Yeardle, on the Histordle site, lists three events that all took place in one mystery year and asks you to type that year on a number pad, with a BC key for dates before the common era. Each wrong guess brings more help. The range is wide: one recent puzzle paired the start of Emperor Wu's rule over the Han Dynasty with two other events from that same distant year. Narrowing whole centuries down to a single number gives it a pull few quizzes have.
Dating things is the common thread. A quick which-came-first game leads, then the puzzles closest to Yeardle, where several clues share one year or a single event must be dated in a few tries, followed by timed and scored dating rounds built on headlines, photos and longer sets of events.
Trades typing a year for a choice between two things, such as inventions, events or brands, where you tap the older one and then see the dates behind both, a lighter way to sharpen the sense of time Yeardle relies on.
Comes from the same Histordle site and works the same way with cinema: three movies from one year appear, each with its director and genre, and you name the year, getting firmer hints across six tries.
Very close to Yeardle's idea: four historical clues share one year, and the job is to name it. The site comes from Germany and has an English version, so it suits anyone after a second daily year to crack.
Four clues from a single year between 1950 and 2025, vaguest first, with one guess per clue and a letter grade from A+ to F, a modern-era cousin of Yeardle that rewards getting close as well as getting it exactly.
Gives you one event from this calendar date and six chances to type its year, with each digit colored when it is right or one away and a hint saying earlier or later, so it plays like a number puzzle wrapped around history.
Describes a single historic event, the uncovering of Tutankhamun's tomb for example, and gives six tries to pin its year, then opens endless free play once the daily puzzle is finished.
Lists several events that all fell on this calendar date and asks for each one's precise year, drawing from a stock of 100 lives that loses one per year of error, so a near guess costs little and a wild one hurts.
Seven historical moments, each given 25 seconds, scored from 100 points for the exact year down to 10 when you are far off, a faster, points-based cousin of Yeardle's patient narrowing.
Swaps ancient chronicles for the news: five genuine headlines appear undated, you drag a slider to the year each one ran, and every year of error takes two points from a possible 100.
Moves from written clues to pictures: five public-domain photos, covering subjects like spaceflight and city streets, are dated on a year slider, with 200 points for an exact answer and eight lost for each year off.
Runs a Daily Cup made up of five modes for dating events from history, and adds free play plus games built by other players when one daily year is not enough.
Has you assign years to several big moments in history and shows how near each guess falls, and its multiplayer mode lets friends take on the identical set, a social spin on Yeardle's routine.
Yes. The keypad has a BC key, and puzzles can reach far back: one recent set paired the start of Emperor Wu's reign over the Han Dynasty with Demetrius II of Syria being taken prisoner by the king of the Parthians. If you mostly know the modern era, Yearbook keeps its answers between 1950 and 2025.
Yes. It belongs to Histordle's family of guess-the-year games, next to Moviedle, which lists three films from one year, and two more called Songle and Pop Cultured. The page also has a Play a new game button and a #gimmedirection link for anyone who wants a nudge before their first guess.
Past Puzzle is the closest, with four historical clues that share one year. Yearbook also gives four clues, starting with the vaguest, and grades your answer by how close it comes, and Histordle's own Moviedle lists three films released in the same year, each with its director and genre.
