How to play
Sort Of, the hidden-stat ranking game
You get five things: drinks, planets, board-game squares, animals, books and more. They're ranked by a stat you can't see. Drag them into order from most (top) to least (bottom), then hit Lock it in.
Daily
One puzzle a day, the same for everyone. Instead of the stat, you get a short clue like “Sweet tooth.” Work out what the clue points to, then rank. You get one shot, and a new Daily arrives at midnight in your time zone. Missed one? Every finished Daily is in the archive with its answer.
Unlimited
- Easy: you see the stat before you rank.
- Normal: you get a clue. Stuck? Show a hint for 25 points and you'll see the unit it's measured in.
Play General for a mix of everything, or stick to one category: Food & Drink, Games, Sports, Animals & Body, Space, Around the US, Earth & Nature, Movies, TV & Books, Brands & Tech, Grab Bag.
Scoring
- 100 points if your #1 is right.
- 75 points for each other item in exactly the right spot.
- 400 is a perfect round.
Your squares show how close each guess was: green is exact, yellow is one spot off, orange is two, red is three or more.
Moving the cards
Drag a card up or down. You can also tap one card and then another to swap them, or use the arrow keys on a keyboard.
Tips
- Lock in your #1 first. It's worth the most, and it's usually the easiest to spot.
- Think about what the clue could mean before you rank. “Open wide” could be teeth, or mouths, or something else entirely.
- Watch the units. A 12 oz can and a 20 oz bottle aren't a fair fight.
Where the numbers come from
Every stat is checked against a published source, like NASA, the U.S. Mint, governing-body rulebooks or official records, and the source is shown after each round. Puzzles never put two numbers so close together that a small difference between sources could change the answer.