facts behind the screen. 3 puzzles
- Literature & Text Public-domain prose and poetry, with the words put back. 1 puzzle
How it works
Puzzles change at midnight UTC, so every player meets the same problem on the same day. There is no account and no leaderboard: your streak is stored in your browser and belongs to you.
These are not brain-training exercises, and we make no claims about making you sharper. What they offer is a few minutes of concentration and, occasionally, the pleasure of understanding something you did not before.