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Blur, clue, guess

Place your year pin before the cover gets too clear.

Each round starts with a heavily blurred image related to the book. Reveal more of the image, unlock clue pills one by one, and pin the publication year as close as possible. The less help you use and the closer your year guess, the higher your score.

  • 5 rounds total
  • Up to 5,000 each round
  • Reveal and clue actions reduce score
  • Closer year guess earns more
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Guess the Year
Round 1 / 5
Reveal the cover, read the clues, and pin the publication year as close as you can.
Round Playbook Step 1: Inspect the image first.
  1. 1Inspect image
  2. 2Use reveals / clues
  3. 3Place year pin
  4. 4Lock and review
Blurred book cover

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Each reveal click reduces your potential score by the current difficulty decay.

Step 2: Optional clues

Step 3: Place your year guess

Round value 5,000
Guess 1950 Actual hidden
1800 2026
Drag the pin to your best year, then lock it in.
Round Result

Nice guess

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The correct year was ...

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